{"id":10559,"date":"2016-03-16T10:42:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=10559"},"modified":"2016-03-16T10:42:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:42:29","slug":"dog-n-suds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10559","title":{"rendered":"Dog n Suds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From humble beginnings in Champaign, IL, in 1953, Dog n Suds grew to be one of the formidable fast food chains in the early 60s, peaking at over 600 locations in more than 30 states. The restaurant featured drive-up service, coney island style hot dogs, and &#8216;charco-broiled&#8217; burgers.<\/p>\n<p>A series of events, a couple of sales, and interest in new franchises waned, and shop after shop closed.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the company is rebuilding, <a href=\"http:\/\/drive-ins.dog-n-suds.com\/plugins\/dns_locations\/dns_locations.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with about two dozen outlets<\/a>, primarily in the Upper Midwest. \u00a0They&#8217;ve licensed their classic root beer formula, which was the original bedrock of their success, to Clover Bottling in Chicago, and Dog n Suds root beer is available in grocery stores in the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been to one for years&#8230;.but I&#8217;m feeling it&#8217;s time for a road trip!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10565\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10565 \" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds2-1024x979.jpg\" alt=\"Dog n Suds\" width=\"430\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mascot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10566\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10566 \" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds3-1024x564.png\" alt=\"Dog n Suds\" width=\"430\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand Opening New Franchise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10562\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds-coney.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10562\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds-coney.jpg\" alt=\"Dog n Suds\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coney Island Hot Dogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10564\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10564 \" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds.jpg\" alt=\"Dog n Suds\" width=\"396\" height=\"528\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bottled Root Beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10563\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds-menu.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10563 \" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/dog-n-suds-menu-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"Dog n Suds\" width=\"614\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From humble beginnings in Champaign, IL, in 1953, Dog n Suds grew to be one of the formidable fast food chains in the early 60s, peaking at over 600 locations in more than 30 states. The restaurant featured drive-up service, coney island style hot dogs, and &#8216;charco-broiled&#8217; burgers. A series of events, a couple of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10559\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dog n Suds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,15,16,34],"tags":[1348],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10559"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}