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August 2012

Philly’s long been a low-key blip on the Great American Hot Dog Radar. Though we do have a signature style (the “Philly Combo” or “Surf and Turf,” consisting of a fried fish cake smashed on top of a link), our city doesn’t enjoy the national nitrate notoriety of cities like New York, Chicago or Detroit. Thankfully, there are a few locally based forcemeat figures working to change all that. Two of these frank fellows, illustrator and hot dog writer Hawk Krall and Hot Diggity! owner Keith Garabedian, recently stopped by COOK to take a small group of lucky hot dog fanatics on a tour through American wienerdom, making sure to celebrate Philly’s contributions to the field the whole way through.