Hot Doug’s (closed)

**This legendary hot dog joint is sadly now closed but you can still visit the outside**

Hot Doug's is a Chicago, Illinois-based restaurant, specializing in hot dogs and other encased meats. The self-proclaimed "Sausage Superstore and Encased Meat Emporium" is in its second location at 3324 North California Avenue in the city's Avondaleneighborhood. Its first location, on Roscoe Street, closed after a 2004 fire. The restaurant's purveyor and head chef, Doug Sohn, has been mentioned in the Chicago media alongside well-known culinary personalities, like James Beard and Rick Bayless, for his work to create affordable gourmet food. The restaurant is an extremely popular dining destination among both locals and tourists, and at lunch time and throughout much of the weekend customers can expect to wait in lines sometimes exceeding an hour just to get in the door.