Pete's Famous Hot Dogs

    Pete's Famous Hot Dogs in Birmingham, Alabama

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    1. J Mark Dodds a shadow of my future self (76 months ago | reply)

      Who's Pete?

      And what are HOT DOGS?

    2. Dystopos (76 months ago | reply)

      Pete is the uncle of the current owner, who's been in charge of this little hole since 1948 (interview with Gus, owner of Pete's Famous)

      If you lived in Chicago, you know what hot dogs are. There's plenty of background on Wikipedia

    3. King Power Cinema (76 months ago | reply)

      Is this the mean guy?

    4. Dystopos (73 months ago | reply)

      Yeah. Gus is a bit of a curmudgeon. But he has worked over a grill under a 6 foot ceiling in this little hole for 60 years. I'd be pretty cranky too.

    5. The Stakhanovite Twins (69 months ago | reply)

      Would you like to add this (and any other qualifiers you may have) to the First Name & Apostrophe Signage Project pool ? Cheers.

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    7. holmzee (58 months ago | reply)

      Mr. Gus is a Teddy Bear! One time, about 12 years ago I was down on Morris taking pictures on a sunday afternoon and Mr. Gus pulled up in his early 80's station wagon to get various cans of crout and cases of grapico from his warehouse. I approached him and asked if I could take his picture, and after hesitating for a minute and asking "What would you want to take MY picture for?" He agreed... After I snapped a few of Gus with his standard expression, half joking I asked if he'd smile for me-- he made this look that I've seen on his face a hundred times and always interpated as anger. I said, c'mon- SMILE! and he said I AM SMILING! That's when it hit me-- the old guy is actually smiling all the time and everyone just thinks he's grimmacing! I'll see if I can find the shots and Scan and Post- I shot them on B&W 35mm-- so it may take a while, so many negatives, so little time...

    8. King Power Cinema (58 months ago | reply)

      I've heard he consistantly yells at his wife. I've never been there. Maybe he has more of the Northern attitude that Southerners inerpret as rude.

      Maybe he's so angry all the time that he KILLS people and disposes their bodies as hotdogs.

    9. scottdana_1998 (54 months ago | reply)

      Whatever...his hot dogs are the best in town. His sign is way cool too.

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