Fluky's

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Fluky's is a Chicago-area fast food restaurant known for hot dogs.

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Fluky's began in Chicago in 1929 on Maxwell and Halsted Streets. Founded by Abe Drexler, this stand is widely acknowledged as the originator of the Chicago-style hot dog.[1][2] Still owned by the Drexler family, Fluky's maintains a restaurant in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove and stands in some Wal-Mart stores.

The one-time chain had dwindled by the time the last city-of-Chicago Fluky's, 6821 N. Western Ave., changed its name to U Lucky Dawg on February 14, 2006; that site had been owned by a licensee for the previous eight years.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Zeldes, Leah A.. "New name, same good dogs at landmark stand", Daily Herald, goliath.ecnext.com, 31-MAR-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.  When the Fluky's sign on Western Avenue came down in February, a lot of hot-dog lovers' hearts sank. This was the only freestanding location and the last city site of the venerable wiener purveyor that, most agree, originated the Chicago-style hot dog back in the Depression.
  2. ^ Apple, R.W.. "A TASTE OF CHICAGO: Stand-Up Food in a City of Big Appetites", New York Times, April 14, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.  Fluky's, which claims to have invented the salad-laden dog on Maxwell Street in Depression-ridden 1929, when it sold for a nickel
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