Fluky's

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

History

Fluky's began in Chicago in 1929 on Maxwell and Halsted Streets. Founded by Abe Drexler, this stand is self acknowledged as the originator of the Chicago-style hot dog.[1][2] Still owned by the Drexler family, Fluky's maintains a stand in a Wal-Mart in Niles. A location in Buffalo Grove recently closed down.

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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References

  1. ^ a b Zeldes, Leah A. (31-MAR-06). "New name, same good dogs at landmark stand". Daily Herald (goliath.ecnext.com). http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5390402/New-name-same-good-dogs.html. Retrieved 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. (April 14, 2004). "A TASTE OF CHICAGO: Stand-Up Food in a City of Big Appetites". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/dining/14CHIC.html?ei=5007&en=007192277a7c5612&ex=1397275200&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=all&position=. Retrieved 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