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Yesterdog

Grand Rapids hot dog restaurant

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Yesterdog

Company type	Private
Industry	Fast food
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)^[1]
Founder	Bill Lewis^[1]
Headquarters	Grand Rapids, MI , USA
Number of locations	1
Area served	Grand Rapids, MI
Key people	^[2]
Products	Hot dogs
Owner	Bill Lewis
Website	https://www.yesterdoggrandrapids.com/

Yesterdog is a restaurant that specializes in hot dogs located in Eastown, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The restaurant is known for being the model for the restaurant hang out of the characters in American Pie.^[3]

History

Yesterdog was founded in 1976 in Eastown by Bill Lewis.^[1] By 2008, Bill Lewis, a former Mr. Fables employee, apparently owns the Mr. Fables trademark and would be allowed access to the Mr. Fables secret recipes if he wished to restart the Mr. Fables restaurant.^[4] In February 2008, the Yesterdog building's windows were blown out by a gas explosion in a building across the street.^[5] In the April 2010 issue of Esquire magazine, the restaurant was named one of "among great spots around the country 'Where Men Eat.'"^[2] The eatery cited its 8% increase in 2011 sales to the auto bailout and the June 2011 stop of Barack Obama's reelection campaign.^[1]

The fictional restaurant hangout of the characters in the 1999 film American Pie, "Dog Years", is based on Yesterdog.^[3]

Awards

2010 Townie Award for Best Hot Dog^[6]
2011 Townie Awards^[7]
- Best Hot Dog: Gold
- Best Place to Eat Cheap: Gold
2011 Best of Grand Rapids Readers Poll: Coney Dog - The best^[8]
2012 Townie Best Hot Dog Gold Award^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Reens, Nate (June 13, 2012). "Why Yesterdog owner credits better hot dog sales to President Barack Obama". The Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Knape, Chris (March 22, 2010). "Esquire magazine ranks Eastown's Yesterdog among 'places men eat'". Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Greenfield, Beth (September 8, 2006). "Grand Rapids, Mich". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ Rademacher, Tom (September 11, 2008). "Sorry, folks, I can't pry loose the Fables secret". The Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
^ Borden, Jim (February 26, 2008). "Gas blast demolishes Grand Rapids businesses". The Kalamazoo Gazette. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ "2010 Townie Award Winners: A Taste for It". On The Town Advance Newspapers. June 30, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ "2011 Townie Awards: A Taste for It". On-the-Town Advance Newspapers. July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ "Best of Grand Rapids Readers Poll". Grand Rapids Magazine. February 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
^ Pillsbury, Kate (June 29, 2012). "Townie Awards: Dining Out". On-the-Town Advance Newspapers. Retrieved November 7, 2012.