Hot Doug Returns Again For A Hot Dog Festival

• Michael Gebert
• Doug Sohn, pictured in 2006 with a bumper sticker I made

Judging by the line outside Paulina Meat Market a few weeks ago, there’s an inexhaustible appetite for Doug Sohn’s encased meats on a bun. So at the end of this month the late Hot Doug’s returns again for the Dog Dayz of Summer, which features Doug’s dogs, beer from Goose Island, and “punk and country bands” on June 27 and 28 at the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse (605 N. Sacramento). Tickets are $75 and get you beer tickets, dogs, and duck-fat fries for one of the four sessions. Doug just announced the precise menu today; scroll down on the ticket page to see it.

• Hey, remember when I interviewed the owner and chef of MFK? Well two chefs later the restaurant is the subject of a piece by Sarah Freeman at Zagat asking “Can a restaurant operate without an executive chef?” The answer seems to have a lot to do with the owners being a highly experienced restaurant couple, for sure, but check it out—it poses some good questions about our chef-driven scene.