DOG-N-SUDS

Hi every one !! Doese any one know if Dog-N-Suds are still around ?? they had the best rootbeer and hotdogs around, The last time I went to one was the late 50"s or early 60's ,
Joker

Joker, welcome to Roadfood. In another life, I lived in Niles on Washington and Dempster. There were some great places to eat there back then: Booby's,Tasty Pup, Tommy Tucker's, Big Boy, Dales, and Niles Pizza. Booby and his wife Sally were my neigbors. I owned a driving school in Talisman Village Shopping Center. We opend in 1976, the same year as The Works. A few years later, Hot Dog Island opened. I even worked part time at ABT, back when it was on Dempster. The closest D&S is in Michigan an will reopen for the season this month. If you decide to go, contact Uncle Vic, a fellow Roadfooder from that area. Chances are good that he'll respond to your post. Right Vic?

Dog & Suds
4454 Dowling Street
Montague, MI
(231) 894-4991

CSD

Born In Chicago
Escaped to Wisconsin
Business Instructor www.hotdogu.com

I live on Oriole and Oakton above the barber shop Boobys is still here if your talking about the big boys on Oakton and Milwakee it is now a parking lot for Riggios pizza and the hot dog stand at the end of Oriole and Milwakee is called Mitchells were the food is really rotten lol Hey it nice to know ther are folks form Niles out there, my son in law works for ABT!! Thanks for the info on D&S

Joker,
There is a Dog -N- Suds in Michigan. If you go to my website www.hotdoggintheus.com (The Largest Hot Dog Directory on the Web!!!)and go to Michigan you'll find a link to their website. Also if you go to Page 2, Misc. Links & Resources in Feb this year I posted a link for "Lost Dog-N-Suds Drive-ins". You can also search past Roadfood topics for some discusions on them.

I ate at a Dog N Suds in Richmond IL last summer. Absolutely nothing like it was in the seventies. In fact the food sucked big time. I'll never return to that location.

Chicagostyledog has it almost right

There is no "Montage" Michigan

Take US-31 13 miles north from the Muskegon city limits and take the Business Route US-31 exit and go west 2.3 miles through downtown Whitehall and as soon as you cross the bridge over the White River into Montague they are located immediately on the right.

They serve really great genuine drive-in/car-hop food and suds along my favorite burger the triple-decker "Texasburger" that you order through the outdoor post mounted intercoms .

Here are their web address links to both their location in Muskegon on the old Grand Haven-Muskegon road and to their original location in Montague, MI about 20 miles further north

  Norton Shores, MI (Muskegon) Dog n Suds
4221 Grand Haven Road
Norton Shores, MI 49441
Phone: (231) 798-4976
Open Year round - Winter Hours
Monday thur Thursday - 11am to 9pm
Friday thur Saturday - 11am to 10pm
Sunday - 11am to 4pm

Summer Hours -

Montague, MI Dog n Suds
P.O. Box 25
4454 Dowling Street
Montague, Michigan
Phone: (231) 894-4991
Open Mid-March thru Mid October

Hey Joker54.. Welcome to Roadfood... You might want to check out this thread: http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1424

Here is information on other West Michigan Dog-N-Suds that is currently undergoing restoration by Dave Hosticka who also owns the Montague site about 20 miles north in Montague, MI

He hopes to have it operational in May of 2007

http://www.michigandriveins.com/dnsmuskegon.asp

Thanks for that link ShenB... Slowely they're getting closer to our neck of the woods!

Talk about "rotten".....Riggios....the WORST Italian (IMHO)...LOL

Hi,
It is funny I saw this post today. We had a Dog and Suds in Ft. Wayne, In. It closed and after some time a Sonic opened up. Sonic was there for a couple of years but folded. A year goes by and all of the sudden the Dog and Suds re-opens at the same site. Glad to see it back I must say.

ShenB, I was in the Grand Rapids area every summer from 1989 through 2003 driving and instructing at Grattan Raceway in Belding with the BMW club. The club has since switched tracks to Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, a great area for summer peaches. As kids, we always vacationed in South Haven, home of Sherman Dairy, a wonderful ice cream shop. The first time I ever experienced triple nickle speeds on a motorcycle was on the Red Arrow Highway.

CSD

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Originally posted by ShenB

Here is information on other West Michigan Dog-N-Suds that is currently undergoing restoration by Dave Hosticka who also owns the Montague site about 20 miles north in Montague, MI

He hopes to have it operational in May of 2007

http://www.michigandriveins.com/dnsmuskegon.asp

Do you have the address of the Muskegon location? This will take 20 miles off my car for my occasional Texas Burger fix.

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Originally posted by BurgerChef68

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Originally posted by ShenB

Here is information on other West Michigan Dog-N-Suds that is currently undergoing restoration by Dave Hosticka who also owns the Montague site about 20 miles north in Montague, MI

He hopes to have it operational in May of 2007

http://www.michigandriveins.com/dnsmuskegon.asp

Do you have the address of the Muskegon location? This will take 20 miles off my car for my occasional Texas Burger fix.

1562 Goody Rd, Muskegon, MI

I believe the correct address is 4221 Grand Haven Rd. I live 45 minutes away and havent checked out the new location yet. Tried calling the phone number but there was no answer. Anyone have info on when either the Montague or Whitehall location will open?

I looked up Kordecki's Kitchen addy in Google and thats what it came up with... (Place the Dog n Suds is reclaiming).
Edit... Huh.. Just did a second search and went a little further.. Came up with the same info your did... Time to do a tax base search on both these addys..

Further edit.... Jeesh.. Info was on the michigandrivein website..

Name: DOG 'N SUDS DRIVE-IN
Address/Map: 4221 Grand Haven Rd. Muskegon, MI
Opened: 1967
Closed: n/a
Status: Under restoration, target opening date is May 2007!!!
Carhops: Yes
Website: dog-n-suds.com
Rating: n/a

Was Dog 'n Suds a Michigan only chain? Haven't thought of them in years.

Can't see the name without being remeinded that we usually called them Arf 'n Barf:-)

Keith

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Originally posted by Sfreader
Was Dog 'n Suds a Michigan only chain?

They were in Indiana and Illinois, too. Plus maybe Wisconsin; not sure about Iowa, Minnesota, or Ohio.

Brad

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Originally posted by Sfreader

Can't see the name without being remeinded that we usually called them Arf 'n Barf:-)
Keith

I've read about alot of people calling them nasty.. Ones I've had where pure heaven.. Must have been the location.. (I've had both Montague and Fort Wayne (FW location now defunct).. Along with the mandatory mug of root beer). Only one left around here now is Montague, but Muskegon may be firing up from Shens reports! (Would make it about a 45 minute drive from here, that I'd be more then happy to do).. But again, until I hit the left coast of Michigan, Yesterdog in Grand Rapids will have to hold me over... :)

We had at least one in Milwaukee. It was on Sherman Blvd, a few blocks north of Villard Ave, probably on Florist. I hadn't thought about that place in years. It was fairly close to our high school yet I knew no one that ate there as even then we had a local very Roadfood-type hangout called "The Corner Cafe".

The Dog&Suds we ate at in Richmond,Ill(just over the Wisconsin border)was fantastic!!I know someone else said it was horrible,but we had a wonderful meal there and will return...its a great stop when we are out touring on our Harleys.

Hey Uncle V.
You have to admit that an "Ultra Dog" from Yesterdog would taste pretty darned good if it were made with a perfectly grilled Koegel Dog in that bun.

There is one in Loves Park IL and it is really good. www.dognsuds.biz 

There's a Dog's n Sud's about 20 minutes away from me in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. It is only open during the summer time though, which in northern Wisconsin is about three weeks long.

ShenB


Chicagostyledog has it almost right

There is no "Montage" Michigan

Take US-31 13 miles north from the Muskegon city limits and take the Business Route US-31 exit and go west 2.3 miles through downtown Whitehall and as soon as you cross the bridge over the White River into Montague they are located immediately on the right.

They serve really great genuine drive-in/car-hop food and suds along my favorite burger the triple-decker "Texasburger" that you order through the outdoor post mounted intercoms .

Here are their web address links to both their location in Muskegon on the old Grand Haven-Muskegon road and to their original location in Montague, MI about 20 miles further north

Norton Shores, MI (Muskegon) Dog n Suds
4221 Grand Haven Road
Norton Shores, MI 49441
Phone: (231) 798-4976
Open Year round - Winter Hours
Monday thur Thursday - 11am to 9pm
Friday thur Saturday - 11am to 10pm
Sunday - 11am to 4pm

Summer Hours -

Montague, MI Dog n Suds
P.O. Box 25
4454 Dowling Street
Montague, Michigan
Phone: (231) 894-4991
Open Mid-March thru Mid October

I read the post on the Loves Park, IL location opening tomorrow and I Figured I should also update my original post from 2 years ago and repair the old link that no longer linked and also add the link to their Norton Shores, Mi location.

ShenB

Last Saturday, I made an approx. four hour round trip from Chicagoland to Lafayette IN for the sole purpose of eating at the Dog n' Suds on the southeast side of town ( Sagamore Parkway aka the US 52 bypass. ) This Dn'S has been there since the mid '50s, and the owner also has a new location on Sagamore in West Lafayette ( but I only eat at the original. ) I LOVE the food at Dog n' Suds, and have since I was in high school; we used to have a bunch of them here in the Chicago area. Their Charco-burgers are great - unlike the crud at Burger King, Dn'S's burgers actually taste charcoal-broiled ( yum! ) And their special sauce is something else; for years I've been trying to figure out what gives it that wonderful flavor, and I still don't have a clue. Best of all is Dog n' Suds root beer... in my opinion, it's the #1 RB on the planet. They also employ some of the prettiest carhops I've ever seen ( I may be old, but I ain't dead! ) As you may have guessed, I enthusiastically recommend this place.   

As we used to call Dog N Suds, " Arf and Barf"

Call 'em what you want, but I still think they're great ( or at least the Lafayette location is. )