Send in your encased-meat related artistic endeavors - you might just get published. more ›

Hot Doug's new t-shirt designs show an ability to straddle the divide between North and South side baseball loyalties and trade on Jordan-era Bulls nostalgia. Perfect for the sports and tubesteak lover in your life. more ›

The Feast reports that the Choco-Dog, the single most decadent food item in Chicago's sausage-filled history, is back on the menu at Hot Doug's for this week only. The sausage/dessert/calorie bomb of yuminess includes a homemade pork, dried cherry, and apple sausage topped with Vosges' Mo's bacon Bar. We can just die happy, right there. more ›

Take a second or three to marvel at the latest tubesteak experiment from Doug Sohn. The Feast's Kate Bernot sat down to chat with Hot Doug himself to get the details of this pork sausage topped with a Vosge's "Mo' Bacon" chocolate bar. 'I'm not sure this works, but I can't stop eating it,'" Sohn told Bernot. more ›

With the city's food media and assorted foochebaggery on pins and needles for next week's release of the Chicago Michelin Guide, the Tribune's "Chicago Live" series at the Chicago Theatre, produced in conjunction with the Second City, will focus on all things food in next week's installment. more ›

A couple weeks back a post ran about Cochon 555, the snout-to-tail pork competition Sunday at the Drake Hotel featuring Graham Elliot Bowles, Stephen Dunne, Chris Pandel, Patrick Sheerin and Sam Burman. Each of them is tasked with breaking down and preparing a heritage breed pig for eating. Since then your humble food and drink editor was invited to be one of the judges for the event. I have no earthly clue what I bring to the table that chefs Koren Grieveson, Rick Gresch, Seth Siegel-Gardner and Doug Sohn don't, but it should be a fascinating time. more ›

Thanks to a reader for shooting this video of the line outside Hot Doug's on Saturday. That was one muggy day to be waiting in line for hot dogs, even those the caliber of Doug Sohn's. more ›

Poor Didier Durand. The chef/owner of Cyrano's Bistrot was visited by the Health Department Wednesday on suspicion of selling foie gras, only to be shut down with a cockroach infestation. A Health Department spokesperson told Crain's that the infestation was "pretty severe," encompassing both the kitchen and a basement food prep area. Durand said the pest control company he uses thinks the roaches were a result of ongoing condo renovations above the restaurant. Unless he... more ›

Let's say you're a business owner who was recently cited for holding a misdemeanor amount of contraband, after months of openly defying a city ordinance you thought was, for lack of a better term, idiotic. You were required to pay a small fee by the city and vowed to all media who called you that you would not serve the contraband until the law was repealed. But the contraband substance is still in your possession.... more ›

You'll remember that Hot Doug's, the delightful north side tubesteak palace that puts a whimsical twist on hot dogs, was the first food establishment cited last month for violating the foie gras ban. The hearing for the citation was today, and owner Doug Sohn, through his attorney, agreed to pay a $250 fine. He could have been fined up to double that amount. We reached Sohn for comment at Hot Doug's a short time ago.... more ›

As we at Chicagoist ponder whether or not to add "sketchy-ass hot dogs", foie gras, and the 46th Ward to "hating on the Amish" and Macy Fields as retired subject matter, we start off this week's edition of "Your Friday Food Buffet" with, well, foie gras hot dogs. We also have a photo that should even pass reader Marilyn's sensitive eyes. That is, unless she's in favor of Prohibition. We'd Rather Help Doug Sohn Break... more ›

Hot Doug's is the proud recipient of the city's first Foie Gras ticket. Doug Sohn, who puts the Doug in Hot Doug's, has been taunting the hell out of city officials since the ban went into effect. Sohn framed the warning letter he received from the city and placed it on his counter. Coming half a year after the ordinance was passed, the Chicago Health Department inspector went to Hot Doug's on Friday morning, issued... more ›