Health Dept. Shuts Down Popular Hot Dog Palace

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Dec 20, 2008 12:50AM

How many of you read that headline and thought we were referring to Hot Doug's?

Now you'll really have a reason to swear at the employees of Wiener's Circle. The City Department of Public Health shut the Lincoln Park institution today after an inspection found no hot running water on premises and food stored at unsafe temperatures.

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