"Kasper's Hot Dogs shut down both of its remaining locations in mid-October, one in Concord and the other on Oakland's MacArthur Boulevard. Started in 1929 in Oakland by Kasper Koojoolian, the brand has now gone from roughly a dozen outposts around the Bay down to zero - though Caspers Hot Dogs, another East Bay chain, is still seemingly doing fine."
"Kasper's is a well-known name among generations of locals. It served up Chicago-style hot dogs with sliced onions and fresh tomatoes - a garnish approach some people call " dragged through the garden " - on steamed poppy-seed buns. (Certain customers also swore by its tamales.) The so-called "Original Kasper's" location in Oakland's Temescal District closed in 2003. But it left such an imprint on local history that a local businessman, former Digital Underground member Tyranny Allen, plans to revive it this year under the Winky Dinky Dogs brand."
""We're going to have a poster board with the whole history of Kasper's," Allen told The Mercury News this spring. "The owner's the one who popped off this whole hot dog craze.""
Kasper's Hot Dogs shut both remaining locations in mid-October, one in Concord and one on Oakland's MacArthur Boulevard. The Oakland closure followed a death in the family and an impending building sale; Oakland Trybe will convert the site into a community-oriented kitchen. The Concord location's closure reason is unclear. Founded in 1929 by Kasper Koojoolian, Kasper's grew to roughly a dozen Bay Area outposts before dwindling to zero. The chain was known for Chicago-style hot dogs with sliced onions, fresh tomatoes and steamed poppy-seed buns, and some customers favored its tamales. A Temescal location closed in 2003, and a planned revival under Winky Dinky Dogs is underway. Top Dog also announced recent closures.
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