Yesterdog
Grand Rapids hot dog restaurant
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Fast food |
| Founded | 1976[1] |
| Founder | Bill Lewis[1] |
| Headquarters | , USA |
Number of locations | 1 |
Area served | Grand Rapids, MI |
Key people | [2] |
| Products | Hot dogs |
| Owner | Bill Lewis |
| Website | https://www.yesterdoggrandrapids.com/ |
Yesterdog is a restaurant that specializes in hot dogs located in Eastown, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The restaurant is known for being the model for the restaurant hangout of the characters in American Pie.[3]
History
Yesterdog was founded in 1976 in Eastown by Bill Lewis.[1] By 2008, Bill Lewis, a former Mr. Fables employee, apparently owns the Mr. Fables trademark and would be allowed access to the Mr. Fables secret recipes if he wished to restart the Mr. Fables restaurant.[4] In February 2008, the Yesterdog building's windows were blown out by a gas explosion in a building across the street.[5] In the April 2010 issue of Esquire magazine, the restaurant was named one of "among great spots around the country 'Where Men Eat.'"[2] The eatery cited its 8% increase in 2011 sales to the auto bailout and the June 2011 stop of Barack Obama's reelection campaign.[1]
The fictional restaurant hangout of the characters in the 1999 film American Pie, "Dog Years", is based on Yesterdog.[3]