WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It was National Hot Dog Day on Wednesday, and a local restaurant joined in on the fun.
The crew at 123 Datura in downtown West Palm Beach hosted what’s become known as Ferg’s Franks, complete with drink specials and a DJ.
It’s a weekly tradition for Datura after they lost their Wednesday cook. So, they put the dogs to the grill and the rest is history.”Eventually, I was like, I’m not totally inept, so I can make a hot dog. So I jumped in there and we promoted a hot dog day, wrote a menu out and it took off,” Reed Ferguson, with 123 Datura, told WPTV’s Joel Lopez.
Hot dogs are now a Wednesday staple at the restaurant/bar, and this year it fell on the same day as National Hot Dog Day
“Everyone showed up and it was insane,” Ferguson said. “I made like 150 to 170 hot dogs on the first day and since then we’ve done it every Wednesday and it’s a nice showing. All the locals come and get hot dogs and I had no idea this town wanted hot dogs so bad.” READ MORE
