The Swamp Monster
With many peoples favourite holiday right around the corner we wanted to introduce you to something. Introducing…..
THE SWAMP MONSTER
This beastly dog is available from today at both locations. What’s in it you ask? Well of course it’s one of our awesome ‘gator sausages with cheese, homemade andouille sauce, grilled onions, BBQ sauce and an exclusive chipotle sauce all served inside one of our famous steamed and toasted sourdough buns.
SPOOKTACULAR! (sorry)
DD x
PlayNOLA at Dat Dog Magazine St.
Join us tomorrow (23rd October) at our Magazine St. location for PlayNOLA!
This event is PlayNOLA’s seasonal Player Appreciation Party and will run from 6pm - 8.30pm.
The first 50 playNOLA players will get free beer and every player (wearing a playNOLA shirt) will get $1 off dogs. Can’t say fairer than that!!
Head on over to their facebook for more info!
Specials of the Week
G’day and Happy Tuesday to you all!
Just a quick note to let you know all about our specials for this week.
Our dog special of the week is the bacon werewolf. In case for some mad reason you’ve not already tried it, this dog is a grilled slovenian sausage topped with sauerkraut, crispy bacon bits, diced tomatoes, grilled onions, relish and creole mustard. As always, the special of the week is $6.50.
And to perfectly complement your dog why not try our cocktail of the week; Kyle’s Cosmo; a combination of Cathead Vodka, muddled ginger and homemade ginger syrup.
Enjoy!
DD x
Gluten Dodgers and Vegans Rejoice!
***EDIT - AS OF MARCH 2014, OUR BUNS ARE NOW VEGAN!!***
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Now it’s not the law, but we think that a trip to Dat Dog should almost certainly be a part of your diet!
However, for all too long those unfortunate souls that have to dodge the gluten haven’t been able to enjoy the full Dat Dog experience. Well, fear not! We may not be making our own gluten free buns but if you’d like to, please feel free to bring one along with you! Any vegans out there? Well the same applies to you, bring along a bun and we’ll do the rest!
This dog is certainly happy about it!
DD x
This week’s special…
Roll up, roll up!
We’ve got a treat in store for you this week! This week’s special at both Freret and Magazine St will be the Cajun Red Hot, one of our most popular dogs which is topped with andouille sauce, sour cream, diced onions, yellow mustard, BBQ sauce, and crispy bacon. This special is available at $6.50 and goes perfectly with our ever delicious Dog’s Day Remedy.
Sarcoma Foundation of America Fundraiser
On Monday 14th October we will be holding a Sarcoma Foundation of America Fundraiser.
Join us at our Freret St location from 1.30pm - 7.30pm to help raise money for this extremely worthy cause. What is sarcoma you ask? Well check out their website by clicking here.
Between 1.30pm - 7.30pm 10% of our sales will go to the Sarcoma Foundation of America so make sure you head down to eat as many dogs and drink as many ice cold brewski’s as you can because it really will make a difference! The Sarcoma Foundation of America will also be joining us on the day to offer information. Also joining us will be local favourites Plum St Snoballs who will be donating 30% of their sales to the foundation.
We’re pretty excited about our special of the day which will be the ”Billyboy Lousiana Hot Sausage”. A grilled hot sausage served with diced onions, andouille sauce, cheddar cheese, mustard and ketchup! This dog was designed by local Billy Coombs, a Tulane student born in 1993 and majoring in English and Economics who last year was diagnosed with sarcoma himself.
Come down and show your support for Billy, his family and the Sarcoma Foundation of America. We hope to see you there.
DD x
Beer and Sausages….A marriage made in heaven, and an event not to miss!
Join us on Thursday 24th October for another of our not to miss beer and sausage pairing evenings! (Did you see the post from our last one? Click here to see!)
Taking place at our Magazine St location, the evening starts from 7pm and costs only $35 per person. Tickets can be bought in advance by heading in to see us or by giving us a call on 504-324-2226.
Your menu for the evening consists of sample sized portions of:
New Castle Werewolf paired with the Bacon Werewolf Special (Slovenian sausage with bacon, creole mustard, grilled onions, dill relish, sauerkraut and tomato)
followed by
Harpoon Octoberfest paired with the Duck Special (Duck and pork sausage with bacon, hot blackberry sauce, bbq sauce, and mustard)
then
Magic Hat Seance paired with the Guinness Special (Pork sausage infused with Guinness beer topped with homemade Andouille sauce, bacon, cheese, mustard, and onion)
after that
Brooklyn Oktoberfest paired with a Bratwurst marinated in Brooklyn Oktoberfest, topped with mustard, sauerkraut, and onion
ending with
New Belgium Pumpkick paired with an Apple Sage Smoked Veggie Dog with TOP-SECRET toppings including Butternut Squash Puree
How freakin’ good does that sound!? We hope to see you there!
DD x
A letter from Skip…
Dear Friends,
Last Thursday, September 26th, I had the honor of addressing members of the Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity from the Tulane School of Business. From a humble hotdog/wiener stand in London, to New Orleans, to speaking to a group of young University students seems unreal.
My little address was really about small business. It was about how to meet the challenges of what seems to be an uphill climb with no real hope that a small business can survive and thrive in today’s world. It can and it does. Dat Dog is a labour of love. God knows it was never designed to be even what it is today. Who knew? Certainly not me. I mentioned the “gift of despair”. You can never minimize how motivated one can be when there are no other choices. You learn a lot about yourself that even my time at Loyola University couldn’t prepare me for.
To those students who gave me their time to listen to whatever it is I had to say and to those people who are our friends and customers at Dat Dog, I wish to thank you. For those who haven’t yet found us, I look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Skip Murray
Founder of Dat Dog
New Orleans, La.