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Red Hot Chicago, famous for the finest Chicago-Style hot dogs, represents a proud family legacy that spans three centuries.
Our family put Chicago in the hot dog business over 100 years ago!

Samuel Ladany, my grandfather, brought his sausage-making skills and special recipe to America from Austria-Hungary, and started selling hot dogs from hot dog carts at the Chicago’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. His business was so successful that it grew to become the Vienna Sausage Manufacturing Company. His two sons, my father Bill and my uncle Jules, owned and managed the business for more than 50 years.

In 1983, I left that company to concentrate on delivering the finest products and service to the hot dog stand owners nationwide. Red Hot Chicago was born.