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	<title>Comments on: A Open Letter to M&#8217;Dawg Haute Dogs</title>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you&#039;re gonna do a veggie dog, can you at least offer the option of getting it fried in lard?  Pretty please?  Otherwise, I&#039;ll be expecting surreal faux-ethnic seasonings, like feta and pine nuts, or perhaps giram marsala.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re gonna do a veggie dog, can you at least offer the option of getting it fried in lard?  Pretty please?  Otherwise, I&#8217;ll be expecting surreal faux-ethnic seasonings, like feta and pine nuts, or perhaps giram marsala.</p>
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		<title>By: CP</title>
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		<dc:creator>CP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you M-Dawg. We are more than willing to try your homemade creation. In fact, we can&#039;t wait.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you M-Dawg. We are more than willing to try your homemade creation. In fact, we can&#8217;t wait.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike DeBonis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey M-Dawg,

Don&#039;t let those militant vegetarians get you down. I still love you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey M-Dawg,</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t let those militant vegetarians get you down. I still love you.</p>
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		<title>By: M'Dawg...</title>
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		<dc:creator>M'Dawg...</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Birthday Girl and Friends....

First of all, please allow us to apologize for your wait... we are not quite up to speed yet, and are still learning our own ticket system - where they go, and what they mean... we are on day 8 now, and it is going much better... we are working hard to get to the point where we can serve you quickly and provide a fun environment (sans Billy Joel!) for you to enjoy your food with your friends.

In regards to the veggie dog and pricing...

You are correct about the veggie dog - we are not thrilled with it either... it is a packaged dog...  Greg Hill is in the process of refining his own gourmet veggie recipe, that does not involve a packaged dog, because none of those are very tasty... the gourmet dog will be made of something along the lines of mushrooms and beans, with seasoning, and a friendly texture... but it is not easy and it takes a little time... 

In our initial plans we didn&#039;t even have a veggie dog on the menu, but due to overwhelming requests and input from the veggie community in the months before we opened, we have included it on our menu, and are endeavoring to bring you a good one soon...

The pricing - our pricing was set for the gourmet dog that we hoped would be ready for the opening... we hope that it will be ready soon and will meet or exceed your expectations... :)

Finally, the music, the wait, and our first baby steps:

Please be patient - we are tweaking the restaurant - hot dogs are different and harder for us than falafel, and we are taking our first steps... we are working hard to refine our operation, and hope to be humming along nicely in a few weeks, serving quickly, in a great environment and offering fast service to our customers and friends...

Thank you for all your support - we appreciate it, as well as the guidance from folks who are visiting us in our opening days... we are always open to suggestions and have comment cards at the register for ease of communicating with us...

Best wishes,

The Dawgs</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Birthday Girl and Friends&#8230;.</p>
<p>First of all, please allow us to apologize for your wait&#8230; we are not quite up to speed yet, and are still learning our own ticket system &#8211; where they go, and what they mean&#8230; we are on day 8 now, and it is going much better&#8230; we are working hard to get to the point where we can serve you quickly and provide a fun environment (sans Billy Joel!) for you to enjoy your food with your friends.</p>
<p>In regards to the veggie dog and pricing&#8230;</p>
<p>You are correct about the veggie dog &#8211; we are not thrilled with it either&#8230; it is a packaged dog&#8230;  Greg Hill is in the process of refining his own gourmet veggie recipe, that does not involve a packaged dog, because none of those are very tasty&#8230; the gourmet dog will be made of something along the lines of mushrooms and beans, with seasoning, and a friendly texture&#8230; but it is not easy and it takes a little time&#8230; </p>
<p>In our initial plans we didn&#8217;t even have a veggie dog on the menu, but due to overwhelming requests and input from the veggie community in the months before we opened, we have included it on our menu, and are endeavoring to bring you a good one soon&#8230;</p>
<p>The pricing &#8211; our pricing was set for the gourmet dog that we hoped would be ready for the opening&#8230; we hope that it will be ready soon and will meet or exceed your expectations&#8230; :)</p>
<p>Finally, the music, the wait, and our first baby steps:</p>
<p>Please be patient &#8211; we are tweaking the restaurant &#8211; hot dogs are different and harder for us than falafel, and we are taking our first steps&#8230; we are working hard to refine our operation, and hope to be humming along nicely in a few weeks, serving quickly, in a great environment and offering fast service to our customers and friends&#8230;</p>
<p>Thank you for all your support &#8211; we appreciate it, as well as the guidance from folks who are visiting us in our opening days&#8230; we are always open to suggestions and have comment cards at the register for ease of communicating with us&#8230;</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>The Dawgs</p>
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