my name is a gasket teachers I'm one of the owners of Chris's hotdogs and

my grandfather Chris Anastasia contagious

was a great camera came through Ellis Island settled here Montgomery started stand with

the hot dogs and brought the hot dogs here to Montgomery in here to Alabama

here on Dexter Avenue and he served president after you already came through here

on the train and then every time he came through Montgomery you get supporters about the box of hot dogs deliver

Hank Williams was in regular customer started coming when he was probably 13 14 years old

a kid to get too hot dogs and chocolate milk and Elder all the rumors were here

too hot dogs or hot dog guy shot and a beer and then he was

napkins and Ride lyrics some napkins in the restroom I also remember that he wrote a good looking

would end up with too much spirit in them and so we tell everybody to the last place stuff and Williams out

orders for George Wallace for George Wallace for one of his parties

to town to the catering order for him I want security guards steady watch to make 7 hot dogs at

on my big ass order was in 2016 wake cater the commissioning of the USS

an extra hundred for the Navy for the sale of the sailors on the boat gave it to them

we're about a block away from where Rosa Parks work and she would come

the Martin Luther King's church about Tupac's up the hill toward the capital and

Sunday and get the Sunday papers to Atlanta Constitution New York

a big sign the papers and he didn't come in on Sunday my grandfather would save them for him for when he came back in town

good friends and they talk about the problems they both had with the KKK

and blue red black and white red and green as long as you want his grain your friend of mine

cash register. I don't really care who you slept with who you voted for as long as you have green vaccine pockets all it really

one reason we have four hundred years to years leave all the politics alone and said

your customers on my walls you want to see any Auburn Alabama football memorabilia

reservation times for always allowed to come to the front door so

the restaurant that came through and where the hell were the nature stand was for the cash register and I stopped

the pet they gave him to go but that was not my choice my grandfather got threatened by the

5 kids and going to try to stay out of everybody everything and just do whatever could just keep his business going

the rare places on Market on Dexter Avenue that blacks come to the front door at that time

next street over Monroe with a black straight so a lot of businesses that were on

be on Dexter in the blockage would be on Monroe we would always lock the front door of my

tell the story to my customers at finish it up now where now I'm served to you

a couple more stories they would they met my gun Country Club in Montgomery and but then they would

many times they come here come to Chris's hotdogs for food late night

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