Yesterdog is a restaurant that specializes in hot dogs located in Eastown, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The restaurant is known for being the model for the restaurant hangout of the characters in American Pie.[1]
History
Yesterdog was founded in 1976 in Eastown by Bill Lewis.[2] By 2008, Bill Lewis, a former Mr. Fables employee, apparently owns the Mr. Fables trademark and would be allowed access to the Mr. Fables secret recipes if he wished to restart the Mr. Fables restaurant.[3] In February 2008, the Yesterdog building's windows were blown out by a gas explosion in a building across the street.[4] In the April 2010 issue of Esquire magazine, the restaurant was named one of "among great spots around the country 'Where Men Eat.'"