Hot Dog Bills • 1950

Bill Parrish—Big Band trumpeter for Duke Ellington and mobile food pioneer—invented the Burgerdog™ in the early 1950s from his trailer near Lake Merced, shaping burger patties like hot dogs to maximize limited grill space. The ingenious creation earned a permanent spot at San Francisco's exclusive Olympic Club, where it's fed golfers and drawn fans from Justin Timberlake to Jerry Rice. Order one today and taste the same hot dog-shaped burger that turned a functional necessity into a seven-decade legacy.