OAKLAND — In a touching display, a mourner set a half-empty 40 of malt liquor and pile of grease-laden french fries on the Original Hot Dog Shop’s doorstep as a memorial to the now-closed eatery.
“The O was a rites of passage in our family,” said Pete Ziegler, who discovered the heartfelt offering early this morning. “My father bought booze underage here, I bought booze underage here, and now my son will never have the chance to sneak down to Oakland as a senior in high school and get absolutely rocked on some Hurricanes he got with leftover gas money. No family should ever have to endure that.”
As of press time, Ziegler had reportedly headed to the former site of Peter’s Pub to leave a half-empty pitcher of Bud Light and a pile of burnt popcorn in remembrance.
