Restaurants & Bars
New Downtown Elmhurst Restaurant Opening This Week: Official
The restaurant chain has 29 locations in 10 states, starting in Glenview in 2021.
ELMHURST, IL – A 2½-year-old corn dog restaurant chain is set to open its downtown Elmhurst location Thursday, an alderman announced Monday on Facebook.
Kong Dog is slated to open its doors at 5 p.m. at 113 E. Schiller St., Alderman Michael Bram said. It is set for the space where a Subway once was.
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According to the chain's website, it has 29 restaurants in 10 states – Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia.
The restaurant in suburban Glenview was the first, opening in September 2021.
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"Through word of mouth, people soon began lining up to try a new twist on an old favorite – The Corn Dog," the chain says on its website. "Soon after, the Kong Dog team realized they had something special on their hands & decided to carry the momentum by opening new locations."
The chain said it hopes to open more than 200 locations in five years.
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