The Chicago Cubs recently unveiled a new lineup of concessions at Wrigley Field, including a new outdoor concession area, Platform 14, in the bleachers behind the historic center field scoreboard.
Among the facility’s signatures are variations on the hot dogs sold at Hot Doug’s, a Chicago institution until founder Doug Sohn closed the facility last year, saying he wanted more leisure time. Waits of several hours and lines of several hundred people were not uncommon at the facility, which Sohn declined to sell despite what were speculated to be multi-million-dollar offers.
Sohn said in a statement that the opportunity to partner with the Cubs and serve his product at historic Wrigley Field was too tempting to pass up, “The outpouring of love and support from Chicago for Hot Doug's was incredible, and it became clear our fans were still craving the sausages that made our restaurant famous."
He developed the sausages for Platform 14 using recipes for some of the most popular sausages served at his Chicago restaurant. The names pay tribute to several players from his youth, including The Carmen Fanzone, a spicy Vienna Polish sausage served with spicy brown mustard and caramelized onions; The Dave Kingman, a bacon cheeseburger sausage with cola BBQ sauce and sharp cheddar cheese; and The Rick Reuschel, an atomic pork sausage with chipotle mustard and pepper jack cheese. Each sausage is priced at $9.
In addition to the new dining options at Platform 14, two new grill stations have also opened, the Waveland Grill and the Red Line Grill, along with a new beverage station, Three Fingers.