Giant Hot Dog to Benefit Shriners Hospital for Children

Guinness World Records will certify record at Thursday afternoon affair.

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) May 30, 2012

The official Guinness world record for selling the most expensive hot dog in the world is about to be broken.

Tomorrow, May 31st at 1:30pm, Mike Brown, the owner of Capitol Dawg in Sacramento, will break the Guinness official world record at his restaurant, located at 1226 20th Street by selling the "California Capitol City Dawg" for a reasonable $145.49. Mr. Brown is giving back to the community, as proceeds from each hot dog sold will benefit Shriners Hospital for children Northern California.

A Guinness World Records adjudicator will be at the event to verify the record and issue a GWR certificate. The current Guinness official record for the world's most expensive hot dog is $100.00, held by a Canadian hot dog stand. The event is being supported by Retail Radio, the source for multi-sensory branding opportunities.

The Capitol Dawg new menu item will feature an 18" ¾ lb. premium all beef frank specially made in Chicago; moose cheese from Sweden (considered one of the most expensive and rare in the world); white truffle butter (spread and grilled) on a specially made focaccia roll; whole grain mustard from France; and a New Hampshire all natural bacon that is marinated in maple syrup.

"This truly gourmet hot dog is done right and priced right!" said Brown. "I put a lot of time and thought into the recipe, and with the help of others created what I think is the most original and one of a kind hot dogs in the world. No tricks or foolish toppings here, just superior quality and an extraordinary combination of flavors."

"I invite the community to come out and support this unique opportunity to see a Guinness world record be broken!" stated Mr. Brown. "I am very proud to bring the record back to the USA and to the City of Sacramento. Coming off a great American holiday, and heading into our nations summertime hot dog season, I can't think of a more appropriate time to win this challenge."

To RSVP for the event, and see the record broken in person, contact Mr. Brown for reservations and interviews. He can be reached at 916-521-8888.

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Classic theater’s space-lift

‘New’ City Center

By BARBARA HOFFMAN

For years, airlines have bragged about increased legroom -- and now City Center can, too.

The neo-Moorish auditorium on West 55th Street was built by the Shriners in 1923 and dedicated 20 years later, by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, as “the people’s theater” -- home to first-rate dance and theater, rotten sightlines and worse-than-economy-class seating.

But that was so $56.6 million ago.

Tomorrow night, Mayor Bloomberg will bring the baton down on the gala opening of a newly renovated jewel. Not only have the hall’s best features been restored and repainted, but even audience members in the balcony will finally be able to sit back and see the stage.

CHAIR-ITABLE MAKEOVER: A renovation has given City Center on West 55th Street fewer -- but wider -- seats and better sightlines.

“One of the things we wanted to accomplish with this renovation was to create a physical space that’s on par with the level of artistry you see on our stage, and I believe we’ve succeeded in that,” said Arlene Shuler, City Center’s president and CEO.

“Now, not only can you see the best in dance and musical theater at City Center, but you can do so in comfort -- in a beautiful theater with 21st-century amenities.”

On West 55th Street, midway between Sixth and Seventh avenues, City Center wasn’t easy to find. It had no marquee, and, given the building’s landmark status, didn’t seem likely to get one. Finally, the firm renovating the building discovered a loophole: a tiny notation in the 1923 structure’s blueprint citing “anchors for a future marquise [sic].”

“We assumed they weren’t planning to hang French nobility,” quipped Duncan Hazard, a partner at Ennead Architects. The new marquee goes up today.

But the most dramatic improvement, as those who’ve suffered through the otherwise glorious “Encores!” series and “Fall for Dance Festival” will tell you, is the seats: There are now 500 fewer of them -- but the new ones are up to 5 inches wider than the ones they’ve replaced.

barbara.hoffman@nypost.com

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Hatfields & McCoys

May 28th, 29th, 30th on the history channel is the story of the "Hatfields and McCoys."
Barry Berg is the supervising producer and a Noble in Al Malaikah Shrine Los Angeles.
Brother Barry spent five months in Romania producing the film. It's gotten great press. Watch it if you have the chance. Congratulations Noble Berg.-Tom Poole •