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Hot dogs and frozen custard. It doesn't sound like an original idea, but when you think about it, where can you treat yourself to such a meal outside the circus, where it costs approximately as much as an ounce of sevruga? Wild About Harry's, that's where. This tiny place on...

By Mary Brown Malouf

September 5, 1996

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Hot dogs and frozen custard. It doesn't sound like an original idea, but when you think about it, where can you treat yourself to such a meal outside the circus, where it costs approximately as much as an ounce of sevruga? Wild About Harry's, that's where. This tiny place on Knox Street sells dogs--Texas-style, New York-style, Chicago-style--and the best frozen custard in town. That's right, it's not frozen yogurt. It's Harry's wife's recipe and you can have it with toppings, in a cone or a cup, or whipped into a shake.

--Mary Brown Malouf

Wild About Harry's, 3113 Knox St., 520-3113

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