Name: Owner of landmark hot dog business remains hopeful to reopen
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Description: It's a hot dog landmark, open for 80 years but temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Scott Mason talks with "Hot Dog George" about the future of The Roast Grill.

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THE COMPANY SAID THE LOCATIONS HAVE LOW SALES VOLUMES REPRESENTING ONLY 2% OF SALES LAST YEAR. MORE THAN HALF OF THESE CLOSURES ARE IN THE SPEEDWAY CONVENIENCE STORES. >>> OPEN FOR 80 YEARS BUT TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO COVID- 19. >> GOOD FOOD AND TONIGHT WE FIND THE TAR HEEL TRAVELER ON WEST STREET IN RALEIGH WITH SCOTT MASON VISITING THE HOTDOG GEORGE. >> Reporter: THEY WALK IN AND SAY GIVE ME TWO BURNED ALL THE WAY. BURNED HOTDOG SMOTHERED IN CHILI. >> MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME THE RECIPE >> Reporter: GRANDMA AND GRANDPA CAME OVER FROM GREECE AND OPENED THE GRILL AND RALEIGH IN 1940. TODAY IT IS HOT DOGS, COKE AND GLASS BOTTLES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND NO KETCHUP. >> KETCHUP IS A FINE THING BUT NEVER BELONGS IN A HOT DOG. HOT DOG SHOULD NEVER BE BOILED OR STEAMED. >> Reporter: THE NEON SIGN SHOULD NOT GO DARK BUT IT HAS. >> WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PANDEMIC WAS MADE OF THE PANDEMIC FORCED HIM TO CLOSE IN THE PROTESTS FORCED HIM TO BOARD UP TO PROTECT HIS FAMOUS SIGN >> IT IS HANDMADE. >> Reporter: HE LEFT THE ARTWORK THAT SOMEONE PAINTED ON THE PLYWOOD. >> Reporter: IT IS BAD WHEN FRIENDS CANNOT GATHER AT THE GRILL FOR LUNCH. HOTDOG GEORGE COULD OPEN AT 50%, BUT THE PLACE WILL ONLY SEAT 12. >> THE PLACE IS SO NARROW. >> Reporter: IT IS SMALL BUT THERE IS A BIG APPETITE. >> GOING TO THE GRILL IS LIKE GOING HOME FOR LUNCH THE SCENE FAMILY AND PEOPLE YOU KNOW WHEN GREW UP WITH. >> Reporter: PEOPLE YOU WATCHED ON TV, ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT WILL LEAD 72 DAYS IN A ROW AT THE GRILL OR TAKE THE CHILLY DOG CHALLENGE. THEY COME IN THE RAIN, THE SNOW AND THE SUN. FLAT STANLEY COMES TOO BUT THEY DON'T COME NOW. >> IT HAS HIT US IN MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS >> Reporter: THE PANDEMIC IS CAUSING A MEAT SHORTAGE AND HOTDOG GEORGE WORRIES ABOUT THAT WHEN HE REOPENS. >> THE BEEF GOES IN OUR WIENERS AND OUR CHILI. I REMEMBER WHAT EVERYBODY LIKES AND HE LIKES EXTRA MUSTER. >> Reporter: THE HOTDOGS ON THE LICENSE PLATE WITH THE HOTDOGS ON THE WINDOW. AT ONE DAY THE GRILL WILL REOPEN AND THE NEON SIGN WILL REAPPEAR. GEORGE CANNOT WAIT, THEY CANNOT WAIT BUT THE KETCHUP CAN. >> PATIENCE,  GOODNESS

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