Snoopy’s Hot Dogs & More (North Raleigh)

Snoopy’s Hot Dogs & More began in 1978, when Raleigh native Steve Webb turned an old gas station at Wake Forest and Whitaker Mill roads into an eastern North Carolina grill. His wife Sarah joined him later, and this Wake Forest Road spot is the original.

The house style is a hot dog or a cheeseburger with mustard, onions and chili on a steamed bun. The menu has grown since then, and the homemade chicken salad and the scratch-made vegetable soup have their own following. Everything is cooked to order.

What to know

• The chain has grown to five locations across Raleigh and Garner.
• Larry and Casey Cerilli joined in 2006 and are the operating partners.
• Snoopy, the tuxedo-wearing mascot, turned up in the 1980s.
• His line was that every dog has its day, and its nights.
• It was the first fast food restaurant in Raleigh to serve late into the night.