Kansas City Dog

A SORT OF WIENER HOMAGE TO THE REUBEN SANDWICH, THE KANSAS CITY Dog is yet another all-American creation with nebulous origins: like the Texas Dog and Coney Island Hot Dog, it is named for a place where it wasn’t created. It’s most likely the misnomer comes from the popularity of the Reuben sandwich in Kansas City—and the fact that the Kansas City Dog has been sold at Kauôman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals, for some time. The only thing hot dog historians know for sure? It’s