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The Dogfather is back
We let the dogs out
The haute dogs served at the market by Cooper at The Dogfather Diner on North Cross Road in East Dulwich are a brilliant re-invention of the traditional hot dog - great beef dogs on fresh buns topped with "own recipe sauces in innovative original combinations".
My designs are rooted in familiar visual territory for a diner, strong monochromatic graphics and a retro type combinination are at this brand's heart. But these diner graphics are a little twisted, a 21st century reworking of 1950's americana. The crest holding the diner's name is gently decorated with aztec pyramids and rolling pointed wave shapes, cultural nods to the diner's central american and Indian influenced dog recipes - promoting the idea that this is multi-cultural hot dog dining.
The simple truth of the The Dogfather Diner is that the food is obsessive, Cooper's customers often become fans - which is where the idea for the smiling 1950's lady originated. Sporting haute dog sunglasses because, like many others, she loves The Dogfather Diner's dogs a bit too much. So much in fact that she's fashioned them into sunglasses. This may seem odd to you, it does to me too, but that's the kind of behaviour one can find perfectly normal having tasted the dogs.
If you'd like to find out what's cooking this weekend, want to know more about the diner or need to contact Cooper go have a look at The Dogfather Diner's blog.
