Each dish includes a pork, beef or vegetarian sausage, a warm homemade bread bun and simple but well-executed sides including coleslaw, potato tots or sweet potato fries.

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Grilled up and wrapped in bacon, the Sonoran dog typically comes complete with an array of toppings that can include tomatoes, onions, shredded cheese, tomatillo salsa or chili sauce, mayo, pinto beans, and mustard or ketchup, served on a big bun or bread that can handle the load.

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Then, sometime around 1920, a bun replaced the sandwich bread.

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All of this is served on a particular roll baked for the express purpose, a round, flat bun derived from a traditional Sicilian bread.

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