Starting from that fateful moment when the sausage met the bun, Feltman built an empire around his humble invention.

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This sausage on a bun is sometimes covered in chili, sometimes topped with cheese or diced onions, and sometimes doused with mustard.

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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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