In 2020, the brothers from New Jersey came up with the concept in the midst of a conversation with longtime friend, Ross Crago , after dinner and some stiff drinks. Michael recalled, “We were four bourbons in, and I think the question was posed, ‘Now that you found a piece of property up [in the Black Hills], Mike, what are you going to do for retirement money?’”
Written by Alana Snyder
Photos by John & Alana Snyder
“The idea is to take something very common and pour all our energy and passion into doing it uncommonly well,” said entrepreneur Michael Chidiac . Michael and his brother, Jimmy , have had a long, grueling journey creating and executing what is now the Prairie Dog Taproom in Hill City.
Naturally, they came up with the idea of a hot dog stand.
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