Mustard's Last Stand has been in business here in Colorado since 1978, with an outlet in Denver near the University of Denver, and one in Boulder near the University of Colorado. It was started by a Chicago native who "kept running into Chicagoland transplants who couldn't find an honest-to-goodness Chicago style hot dog to save their lives." Although they specialize in Chicago-style hot dogs, they serve hamburgers and other items as well. Working for almost 30 years at the University of Denver Bookstore, and living in the neighborhood, I have eaten there many times. In any case, I was watching the WGN Chicago News online, and there was a story about Northwestern University wanting the city of Evanston, Illinois to approve a new stadium that, in addition to football games, would host 6 concerts, which many neighbors strongly objected to. Business owners were more supportive, including the owners of Mustard's Last Stand, located in Evanston, near the Northwestern campus. And was this place connected to the two Mustard's here in Colorado? I checked on the internet, and no - it was founded by a different owner back in 1969. I also found out that there are two Mustard's Last Stands located in Melbourne, Florida, started back in 1987 by still a different owner. And what does this all mean? For one thing, great minds do think alike, and since all of these operations are successful, Chicago-style hot dogs must be very popular everywhere. Also, I have learned that I have no idea how copyright laws work in these situations, and am too lazy, and uninterested, to find out. And by the way, the mayor of Evanston broke a tie during the city council meeting, and voted to allow that new stadium and those 6 rock concerts, too. Time for Evanston residents to start pricing noise canceling headphones.
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