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Top Dog

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Four men, including former worker from Berkeley’s Top Dog, charged with inciting a riot in Charlottesville

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 02, 2018, 4:40 p.m.August 4, 2022

The four men are all associated with the Rise Above Movement (RAM), which officials described as a “militant white-supremacist organization based in Southern California.”

Top Dog on Durant Avenue in Berkeley. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel
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Update: Worker resigned after white nationalist rally, Top Dog says

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Aug. 13, 2017, 2:37 p.m.August 4, 2022

Internet users identified Cole White in images of Charlottesville protesters.

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What’s new, what’s hot, what’s happening XII

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff March 01, 2013, 7:00 a.m.October 4, 2022

Top Dog joins the pizza bandwagon, Bec’s closes shop, another ramen restaurant on the way: all the latest East Bay food news (photo: Ira Serkes).

Posted inCrime, Crime & Safety

Two men robbed outside Top Dog

Avatar photo by Frances Dinkelspiel Oct. 19, 2010, 6:52 a.m.October 4, 2022

Two 26-year-old men who were sitting outside Top Dog restaurant on Durant Avenue were robbed by gun point early Sunday morning, according to police. One of the men was sitting inside a car eating a hot dog, and another was standing by the car when four men approached them at 3:05 am., said police. One […]

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From mom-and-pops to mini-chains

by Guest contributor Aug. 11, 2010, 7:10 a.m.October 4, 2022

By Jessica Kwong When Berkeley folk think food — even in the order of grab-and-go — their palates usually paint a picture of small, family-owned places unique to the city’s borders. Favoring independent, locally owned businesses has been characteristic of the city since its inception and through its evolution, according to the city’s economic development […]

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Top Dog spreads its wings, opens in Orange County

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor May 05, 2010, 11:50 a.m.October 4, 2022

Berkeley’s favorite hot dog spot Top Dog — or are you about to tell us about other, superior ones? —  has opened up an outpost in Mission Viejo, Orange County. They’re calling it Berkeley Dog, no doubt to emphasize the cool provenance of the bratwursts. The owners of the new store, John Chi and Patty […]

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