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{{Short description|Hot dog restaurant chain based in the East Bay, California, U.S.}}
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| other-locations     =  [[Dublin, CA|Dublin]]<br>[[Oakland, CA|Oakland]]<br>[[Hayward, CA|Hayward]]<br>[[Pleasant Hill, CA|Pleasant Hill]]<br>[[Richmond, CA|Richmond]]
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'''Casper's Famous Hot Dogs''' is a [[San Francisco Bay Area]]-based chain of [[hot dog]] [[restaurants]] established in 1934. The local chain was founded by Armenian American co-founders Kasper Koojoolian, Paul Agajan and Stephen Beklian who moved to California from [[Chicago]] before operating a small grocery store on the streets of Chicago. A move to California initiated the building and expansion of what was to become Caspers Famous Hot Dogs, an award-winning hot dog chain in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Casper's currently operates 5 locations including [[Dublin, CA|Dublin]], [[Hayward, CA|Hayward]], [[Oakland, CA|Oakland]], [[Pleasant Hill, CA|Pleasant Hill]], and [[Richmond, CA|Richmond]].
The similarly named "Original" Kasper's Hot Dogs chain is related to Casper's. Kasper’s began in 1930, but due to a family rift, the Casper’s chain was founded. Casper’s has restaurants in Hayward, Fremont and other locations in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. It is said that every time a Casper dog snaps, an angel gets its wings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.originalkaspers.com/home.html|title=Welcome to OriginalKaspers.com -- The best Hot Dogs on the planet!|website=www.originalkaspers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.originalkaspersny.com/about.html |title=About Us |accessdate=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526221320/http://www.originalkaspersny.com/about.html |archivedate=2012-05-26 }}</ref>
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==Further reading==
* [https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/01/10/origins-of-caspers-hot-dogs-a-tale-of-immigration-and-success-out-west/ Origins of Caspers Hot Dogs: A tale of immigration and success out west]
* [https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Dog-Eat-Dog-World-of-Fast-Food-Casper-s-sues-3011260.php Dog-Eat-Dog World of Fast Food / Casper's sues Kasper's -- it's all in the family]
==External links==
*[http://www.caspershotdogs.com/ Casper's Hot Dogs website]
[[Category:1934 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Hot dog restaurants in the United States]]
[[Category:Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:Restaurants established in 1934]]
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