citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message sneaky pete s type restaurant industry fast food founded 1966 headquarters birmingham alabama key people pete graphos founder products fast food including hot dogs hamburgers french fries breakfast website sneakypeteshotdogs.com sneaky pete s is a birmingham alabama based chain of hot dog restaurants founded by pete graphos in 1966 and sold to the present owner bernard d amico in 1986 . sneaky pete s corporate offices are located in vestavia hills alabama . as part of its franchise plan many sneaky pete s stores are located inside gas station convenience stores under the nameplate sneaky pete s express . the company has also experimented with a more upscale sit down style restaurant with a larger menu dubbed sneaky pete s cafe . sneaky pete s hot dogs are a beef pork blend with a very thin casing . the signature hot dog has mustard onions kraut and the resraurant s signature hot dog sauce . other options include chili cheese sauce beef sauce and bacon . the restaurants also serve hamburgers french fries onion rings nachos and a full breakfast menu . sneaky pete s hot dog sauce is bottled for retail sale and is available at several local grocery stores . history edit graphos first location called sneaky pete s hot dogs & things was on the 2000 block of 8th avenue south . he took the name from a nickname given him by one of his friends . the second location in downtown homewood opened when sammy graphos joined his brother in 1970 . another brother jimmy came on board in 1973 the same year that the partners licensed their first franchise location . sam and jimmy left the company in the mid 1970s but held on to their locations . sam renamed his sam s super samwiches in 1978 and jimmy renamed his jimmy s hot dogs and burgers in 1990 . in 1986 pete sold the chain then numbering 24 locations to d amico . graphos went on to open two mountain brook eateries which have since closed and went into real estate full time . in 2000 the sneaky pete s name was licensed to former coca cola executives ben katay and greg petro . in addition to expanding the chain in the atlanta area the two planned to pair it with their own crazy crepes concept for franchising in osaka and tokyo japan . a concept store in marietta georgia showed early success but eventually closed . sneaky pete s has had several slogans the most memorable being the way hot dogs should be . locations edit many locations are in the greater birmingham area and other stores are located throughout alabama . external links edit official website sneaky pete s at bhamwiki retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sneaky pete % 27s & oldid 732018808 categories hot dog restaurantsrestaurants in birmingham alabamacompanies based in birmingham alabamaregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 19661966 establishments in alabamahidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2010all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 01 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view