Iconic Chris’ Hotdogs celebrates dramatically improved health score
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – Chris’ Hotdogs is a landmark Montgomery restaurant institution that has not only celebrated 100 years in business, but now a dramatically improved health score.
Chris’ now has a 98 health rating. Its new owners say the score had been in the 70s before they bought the restaurant and made massive improvements to it.
Morris and Leslie Capp bought the restaurant in October of last year and closed it temporarily to make changes before reopening in January.
They put in a new ventilation system, air purification system, high-tech pest control, new duct work, repainted the entire building and rebuilt all of the old counters to restore the original look.
They say that they put in a lot of hard work and effort themselves along with your crew.
The Capps says with each rating, they want to continue to improve, hoping that they made the former owners proud.
“We needed to raise that health score dramatically and give people a reason to come into a brand new Chris’,” owner Morris Capp said. “My wife’s motto was, ‘something old is new again,’ and it is, and it’s clean and the food is great and the burgers are bigger than ever and we have a great crew of people and they brought in some computerization to the organization.”
“We spent a lot of time and effort to make sure that the establishment was loved by people, but also trusted by people, and we noted there had been some issues in the past, but we want it to alleviate those and I think we have,” owner Leslie Capp said.
Chris’ Hotdogs was founded in 1917 and is the oldest family-owned restaurant in Montgomery. It has served presidents, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, countless celebrities and sports figures and every Alabama governor since it opened.
