…includes my column showcasing four pizza restaurants. It’s
on the stands now, or you can read it here.
One of the pizzerias in question is CheezHeadz, a Peoria joint with a Wisconsin
theme which offers a massive cheesesteak sandwich called the Hodag. Cheeseheads
will of course recognize that as a reference to…
Monster-of-the-Week: …this week’s honoree, The Hodag, terrifying
yet beloved beast of Wisconsin tall tales, described in an 1893 newspaper story
as having “the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick
short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with
spears at the end.” Sounds a bit stegosaurian, no?
Anyway, here…
…is one of the more spectacular specimens of Hodag, guarding
the Rhinelander, WI Chamber of Commerce.
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