Still owned by the Drexler family, Fluky's maintains an in-store restaurant in a WalmartinNiles, Illinois. The one-time chain had dwindled by the time the last city of Chicago Fluky's, 6821 N. Western Ave., changed its name to U Lucky Dawg[4] on February 14, 2006; that site had been owned by a licensee for the previous ten years.[2] A later location in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, was open only a short time.
^ abZeldes, Leah A. (March 31, 2006). "New Name, Same Good Dogs at Landmark Stand". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2016. When the Fluky's sign on Western Avenue came down in February, a lot of hot-dog lovers' hearts sank. This was the only freestanding location and the last city site of the venerable wiener purveyor that, most agree, originated the Chicago-style hot dog back in the Depression.
^Apple, R.W. (April 14, 2004). "A Taste of Chicago: Stand-Up Food in a City of Big Appetites". New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2016. ... Fluky's, which claims to have invented the salad-laden dog on Maxwell Street in Depression-ridden 1929, when it sold for a nickel...
