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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon ’Sup Dog? is a hit in Sisters Sisters Country birds By Jim Cornelius By douglas Beall News Editor Correspondent Jim Goodwin watched Darrick Phallon put together a bratwurst at his food cart at the corner of Hood Avenue and Fir Street. “This is great,” he said. “This is my new favorite lunch. It’s good and it’s con- venient, like when I’m head- ing in to work.” Goodwin is not alone. Judging from the crowds that gather at that corner from late morning through late after- noon each day, Phallon’s ’Sup Dog? food cart has become an instant success in Sisters, among visitors and locals alike. “We want a place that is a good, appealing, affordable place to hang out for local people,” Phallon said. “I get people who come back here almost every day. It’s a ter- rific local response.” The repeat business is drawn by the quality of ’Sup Dog?’s dogs. Phallon exclu- sively uses Zenner’s meats — German and Polish sausages, bratwurst — whatever strikes Phallon as the freshest and most appealing options from the Portland institution. “We wanted an Oregon company,” he explained. “I talked to five or six. Zenner’s was the only one that could guarantee us the type of product that we wanted and the volume. When I tried all the Oregon options, they impressed me the most.” The result is a satisfying, flavorful meal for a good price — exactly what Phallon was hoping for in establishing Red-breasted sapsucker [Sphyrapicus ruber] drills feeding holes in mostly deciduous trees. The holes ooze sap and attract insects, especially ants, which in summer are 80 percent of the sapsuckers diet. The sap itself is also consumed, and hum- mingbirds will follow sap- suckers and feed on the same sap holes. The red-breasted sap- sucker prefers dead snags for its nesting site and will use the same tree for several years, drilling a new nest hole each season. The nest contains no nesting mate- rial, and the male does all the night-time incubating of four to seven eggs. Often they can be heard chattering in aspen groves as they follow each other to their feeding trees. The accompanying photo by JiM corneliuS darrick Phallon has a hit on his hands with his new food cart located at eurosports on the corner of hood Avenue and Fir Street. his food cart. didn’t want to work for The cart is the first to somebody else, so he estab- locate at Eurosports, which lished Elevado Metalworks applied through the City of in Sisters Industrial Park. Sisters to create the opportu- He continues to operate nity to develop what owner that company, and his met- Brad Boyd calls a “food- alwork expertise helped him cart pod” on the grounds of in building a functional and the bicycle shop (which also attractive food cart. But he’s offers beer and cider on tap). happy to step back a bit from The City process by which the hard physical labor of that that happened stirred some work. And he loves the social controversy, but there seems aspect of his new gig. to be little discord over the “It’s a simple thing,” he cart itself. Folks apparently said. “I’m outside; I’m meet- love it. ing new people every day.” That’s gratifying to Gratified by an extrava- Phallon, who considers his gantly positive response to entrée into the food-service his product and his endeavor, industry yet one more “rein- Phallon plans a party to cel- vention” in a career full of ebrate ’Sup Dog? on Friday, them. July 3, at 6:30 p.m. There will He spent a dozen years be live music — featuring in the sign industry before Jim Goodwin, one of the new giving in to his lifelong food cart’s repeat customers. travel bug and living in the Dominican Republic for a year with his family. 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