05/24/2026
Today is Dia Del Completo! This fun day of hot dogs comes to us from Chile! The history of Dia Del Completo began in 2009 as a fun way to celebrate Chile’s love for their special hot dogs. A popular fast-food chain, Dominó, came up with the idea. (According to Days of the Year website).
They wanted to promote their delicious completos and thought a special day would do the trick.
The idea quickly caught on across the country. People loved the excuse to indulge in their favorite loaded hot dogs.
The special hot dogs are completos. Their origins (according to Wikipedia) :
“The dish was first made in the 1920s in the fuentes de soda (soda fountains) of central Santiago.[3] The completo was brought to Chile by Eduardo Bahamondes who had recently travelled to the United States on business. It was there that he first saw the "hot dog" which he decided to bring back to his home country. Once back in Chile, he then opened a restaurant in Santiago's historic centre called Quick Lunch Bahamondes in the Portal Fernandez Co**ha where he began to introduce the Chilean people to the hot dog. As people didn't like the original preparation, he added other ingredients such as tomato and avocado, which eventually became accepted by the public.[3]”
Of course the Skellies had to join the fun! They made theirs with tomato, avocado and mayonnaise!! (That seemed to be a recurring topping combo) These were served on our brand new plates! Our little just had to have the cat plate!!!!
