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Northshore October 2025
If it's sunny out, hot dog guy Don Cowan is ready to roll. When the warm weather rolls in, so does Don Cowan, owner of Brian's Father's Hot Dogs. "I have one son. Guess what his name is?" quips the 61-year-old Methuen native, whose hotdog cart and cheerful smile have been familiar sights in downtown Andover for nearly a decade. And nowadays, when Hollywood needs hot dogs, Cowan has become the big screen's go-to guy.Why did you leave the printing business to sell hot dogs? I owned A+ Printing in Reading for 10 years. When my largest account went bankrupt, they took me with them. But a friend of mine sold hot dog carts and hooked me up.So how f
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