His daughter, Catherine Galambus, now owns Yann's and is continuing Russell's legacy of serving great hot dogs. We've left this article as it was originally written in tribute to Russell. I took a hot dog tour of West Virginia (the northern part of the state at least) and one of my main goals was finally trying the infamous Yann's.
Yann's are small dogs, two or three bites at the most, with just a smear of sauce and a minimal bit of yellow mustard and onion almost underneath the dog. Something like 90 cents a piece, these are the types of dogs you eat by the dozen.
This lean meat sauce recipe is made with ground turkey meat instead of ground beef, and the result is just as delicious! Plus, finely chopped mushrooms are incorporated into the sauce (undetected!) for an easy way to eat more vegetables.