Owner Chris Redd serves a customer at Redd’s Hot Dogs in Robertsdale.

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ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — Redd’s Hot Dogs in Robertsdale is not for sale, but it might be moving soon, according to owner Chris Redd.

“We get that question all day every day,” he said. “I just want everyone to know that I’m not leaving Robertsdale, and I have two sons. One of them will be taking over when I’m done.”

Questions surrounding the hot dog stand have been popping up since a “for sale” sign went up on the property and the sale of the property was posted to social media about a month ago, Redd said.

“We have been fortunate enough to be able to lease this space for the last 14 years,” he said. “We couldn’t have asked for better people to lease from, but the property owner is getting older and he’s trying to sell some of the properties he owns before he retires and this is one of them.”

Redd’s hot dog stand has been an iconic fixture in Robertsdale since Chris Redd’s father, Clyde “Buddy” Redd, opened the stand 28 years ago. It has been in virtually the same location ever since.

“When he first opened he was in the property next door,” Redd said. When it was sold and a Wendy’s was built on the property 14 years ago, the elder Redd moved his stand a few feet to the south and it has been there ever since.

“My dad was retired,” he said. “He didn’t need the money. He did it because he loved doing it and loved talking to people.”

The younger Redd had his own business when his father became ill and was no longer able to run the business on his own.

“I couldn’t not take it over,” he said. “This business was his life and it kept him going long after he got sick. For the last three years of his life it was the sole reason he got up every morning.”

Redd said he has been in contact with other local property owners and, should the current property be sold, he has property on the Alabama 59 lined up to move the stand.

“We’ll be here in Robertsdale as long as people are buying,” he said.

The stand is open five days a week for lunch, selling hot dogs and sausage dogs at $1.50 each, with signs touting a “World Famous Sauce.”

“If we ever decide to get out of the hot dog business, I will share the recipe,” he said.