Jacob Hunter is hot dogging it. As executive chef of Capitol Hill’s unique hot dog restaurant, DC-3, Hunter has scoured the nation seeking traditional franks or hot dog recipes. His task: Transform these into contemporary renditions of old-time faves. And that’s where the restaurant’s curious name comes in: DC-3 refers to the 1940s Douglass Commercial airplane, which apparently flew to all the destinations referred to on the menu, from Chicago to Maine to Tucson, Ariz., to San Francisco. “It’s a map of where the best hot dogs come from,” says Hunter, pointing to an illustration covering one of the restaurant walls. “It shows the spirit of American hot dogs.”

Except, of course, Korea. The Q’s Seoul Bulgogi and Kimchi frank — “We make the bulgogi in-house,” says Hunter — ranks on the listing as a nod to one of the owners of DC-3 and its sister restaurants, matchbox and Ted’s Bulletin.