(Photo: Karen Tapia-Andersen/LAT)
Los Angeles is a hot dog town, the L.A. Times' Food section proclaims:
We have our old-time dog houses such as Pink's in Hollywood, Cupid's in Northridge and the notorious Oki Dog, with its indefensible topping of pastrami and cheese. A lot of Angelenos are waiting to find out what will happen to Hollywood's famous Tail o' the Pup stand, which has languished in a warehouse since 2005. Look on the Internet and you can read of the grief felt when Sherman Oaks' 36-year-old Wiener Factory closed last New Year's Eve.
I've always loved that as much as L.A. is a health food capital, we're also home to some of the best not-so-healthy fare in the country as well.
OK, so maybe this sounds a little more stereotypically L.A.:
"Our motivation was to pay homage to the hot dog as an iconic American food," says Murray Wishengrad of the Stand chain (Encino, Century City and Westwood), "to elevate the hot dog in both quality and environment. All our places have beer and wine licenses, so you can have a glass of Merlot with a great hot dog."
The story goes on to talk about some of the new gourmet hot dog spots around town, the opening of two Chicago hot dog chains in the region, and a quick history of frankfurters.
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