The New York Pushcart Biz How can a company like Sabrett grow to selling 35 million pounds of hot dogs annually, when the most visible face of their customers are the lowly push carts in New York City? Thinking of that business as “lowly” is our first mistake. With thousands of push carts in NY,… Continue reading Regional Profile – Sabrett Hot Dogs, New York, Part 2
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Regional Profile – Sabrett Hot Dogs, New York, Part 1
Sabrett is a registered trademark of Marathon Enterprises, a major East coast regional meat supplier to the trade and consumers. Although best known for their natural casing hot dogs, Marathon makes and distributes a range of products, including hot sausage, kielbasa, salami, pastrami, corned beef,garlic rings, and condiments. The company has an honored history. The son of… Continue reading Regional Profile – Sabrett Hot Dogs, New York, Part 1
Hoffy Hot Dogs Update
Last year I wrote a four-part series on Los Angeles’ favorite Hoffy Hot Dogs; while I reviewed most of their product line, the occasion for the piece was the debut of their bacon-wrapped hot dogs, which is the official hot dog of Los Angeles. The company has been working hard to get wider distribution, and… Continue reading Hoffy Hot Dogs Update
Portland, OR – Bird Dog Review
The “Bird Dog” name doesn’t come from any of the conventional or urban slang definitions of that phrase, but rather, one would imagine, as an homage to the cafe’s signature dish moniker, a hot dog prepared in the way occasionally people are used to hearing a different cut of meat prepared in some parts of… Continue reading Portland, OR – Bird Dog Review
Portland, OR – Franks A Lot
Now how I have missed this place? In the parking lot of Whole Foods on SE Burnside, Franks A Lot has been dishing up specialty dogs for years – long before the whole Portland food cart craze. We were in the neighborhood, biding our time waiting on Portland’s extraordinary garden consultant, Sara Pool, to plan… Continue reading Portland, OR – Franks A Lot
New Orleans, LA – Dat Dog
(by Kat Stromquist, New Orleans-based correspondent) As a Chicago ex-pat, I had long looked forward to sampling the wares of Dat Dog, an upscale hot dog stand in the revamped Freret Street corridor of New Orleans. I’m serious about the “stand” part: just six or seven tables are crammed in and around the storefront, and… Continue reading New Orleans, LA – Dat Dog
Thumann’s Natural Casing Beef Hot Dogs
I had my cap set on some natural casing hot dogs the other day; after all, I had just received a new shipment of Skyline Chili in the post, and I needed something to slather it on! Natural casing hot dogs are my favorite, but not America’s – less than 5% of the hot dogs… Continue reading Thumann’s Natural Casing Beef Hot Dogs
Regional Brands, Hoffy, Part 3 – Bacon Dogs
Once upon a time, in the not too distance past, someone, somewhere, decided the city of Los Angeles needed to give its blessing to “an official hot dog for L.A.” Time passed, the public was lobbied, people voted, and the powers that be proclaimed “the official hot dog of Los Angeles is a bacon-wrapped hot… Continue reading Regional Brands, Hoffy, Part 3 – Bacon Dogs
Regional Brands – Hoffy, Part 2 – Hollywood Original Dogs
This week we begin a spotlight series on regional brands. Hoffy is a brand name known to Los Angelenos for over 75 years. Chances are, if you’ve eaten a natural casing hot dog at a restaurant in L.A., it came from Hoffy. The world-famous Pink’s uses a specially formulated dog from Hoffy, for example, and… Continue reading Regional Brands – Hoffy, Part 2 – Hollywood Original Dogs
Home Cookin’ – Falls Brand Frankfurters
For over 100 years, the Independent Meat Company of Twin Falls, has been cranking out quality sausages and processed pork products under the “Falls” brand. They are also the purveyor of “Salmon Creek” brand of natural pork products. On my recent road trip, I picked up a few packages of their products, the natural casing… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Falls Brand Frankfurters