Late Nite Vegan Tip: Franken’s Hot Dogs
Quarrygirl sent us a tip this morning as follows:
LA’s first vegan hot dog stand, in a different location all the time. It’s so good, and you can find it outside of venues like the smell and pehrspace. Kogibbq has got nothing on this! the kids LOVE IT.
I tried to verify the tip by googling Franken’s, and was returned a bunch of HuffPo articles regarding Al Franken, so I’m assuming this phenom is relatively new. (No bullshit: Google Franken’s hot dogs and you get “Coleman has as much chance of winning as a vegan at a hot dog eating contest” …)
What I do know is that at $4, these plant-based sausages (sun-dried tomatoes!) are priced considerably cheaper than the gourmet veggie sausages at Wurstküche and the free toppings don’t appear to be numerically limited, either (glares toward 3rd & Traction). And, oh – the line’s shorter than Kogi, and the location’s trackable online? Count me doubly interested. Get the full scoop here.
But, are they *good* vegan hot dogs? I don’t think I’ve ever had one that didn’t want to make me … well … puke.
haley: yeah, they are actually really good. i’m a vegan, and i must admit, even i was skeptical! i figured these would be boring tofu pups or smart dogs dressed up in toppings. BOY WAS I WRONG…these franks are original, filled with goodness and very unique.
i dare you to try it.
Oh no! You dared me! Hot dogs are probably the only food I sort of miss since going vegan and I have been disappointed at every turn.
But, you dared me!
And I am not a lady who backs down.
[Love your blog, by the way!]
we love franken’s!
these sound amazing.
guys, I was so hungry after reading this article that I had to find the next best thing this evening: an all-beef spicy hot dog split, grilled, slathered in onions and combined with authentic 100% pure beef chili at Earlez Grill. If you’re ever in the Crenshaw area I give this joint big, big thumbs up. Just look for the joint that says “Jack’s Chili Factory” (old photo)…and beneath that, a much, much smaller sign that says “Earlez”. Free wi-fi, domino players and I understand the salmon burger is out of control. Staff is awesome too. And yes: I just hijacked my own vegan thread with nonstop talk of pure beef. (back to topic, then: allegedly they do have very popular veggie [possibly vegan, don't ask me] chili, tofu dogs, and today’s special was actually a veggie burger, which I flatly declined in favor of 100% beef.) (more here, here, here)
hahahaha. yeah, so i guess all this vegan talk made you hungry for…errr…dead animals. WTF!
if they have tofu dogs, count me in.
Cool, I’ll have to look out for those guys. Quarrygirl has a very great vegan blog!
his cart is usually outside the smell on big nights. And yes the vegan dogs are amazing and you can hardly tell. This is coming from a person who hates vegan food and most vegans so it’s definitely worth tracking down. Dude is also pretty friendly and has some delicious natural sodas