Dear Steve, I wish I would have got this book two years ago when I started my hot dog business. It would have saved me time and some headaches. After being in the business for two years I still learned some valuable tips. The thing I like about your book is it is real practical [...]
“I have had people come up to me and say, ‘I’ve already had dinner, but there’s always room for a hot dog,” Lori Bayliss said during one of the Friday Night Live concerts at Uptown Altamonte. Bayliss, otherwise known as Dog House Lori, operates a mobile hot dog stand that […]
Good morning, Steve! I negotiated what I think is an excellent deal with my Municipality. I live in a stereotypically small town (about 5,000 people living inside town limits) not unlike many you may remember from Minnesota, with much of the downtown still being original old buildings and storefronts and our Town Hall and Market [...]
Here’s some video of me and the E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart working my annual block party last Saturday. If you don’t know my story, I started, grew, and sold a successful hot dog cart business using carts that I built myself. When I sold “King Weenie Hot Dogs” I signed a non-compete agreement which [...]
Hey, This is called "live blogging". I'm at my annual block party and had to come home to take my little girl to the bathroom so I thought I'd check in here at HDCN. Guess who's serving the hot dogs at this year's party. That's right - me and my E-Z Built. I'll post some [...]
It didn’t take me long to get to Columbus’ first and only vegetarian hot dog cart–I missed the grand opening by a few days. Rad Dog lists its location on the Web site, so you too can easily run into the mostly organic street vendor. I love the idea of quality street cart food in [...]
The E-Z Built plans are designed to be adaptable. Case in point: Darren found a used utility trailer cheap and although it wasn’t exactly the size specified in the plans, it worked out just fine. I’ll let Darren tell you about his E-Z Built hot dog cart in his own words… […]
Just got a desperate email from a California car dealership that needs someone to serve hot dogs for a four day gig. It’s THIS WEEKEND, so don’t lollygag or you’ll miss it. Here’s the email I got… […]
All right everybody, we got a TON of really great questions for our food cart leasing expert. I'm going to interview him this week and use his answers to put together the definitive report on leasing hot dog carts - the pros and cons, what you need to know in order to make this work [...]
