Hot Dogs Las Vegas
Did you know that July 23rd is National Hot Dog Day and all of July is National Hot Dog Month?
Being in a family where my daughter is a vegetarian and both my kids do not like hot dogs, we do not help make up this statistic so I guess some other household will have to make up our 280 hot dogs for our home.
According to recent survey data obtained by the Council, Americans purchase 350 million pounds of hot dogs at retail stores – that’s 9 billion hot dogs! But the actual number of hot dogs consumed by Americans is probably much larger. It is difficult to calculate the number of hot dogs Americans may eat at sporting events, local picnics and carnivals. The Council estimates Americans consume 20 billion hot dogs a year – more than twice the retail sales figures. That works out to about 70 hot dogs per person each year.
With that said, Bob does like a good vegetarian hot dog. {GASP!} We probably buy 2 – 3 packages from the store a year to keep on hand at home to take to parties and to have around the house for weekends when he wants something quick and easy to make.
Not too many restaurants have a vegetarian hot dog option and the one place that we frequent in Las Vegas is the Great Links restaurant on W. Craig. He also enjoys Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dogs, but it’s a bit of a drive from where we live.
Useful links for dining out in Las Vegas:
- List of Las Vegas Birthday Deals and Freebies
- List of Kids Eat Free establishments in Las Vegas
- How to save money when eating out on a budget
Photo courtesy of Scott from Vital Vegas | LINQ Restaurants
Below is a list of restaurants in the Las Vegas area that we rounded up using Google and Yelp. If we missed your favorite, please drop us a note so we can add it to the list.
Hot Dogs Las Vegas
- American Coney Island – 301 Fremont Street
- Brewhouse Great Links Grill – 4435 N. Las Vegas Boulevard
- Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dogs – multiple locations and food truck
- Cheffini’s – 520 Fremont Street
- Chicago Dogs – 1078 N Rancho Drive
- Curbside Cafe – 875 S Grand Central Parkway *
- Fernandez Hot Dogs – 1959 E Charleston Boulevard
- Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers – 9809 S Eastern Avenue
- Great Links Brew House and Grill – 6010 W Craig Rd
- Haute Doggery – 3545 Las Vegas Boulevard
- Hawaiian Hot Dogs – 3340 S Highland Drive
- Hot Dog Heaven – 10690 Southern Highlands Parkway
- Hot Dog on a Stick – multiple locations
- Luna Dogs – 317 Garces Ave
- Nathan’s Famous – multiple locations
- Pink’s Hot Dogs – 3667 Las Vegas Blvd Street
- Sin City Dogs – 4262 Blue Diamond Road
- Weiner’s Circle – 11011 W Charleston Boulevard
- Weinerschnitzel – multiple locations
- Windy City Beefs-N-Dogs – 7500 W Lake Mead Boulevard #10
- World’s Best Corn Dogs * (not “true hot dogs” but it’s popular)
* food truck
Fun Hot Dog Facts
Los Angeles residents consume more hot dogs than any other city (over 40 million), beating out New York and Atlanta.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport consumes SIX times more hot dogs, 725,000 more than Los Angeles International Airport and LaGuardia Airport combined.
On Independence Day, Americans will enjoy 150 million hot dogs, enough to stretch from D.C. to L.A. more than five times.
During peak hot dog season, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Americans typically consume 7 billion hot dogs. That’s 818 hot dogs consumed every second during that period.
Los Angeles Dodger fans are expected to consume a record 3,077,537 in 2014. Across the major leagues, fans are expected to eat 21.4 million hot dogs in 2014.
Top Hot Dog Consuming Cities 2013
I was shocked to see that Los Angeles beat out New York for the most hot dogs consumed for 2013. I figured fast-paced life with short lunches would keep the hot dog stands in a constant state of business. Mmmm…. maybe their baseball fans like their hot dogs more?
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Atlanta
- Philadelphia
- Chicago
- Washington, DC
- Boston
- Detroit
- Pittsburgh
- San Francisco
In your opinion, which restaurant sells the best dogs in town and which way do you like to “dress” yours?
Hot Dog Resources
- HotDog.org
- Wikipedia – Hot Dogs
- Wikipedia – Hot Dog Day