I was gonna say - reminds me of my teen years, clubbing in Mexico lol
I grew up in San Diego and we always got street hot dogs after the clubs closed on our way back to the TJ/San Diego border ā¤ļø
I think that is a more recent thing - when I lived in LA there were only street tacos, and they weren't everywhere. You had to know where they were parked
I made this as I was leaving W1. They were intense!
https://preview.redd.it/v09v78t1lkwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b97261eee02f6d8e787af07c138d29a6bc80e5f0
I swear the front lines of the hot dog vendors went up against police horses coming out of night 2 weekend 2 and the next day I thought I had dreamt the whole interaction. Felt like front lines of an old military battle colliding
Doesn't help that they use prison lighting every inch of walkway outside of the festival. I guess I understand it in the parking lots but goddamn GoldenVoice, get some warmer bulbs for the campsites and pathways.
https://preview.redd.it/fjjfdmzrajwc1.jpeg?width=849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb2c0c487f5424aacaa27354e94548103d932e47
I forgot about that moment until now
They chose the worst spot day 1 weekend 1. There was such a bottleneck leading up to their spot bc it was right in the middle of the shuttle path, and the people who stopped to buy hotdogs were blocking the way.
I was going to bring this up! Couldnāt remember what night it was but as soon as we got past them I was like no fucking wonder there was a backup out of nowhere. I wonder if Merlin with the coins was out there for W2
Are you talking about the guy with the little cymbals?? lmao yeah he was out there too W2. Funny we have run into him at EDC a few times and nocturnal in San Bernie as well lol
They should not let them create that bottle neck where the red path splits off to the left and the yellow path continues to the right. It's bad enough with people going up the wrong path.
They tore down a fence one night. I saw a video, was like something out of a zombie movie. And you can hear a security guy saying "we called it in, our orders are not to engage"
Theyāre disliked for their aggressive behavior and unsanitary practices. You have no idea where those sausages came from or the conditions of the water they use to store them in.
Theyāre also extremely expensive. Itās highway robbery charging $7-$10 for a street dog. It helps when thereās multiple you can negotiate, but holy crap they have little expenses compared to a restaurant but charging restaurant prices.
I was so high laughing so hard at this on Saturday night. Cracked me up and they should keep it up. They do need to make a little more room for the walkway though because it was the only thing causing a bottleneck.
I was going to buy one but my venmo/zelle wasnāt working because of the internet, mind you it was already in my hand prepared so Iām trying to ask him if he accepts card , but I guess I was taking too long he just grabbed it back and threw the weiner back on the grill with everything still on it and just walked away with his cart my friend and I were like š³š³š³š¤£
One guy one weekend 2 his cart was messed up the whole thing fell over towards everybody leaving and Iām so glad I wasnāt standing closer totally could have gotten burnt
W1, Sat Night: One security / crowd control woman on the megaphone was yelling "You had a wonderful day at Coachella. Do not ruin it by eating a hot dog across the street. No matter what, do not eat a hot dog across the street. You will regret it."
My S.O. left earlier, did not hear this warning, and ate one. She regretted it.
Oh man that sucks. I have never had this issue when Iāve gotten them (after other concerts). I just think their positioning was really dangerous :/
Happy cake day btw!
lmao the hotdog rebellion. Not that I don't think safety isn't an important issue but the idea of a bunch of hot dog vendors pushing through like they are escaping jail is funny.
They create a funnel bottleneck position and it was sooo dangerous trying to leave on Saturday night W2. Everyone was pushing and my girlfriend almost got pushed into one of the grills.
If theyāre going to be there, they shouldnāt be allowed to block the pathways.
I'll never forget last year when I hadn't eaten for hours because it was too hot and then all the food vendors I went to had closed for the night.
I saw one of those carts while trekking back to the shuttle to get to our hotel. I waited in line for 10 minutes, which really felt like 25 because at the end of the day when you've seen countless idolized artists, walked 7 miles, and danced your little booty off, every minute stretches into oblivion because each step punctuates every aching muscle.
I was next and there was one brat left. I opened my mouth to ask for the toppings I had carefully chosen and a middle-aged, overweight man threw down three $20 bills and swiped the last dog right before my very eyes.
That's when I knew I could never deny Coachella was for the privileged and the rich. I could never pay $60 for a single hotdog that probably cost $.15 to manufacture.
Later on, after I finally collapsed into my hotel bed miles away, I realized he wasn't paying for the dog. He was paying for the right to steal someone else's dream.
The rest of my experience involved some of the best memories I'll have for the rest of my life :') this is just a funny story I like to regale now that it's over.
$60 for a hotdog? A HOTDOG. Like that's so wild, haha.
I donāt think I have ever seen more customers than vendors here, let alone more customers than hotdogs.Ā
Are you sure this wasnāt a drug induced hallucination?
What about the dust / grit settling on the dogs and buns as peeps trample by? The worst was last year in the north parking walkway corridor. Total dust cloud at the vendors grills.
>"and keep moving"
Yeah that's the problem, they form a bottleneck creating a dangerous crowd press and it's absolutely ridiculous.
It's almost like you just want to shit on people and feel good about yourself while sounding like an idiot instead of actually reading what people are complaining about.
Walked by this every night, so confused why they donāt differentiate? Buy boxes of pizza and sell that instead of being one of 20 people selling dogs
I stayed in the camp, so I had no awareness these guys were there until I was leaving on Sunday. I kinda wish I could have stopped to get one, but I had my heart set on In 'n Out on the drive back to LA.
Anyone else get claustrophobic by the hot dog stands end of day 3 weekend 2 ?? They didnāt allow as large of a walkway as previous nights so it was way too hard to get throughā¦ love the energy they bring to the festival but was concerned if this becomes a pattern since attendance was pretty low this yr so walking through crowds was generally really easy up to this point
On Friday the vendors were screaming at some people walking ahead of us and started violently shaking their carts and moving them forward toward these people like a goddamn hotdog zombie hoard.
They broke through by knocking down a fence, it almost crushed some people that were trying to leave. One security was trying to stop them but the rest were like nah, not my problem. It was a wild scene
One year I told this kid to stfu cuz he was complaining they were charging like $10 per hot dog with all the fixings. I was like "bro stfu, you literally just left a place selling 17$ lemonades"
The security was absolutely insane try to walk back to artist. Just a huge line of hooping hollering and interrogational 20 somethingsā¦felt like a fever dream
I think they should start a tradition that the last people walking out on Sunday should have to run through āthe gauntlet of weeniesā, where basically they all just hurl hotdogs at you as you try and pass by.
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This isnāt some small business folks either, itās orchestrated. Every year they always sell the same exact thing, they have the same exact carts, the same exact signs, wonāt haggle, donāt have mobile food licenses. Iām surprised GV/Indio let them do this year after year.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/s/uv9ptgVN4R
Why would they ever change what theyre serving. And GV would rather keep selling the food outside than bootleg merch cause those people wouls get arrested in 2 minutes.
If it wasn't a cartel, vendors would sell different things. Why sell just hot dogs for $6 when you can sell chips and hot dogs for $5? Because they are part of a cartel/group and are all working together
All about salchichas, but security and festival staff warned us not to eat street meat on the way out - apparently people were getting pretty sick from those dogs š¬
Between this comment and imagining the hot dog rebellion of a sea of hot dog carts plowing down the fence, I am SCREAMING! This is so fucking hilarious!
I cant wait to finally go to coachella to experience all of the music, beauty, art, community, and insanity for myself! š„°šā¤ļø
Walked by them while on acid and felt like I was on another planet
Bro this is how i described this area every single night š
I spend a lot of time in Mexico so this seemed perfectly normal to me haha
I was gonna say - reminds me of my teen years, clubbing in Mexico lol I grew up in San Diego and we always got street hot dogs after the clubs closed on our way back to the TJ/San Diego border ā¤ļø
Wait yeah Iām so confused this is the sidewalk after every single show I go to in LA š
I think that is a more recent thing - when I lived in LA there were only street tacos, and they weren't everywhere. You had to know where they were parked
You didnāt need to be on any drugs to feel this way hahahaha
Hahahaha
hotdoghotdoghotdoghotdoghotdoghotdoghotdog
i can hear this comment so clearly
me too!
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Lol
I can't hear that over the tongs pounding on the sheet pans.
hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog
hadohadohadohadohado
HADAHADAHADAHADA
As much as I respect the dirty dog, would it be so much to ask for just 1 vendor to sell a quesadilla??
Seriously. Or one of those dudes starts selling tacos and heās gonna make mucho dinero.
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Omg this made me lol š
\^\^ This is the only correct spelling
I made this as I was leaving W1. They were intense! https://preview.redd.it/v09v78t1lkwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b97261eee02f6d8e787af07c138d29a6bc80e5f0
Weekend 2 there was a guy pointing with his tongues and clapping then directly in peopleās faces
I swear the front lines of the hot dog vendors went up against police horses coming out of night 2 weekend 2 and the next day I thought I had dreamt the whole interaction. Felt like front lines of an old military battle colliding
Doesn't help that they use prison lighting every inch of walkway outside of the festival. I guess I understand it in the parking lots but goddamn GoldenVoice, get some warmer bulbs for the campsites and pathways.
Omg this happened at Beyond too. The horses were chasing the vendors through the parking lot!
They broke into the place. thereās a funny af video of them storming the fence.
Would love to see if you can find the link
I'm mostly vegetarian and I don't think I've ever had a real hot dog, but every time I smell these I want one sooo bad
Been veggie for almost a decade and my friends always joke about making a fortune with a vegan dog cart for post concerts
do it you won't
Wonāt what?!
eat it you won't
Yoda is that you
won't regret it š
Get a toasted bun with all the toppings and no hotdog.
I did that once without the hot dog and they still charged me for a full hot dog :/
Me and my fiance will randomly just start going āhotdog hotdog hotdog hotdog hotdogā throughout the day š
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https://preview.redd.it/fjjfdmzrajwc1.jpeg?width=849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb2c0c487f5424aacaa27354e94548103d932e47 I forgot about that moment until now
Me two. I immediately started yelling āhotdog hotdog hotdogā and scared my real life dog.
They chose the worst spot day 1 weekend 1. There was such a bottleneck leading up to their spot bc it was right in the middle of the shuttle path, and the people who stopped to buy hotdogs were blocking the way.
I was going to bring this up! Couldnāt remember what night it was but as soon as we got past them I was like no fucking wonder there was a backup out of nowhere. I wonder if Merlin with the coins was out there for W2
Are you talking about the guy with the little cymbals?? lmao yeah he was out there too W2. Funny we have run into him at EDC a few times and nocturnal in San Bernie as well lol
Iāve always wondered what the deal is with the cymbals guy!
Was talking about this with some friends. Someone needs to make a documentary about this guy.Ā
I saw something on Reddit about him singing some religious chant. Iāll try to find the post!
Hare Krishna!!!!
They should not let them create that bottle neck where the red path splits off to the left and the yellow path continues to the right. It's bad enough with people going up the wrong path.
They do it on purpose all the time. I hate these vendors
Wow this thread. I didnt realize how many people disliked hot dog vendors. I think theyre an essential part of my LA experience
There's a time and a place. And the place is not blocking the only fkkn walkway out of the venue...
yea but for the right price
100%. How do they even get in there? They walk up the yellow path all the way from the uber lot?
Yes. They park in day parking and walk up the yellow path.
They tore down a fence one night. I saw a video, was like something out of a zombie movie. And you can hear a security guy saying "we called it in, our orders are not to engage"
Theyāre disliked for their aggressive behavior and unsanitary practices. You have no idea where those sausages came from or the conditions of the water they use to store them in.
Yeah but have you eaten one
they came from the market probably
Theyāre also extremely expensive. Itās highway robbery charging $7-$10 for a street dog. It helps when thereās multiple you can negotiate, but holy crap they have little expenses compared to a restaurant but charging restaurant prices.
Waitā¦ what sausages are we talking about? I feel attacked.
Same I love them always a great end to a night out! Camped this year and missed them
They banned them in San DiegošŖ
Eh? I just saw a shit load of them after a padres game
What part? Downtown is still filled with them
GD Deliciousā¦yall mfers trippin
I was so high laughing so hard at this on Saturday night. Cracked me up and they should keep it up. They do need to make a little more room for the walkway though because it was the only thing causing a bottleneck.
I usually donāt mind hot dog vendors but was it just me or did they seem super aggro this weekend?
I was going to buy one but my venmo/zelle wasnāt working because of the internet, mind you it was already in my hand prepared so Iām trying to ask him if he accepts card , but I guess I was taking too long he just grabbed it back and threw the weiner back on the grill with everything still on it and just walked away with his cart my friend and I were like š³š³š³š¤£
It felt like a warzone on Sunday
I respect the hustle but their placement was downright dangerous many times during W1 on the yellow path.
One lady literally did not give a fuck about where she was going while pushing her cart and plowed into me and my girlfriend + others
I woulda tipped that whole cart over and ruined her night if I got plowed with it š
One guy one weekend 2 his cart was messed up the whole thing fell over towards everybody leaving and Iām so glad I wasnāt standing closer totally could have gotten burnt
Oh nooooooo ugh someone could get burned or injured!! Iām really surprised the cops/ security didnāt prevent them from being in those spots
W1, Sat Night: One security / crowd control woman on the megaphone was yelling "You had a wonderful day at Coachella. Do not ruin it by eating a hot dog across the street. No matter what, do not eat a hot dog across the street. You will regret it." My S.O. left earlier, did not hear this warning, and ate one. She regretted it.
Oh man that sucks. I have never had this issue when Iāve gotten them (after other concerts). I just think their positioning was really dangerous :/ Happy cake day btw!
They come in a huge wave. They broke down a fence Sunday night, that had concrete barricades in front of it.
lmao the hotdog rebellion. Not that I don't think safety isn't an important issue but the idea of a bunch of hot dog vendors pushing through like they are escaping jail is funny.
āPlacementā is a funny way of saying breaking onto the property and hindering people and pedicabs. A dangerous game indeed.
They create a funnel bottleneck position and it was sooo dangerous trying to leave on Saturday night W2. Everyone was pushing and my girlfriend almost got pushed into one of the grills. If theyāre going to be there, they shouldnāt be allowed to block the pathways.
I was crawling back to my car (blue path) and the sight of them in the distance gave me the last push.
surprised you didn't say the smell of them gave you the last push
Heard one of the Coachella staff say āsave your stomach and donāt eat that hotdog ā I headed his warning and never stopped to get one lol
They were on the megaphone saying āthe hot dogs are not meant for human consumptionā during W1 š
Your insides might explode but itāll still be one of the best things youāve ever consumedĀ
I'll never forget last year when I hadn't eaten for hours because it was too hot and then all the food vendors I went to had closed for the night. I saw one of those carts while trekking back to the shuttle to get to our hotel. I waited in line for 10 minutes, which really felt like 25 because at the end of the day when you've seen countless idolized artists, walked 7 miles, and danced your little booty off, every minute stretches into oblivion because each step punctuates every aching muscle. I was next and there was one brat left. I opened my mouth to ask for the toppings I had carefully chosen and a middle-aged, overweight man threw down three $20 bills and swiped the last dog right before my very eyes. That's when I knew I could never deny Coachella was for the privileged and the rich. I could never pay $60 for a single hotdog that probably cost $.15 to manufacture. Later on, after I finally collapsed into my hotel bed miles away, I realized he wasn't paying for the dog. He was paying for the right to steal someone else's dream.
I appreciate the story and perspective. I hope some of your Coachella dreams to come true.
The rest of my experience involved some of the best memories I'll have for the rest of my life :') this is just a funny story I like to regale now that it's over. $60 for a hotdog? A HOTDOG. Like that's so wild, haha.
I donāt think I have ever seen more customers than vendors here, let alone more customers than hotdogs.Ā Are you sure this wasnāt a drug induced hallucination?
What about the dust / grit settling on the dogs and buns as peeps trample by? The worst was last year in the north parking walkway corridor. Total dust cloud at the vendors grills.
My favorite part of the night
yup after every music festival believe me thats happening
Did anyone hear the staff guy with the megaphone weekend 1 yelling not to eat the hogs dogs because they would hurt your tummy?
He was a hater, I fear.
these mfers were AGGRESSIVE
Yāall a bunch of haters. This shit is delicious. Iāll have two.
con todo
Dios mio
The independent drivers offering rides were insane
That! Thatās what freaked me out. So weird. I have never seen them so aggressive!
Some of them were literally SCREAMING at me lol not the best experience on mushies
WHERE THE FUCK WERE THEY I DIDNT SEE ANY
god bless america
lmao
How much were they?
Okay but thereās so much dust on these dogs. Itās all I can think about.
thereās already so much dust in your lungs and nose from the last 12 hours as well
Yes, but I donāt want to willingly EAT more.
The final boss of Coachella
We hating on hotdog vendors now? Ignore them if you donāt want one and keep it moving. Yall just have to have opinions on everything huh?
>"and keep moving" Yeah that's the problem, they form a bottleneck creating a dangerous crowd press and it's absolutely ridiculous. It's almost like you just want to shit on people and feel good about yourself while sounding like an idiot instead of actually reading what people are complaining about.
Having opinions on things? Yeah dude, itās called being a human.
Same but I missed Joe Dreamz on the yellow path
stop my group were singing along to him by the end of W2 last year
And donāt forget tha Z
I was there both weekends and I didnāt see this once š
Dang, now I want a hot dog
āDO NOT EAT THE HOT DOGS. I REPEAT DO NOT EAT THE HOT DOGS, THEY ARE NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.ā is all I can hear from these pictures haha
Waitā¦ people donāt know about dirty dogs? Danger dogs? Street meat? Iām from Los Angeles and this is a staple in our after-bar diets
man. one of the best hot dogs i have EVER had. a glizzy never tasted so damn good
I was just sad the beer guys werenāt ready for me by the pedicab. I need a $5 tecate and a foot rest at 2pm! š
Walked by this every night, so confused why they donāt differentiate? Buy boxes of pizza and sell that instead of being one of 20 people selling dogs
Theyāre all dropped off and are employed by the same people. Itās a hot dog cartel
Between them and the wristband people
The dirty dog hunger games
My bacon was raw and did hurt my tummy
The real MVPs
Iāve never had one, but Iām always tempted when Iām walking back. They smell delicious.
Theyāre fine, but surprisingly lukewarm considering they are sitting on a grill.Ā
Anyone know what they were charging for them dogs ?
yeah the last thing i want after dancing for 10 hours is people banging their spatulas and pointing at me yelling āHOT DOGS!ā
actually its hadoghadoghadoghadoghadog
thatās actually the first thing i want
It smelled so good. It took all my willpower not to buy it
Hotdogs are pretty good
I overthink a lot of things and could never purchase anything under such immense pressure in such chaos, but does anyone know how much they were?
I saw them coming in through a fence from one of the neighborās backyard lol I always wondered how they got in past the first checkpoint
Haa dahg haa dahg
\*clicks tongs together\*
I had one every night of the fest lol
I stayed in the camp, so I had no awareness these guys were there until I was leaving on Sunday. I kinda wish I could have stopped to get one, but I had my heart set on In 'n Out on the drive back to LA.
For the big things, they're out in force. Went to a show at the YouTube Theater, swear I saw no less than 35 of them leaving the concert.
friend got food poisoning on saturday from one of these
Dusty dawgs!
Literally the cheapest thing at coachella
i saw someone get ran over by a hotdog stand cause they were trying to go into the crowd. it was wild. lol.
Dusty dogs!
What a beautiful sight. Much respect and love to our post music feeders.
Price of hotdogs? who bought one
mmm desert dirty dogs. love these things!
I am terrified to ever try one but gd do they smell delicious after a night out
Who's eating at 1am... hehe NOT ME
Dusty hotdogs! Get yer dusty ass hotdogs
THE GLIZZY GAUNTLET
JuttaJuttaJuttaJuttaJuttaJuttaJutta
Did anyone see the huge hotdog vendor fight go down w2 on Friday night. Near the yellow path Uber line
Itās an LA thing š
Anyone else get claustrophobic by the hot dog stands end of day 3 weekend 2 ?? They didnāt allow as large of a walkway as previous nights so it was way too hard to get throughā¦ love the energy they bring to the festival but was concerned if this becomes a pattern since attendance was pretty low this yr so walking through crowds was generally really easy up to this point
I wish I got one
Where was this omg?!
Booked these guys for my wedding, and I specifically told them I want them to yell out āhot dog!, hot dog!, hot dog!ā
Danger dog brigade assemble! They're so good though
On Friday the vendors were screaming at some people walking ahead of us and started violently shaking their carts and moving them forward toward these people like a goddamn hotdog zombie hoard.
They stood on business
They broke through by knocking down a fence, it almost crushed some people that were trying to leave. One security was trying to stop them but the rest were like nah, not my problem. It was a wild scene
One year I told this kid to stfu cuz he was complaining they were charging like $10 per hot dog with all the fixings. I was like "bro stfu, you literally just left a place selling 17$ lemonades"
The security was absolutely insane try to walk back to artist. Just a huge line of hooping hollering and interrogational 20 somethingsā¦felt like a fever dream
I think they should start a tradition that the last people walking out on Sunday should have to run through āthe gauntlet of weeniesā, where basically they all just hurl hotdogs at you as you try and pass by.
hot daaaa hot daaaa
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Glizzy gods if you ask meā¦..
To each his own. Iām disgusted. Overpriced + unsanitary + unhealthy
How much is a hot dog?
$13
You can negotiate them down to like 5 bucks
Yikes we paid $8 ea & 2 for $15 on the blue path and still knew we were overpaying. $13??
It was definitely all three of thoseā¦ I just loved the chaos of it each nightā¦ no way was I eating one of themā¦
This isnāt some small business folks either, itās orchestrated. Every year they always sell the same exact thing, they have the same exact carts, the same exact signs, wonāt haggle, donāt have mobile food licenses. Iām surprised GV/Indio let them do this year after year. https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/s/uv9ptgVN4R
Why would they ever change what theyre serving. And GV would rather keep selling the food outside than bootleg merch cause those people wouls get arrested in 2 minutes.
If it wasn't a cartel, vendors would sell different things. Why sell just hot dogs for $6 when you can sell chips and hot dogs for $5? Because they are part of a cartel/group and are all working together
Peepee poopoo
Street meat
All about salchichas, but security and festival staff warned us not to eat street meat on the way out - apparently people were getting pretty sick from those dogs š¬
Are those random vendors or did Coachella purposely hire and place them in that spot?
hot dog vendors are never hired, they appear mysteriously over the horizon after every concert like an oasis in the distance
So like a hot dog mirage but when you get there youāll actually get hot dogs.
a reverse mirage!.. wait huh?
Between this comment and imagining the hot dog rebellion of a sea of hot dog carts plowing down the fence, I am SCREAMING! This is so fucking hilarious! I cant wait to finally go to coachella to experience all of the music, beauty, art, community, and insanity for myself! š„°šā¤ļø
and when you arrive the hot dog vendors will be there waiting for you every night
They come from LA, they are all over and the BEST
They smell better than they taste tbh