© copyright "Lucky Dogs on Bourbon" held by Terry GardinerProbably the most widely known public hot dog vendors are Lucky Dogs (c) of New Orleans, Louisiana. The fictional Ignatius J. Reilly had a spell of work as a Lucky Dogs vendor in John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces, for which the author posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize. Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans tells the story of author, Jerry Strachan's 2o year experience managing Lucky Dogs and their fleet of seven foot hot dog shaped hot dog stands.
Being a photo opportunity for almost sixty years on Bourbon Street, Lucky Dogs makes sense. Toronto's bland version of street meat vendor is disappointing. I guess our street vendor heritage is more Manhattan pretzel vendor. Look at Raeanne Rubenstein's album cover photo for Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic and you get the idea.
Send us a photo of an exceptional Toronto hot dog vendor or just tell us theToronto coordinates and we will track him / her down.
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