World famous Pinks Hot Dogs in Hollywood, California. Voted best hot dog in California by People Magazine.
History
Pink’s Hot Dogs, Inc., a Hollywood landmark since 1939, this hot dog stand serves over 2000 hot dogs and 200 hamburgers a day. Pink’s was started in 1939 by Richard’s parents, Paul and Betty Pink, with a pushcart they purchased for $50, with money they borrowed from Betty’s mother. The land on which the pushcart stood was leased by Paul and Betty for $15 per month. Hot dogs at that time were 10 cents and cokes were a nickel. Pink’s offered curb service, and was lucky to sell 100 hot dogs a day.
In 1941, the landlord raised their rent from $15 to $25 per month, a 67% increase, and Paul and Betty were forced to either give up or find a way to acquire the property. Paul and Betty, with little collateral but lots of conviction in the potential success of their hot dog stand, convinced Bank of America to loan them $4,000 to purchase the land, which fortunately the landlord was willing to sell.
At that time, Paul and Betty scraped together enough savings to build the small hot dog stand building that sits near the corner of La Brea and Melrose today. The location included parking for about 25 cars and eventually the indoor and patio seating expanded to accommodate 80 customers.
Pinks in Popular Culture:
-In the pilot episode of the Nickelodeon tv-series Out of Control, Dave Coulier goes to Pink's for chili dogs.
-Pink's is featured in a TV commercial for Bank of America.
-Pink's is shown during a scene from season 1 of Entourage.
-Pink's is mentioned in Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel Inherent Vice (pgs. 155, 312).
-On CBS' 1991 late night game show, Personals, contestants could win a date to Pink's if they were not successful in winning more glamorous destinations.
-Featured in David Lynch's 2001 film, Mulholland Drive.
-Gloria Pink introduces Anthony Bourdain to several of their menu items including the "Millennium Dog" in an episode of his show, A Cook's Tour.
-The restaurant was featured in a 2001 stunt on the television show Jackass when Brad Pitt was "kidnapped" outside while waiting in line, to the horror of onlookers.
-The restaurant has also been featured in a TV commercial for the 2007 Volvo S80, as the couple in the ad race to Pink's for a late-night meal before closing time.
-Pink's Hot Dogs is featured in the 2008 video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
-The restaurant was featured in Food Network's Throwdown! with Bobby Flay.
-On the FX series Nip/Tuck, characters Sean McNamara and Christian Troy are shown eating Pink's hot dogs in the premiere episode of the fifth season.
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-The Harlan Ellison short story "Prince Myshkin and Hold the Relish" features a friendly debate on Dostoevsky and The Idiot between the narrator and a vendor at Pink's.
-In an episode of Hell's Kitchen, the teams were both treated to a meal from Pink's Hot Dogs.
-The opening credits of the short lived sitcom Joey featured Pink's, which is shown when Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) drives by in a convertible.
-In episode 18 of the anime series Toaru Majutsu no Index, Touma and Misaka are seen eating hotdogs near a stand with a sign that says Pink's, and a second sign that's clipped by the screen, but ends in "ogs".
-Pink's is featured briefly in the opening sequence of the 1986 Eddie Murphy film The Golden Child.
-Emily Osment paid a visit to this location for a tour of her home town of Los Angeles as seen on the Hannah Montana: The Movie DVD.
-In Season 2 of 90210, Annie and Jasper paid a visit to this location to get some food.
-In the opening credits of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Craig Ferguson is briefly shown singing from the roof of Pink's.
-In Season 3 Episode 10 of The L Word, Pink's is featured as the location for Jenny, Max, Tim and his wife to eat lunch together. This is where most of their scenes take place in the show.
-In the 2nd episode of Korean reality television series f(x)'s Koalla (Hangul: f(x)의 코알라), K-pop girl group f(x) paid a visit to this location to eat some foods, and offered their autographed photo.
-Pink's is also seen in the 1972 film "Hickey and Boggs" with Bill Cosby and Robert Culp.
-Pink's was featured in a photo shoot for Americas Next Top Model All Stars.
In The Muppets, the 3 main characters, Gary (Jason Segel), Mary (Amy Adams), and Walter (Peter Linz) stop at Pink's and buy some dogs while trying to find Kermit the Frog.
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9 июл 2022
