A hot dog dipped in sweet cornbread batter and fried on a stick, hand-dipped on the Santa Monica sand since 1946 and still made fresh at Muscle Beach today.
Where to eat it: 1 restaurant across 1 city.
Dave Barham opened a stand called Party Puffs on the Santa Monica beachfront in 1946 and turned his mother's cornbread recipe into a batter for skewered hot dogs. The stand became Hot Dog on a Stick, spread nationwide, and the rebuilt original at 1633 Ocean Front Walk still hand-stomps its lemonade beside Muscle Beach.
Common allergens: Gluten, Egg
Tip from the editors. The batter should cling in a thick, even coat; if it slides off, chill it for 10 minutes and dust the dogs with flour first.
Hot Dog on a Stick still hand-dips corn dogs at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, where Dave Barham began hand-dipping them at his 1946 lemonade stand.
Try: Corn dog and lemonade
Tip: The rebuilt stand pounds its lemonade by hand the way it did in 1946; corn dog and lemonade is the whole menu you need.
More cities are in research. Want the corn dog covered somewhere specific? Tell us where you want to eat.