The corn dog is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Santa Monica. 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. Start with where to eat The corn dog in Santa Monica.

The corn dog · Santa Monica

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.

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.

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