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  • The Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog: So Good It's Illegal

    02/10/2008 10:11:33 PM PST · by traviskicks · 66 replies · 1,833+ views
    LA Times ^ | 2/6/08 | DANIEL HERNANDEZ
    Densely packed buildings, well-weathered and decaying, line the corridors of the southeastern section of downtown L.A.'s commercial district. The streets and sidewalks are choked with traffic and people. Spanish names and phrases dominate the signage and snatches of overheard conversations. This is one of those places in the city where it would be easy to convince an outsider that Los Angeles is not functionally a part of the United States. It feels more like a satellite metropolis of Latin America, magically implanted north of the U.S.-Mexico line. Here, in the middle of the pedestrian traffic rushing by in the Fashion...
  • Hot dog vendor jailed for offering bacon (illegal bacon dog)

    04/26/2008 8:08:24 AM PDT · by JesusBmyGod · 88 replies · 540+ views
    Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Los Angeles, there exists another world, an underground world of illicit trade in-not drugs or sex-but bacon-wrapped hot dogs. Street vendors may sell you an illegal bacon dog, but hardly anyone will talk about it, for fear of being hassled, shut down or worse. Our camera caught it on tape. One minute bacon dogs are sold in plain view, the next minute cops have confiscated carts, and ordered the dogs dumped into the trash. Elizabeth Palacios is one of the few vendors willing to speak publicly. "Doing bacon is illegal," she explains. Problem...