We hope you get to rest, party, climb, hike, camp, BBQ, lay, or read without toiling interuptions of work this Labor Day weekend. Work sucks.
We’re taking Monday off in honor of labor unions, the folks who fought and died (no joke, read the history of the Ludlow Massacre) so that you get weekends off and so much more.
See ya Tuesday!
(awesome photo from khateeb88)
Lupe Fiasco’s raps entered our world back in 2006 with Food&Liquor, an awesome album of conscious hip-hop, low ego and fun beats. Now out with the smash-hit album Lasers, Fiasco has reached a new level of mainstream popularity. He’s a big radio star now and tonight’s show will demonstrate why.
City Dogs will be at the Twilight show with our usual Five Dollar Rockstar Deal, which is a hotdog and Rockstar energy drink for only $5. We’ll also have brats, Italian sausages and Dillos. Our location was moved halfway through the series, so if you are looking for us, we are still on the north side of the park, but closer to the stage than we were before, now in the dead-center of the park. Look for the disco ball!
In other news, we’re going to be closed Friday to celebrate the end of a very successful Twilight Concert Series! Thank you all for making it so much fun. In actuality, we’re traveling that day and can’t find a replacement.
Also, on Monday we’ll likely be closed due to a doctor’s appointment. We had helpers–really, we did–but Joe was nearly killed by a car on his bike, and David works at a school, so he’s less available than he used to be. We find ample people wanting to run the cart, it’s much harder to find someone who has a trailer hitch and can bring the cart to the corner.
Here’s Fiasco’s most-watched video, “The Show Goes On,” from his newest album Lasers.
Two notes today:
First, we’re going to be a bit late to the corner today. The illustrious (eyeroll) United Natural Foods Inc. has me showing up to yet another new location to pick up my food order at yet another time that’s not completely convenient to me. It’s possible this will go so smoothly that I will be ready to serve on the corner at 11:30 a.m. like usual, but my money’s on me being a bit late today, maybe 20-30 minutes. Sorry ’bout that.
Second, the 2nd Annual Utah Beer Festival hosted by the seriously awesome Salt Lake City Weekly is this Saturday at 1 p.m. and City Dogs is going to be there. The celebration of Utah beer is held on the grounds of the City County Building (entrance at 400 South and State Street). Tickets are $15 and good for five hours of beer drinking fun.
Just get a look at this list of breweries that are attending the festival: Squatter’s, Wasatch, Bohemian, Uinta Classic Line , Crooked Line, Organic Line, Roosters 25th Street, Ruby River, Shades of Pale, Epic, Hoppers, Desert Edge, Red Rock, Moab (NEW this year!), Park City (NEW this year!), Tracks (NEW this year!).
What could possibly go better with beer than a beer brat from City Dogs?
See you then.
Salt Lake Gallery Stroll is tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
City Dogs will be there parked in front of Green Ant–across the street from our usual corner. We’re serving our full menu, so come get a Dee Dog or City Dog and enjoy all the best art Salt Lake has to offer.
Well why didn’t someone tell us that Ghostland Observatory is kinda Freddie Mercury meets a synthesizer stuck on booty-shake? Um, hello, we woulda’ given them a listen long ago. No bother: They’ll be shakin’ it tonight at the always-free Twilight Concert Series, and, as always, City Dogs will be there too.
This year’s Twilight line-up has been pretty mellow (sadly), sometimes making our spinning disco ball, well, the most energetic thing around. Good bands, no doubt, but low-energy. We’re glad Ghostland Observatory will shatter that trend tonight.
If you’re happy to have a reason to dance, maybe the magical taurine zip of the Five Dollar Rockstar Deal will appeal to you: $5 for a hotdog and Rockstar energy drink. We’ll also have beer brats, Italian sausages, a mix of drinks, cream-filled dessert-cake Dillos from Cakewalk Baking Company and ice cream from Chocolate Conspiracy.
We’ll see you tonight.
A wise friend once complimented our cooking, saying “vegans have to pull out all the stops.” By that he meant that vegans pack tons of love and flavor into their dishes to obliterate the stigma that plant-based foods are bland or insufficient. Well, it’s time to pull out all the stops and obliterate stereotypes, cuz we’re shootin’ for blue ribbons at the Utah State Fair!
The 2011 fair will feature…
City Dogs will sponsor your entry into any of the above competitions if your recipe is 100 percent vegan. Ingredients are provided to you in the Beef Council mystery bag contest, but the rules don’t say you have to use all the ingredients.
Entry will be free to you and if you win, you keep the winnings! First place is $300, 2nd is $200, and 3rd is $100. On top of the prize the fair gives you, City Dogs will ask everyone to bow before you as a local God of vegan cooking (quite a prize, no?).
If you want to enter as a City Dogs-sponsored team, do it fast–each competition has a limited number of entries and deadlines are approaching. We can try to help you with some kinds of cooking equipment or utensils if you need something (the dutch oven contests require contestants provide their own fire extinguisher, for example).
First, please check the contest dates and rules to be sure you can compete. But then contact us fast because space is limited, time is short (email is best: saltcitydogs@gmail.com).
Maybe we’ll make team t-shirts!
Update: Sept. 13– City Dogs will be located on the east side of East Capitol Boulevard near the start/finish line. We will be ready to serve at noon.
Do you know how awesome and important the Tour of Utah bicycle race is? It’s a top-notch event globally and one of the three most important cycling races in the United States this year. Cool, huh? And City Dogs will be serving our delicious wieners near the start/finish line at the state Capitol starting at noonish Saturday, August 13. Come on up!
Honestly, I had to educate myself about the race before I got excited. A bicycling regular at City Dogs told me the racers do nine laps basically around and through the Avenues (map at left). That sounds cool.
This Cycling News article and the Tour’s own homepage helped excite me too. Here’s what I learned:
And from the Salt Lake Tribune: “Prize money has jumped from $45,000 to $116,000, and five teams from the Tour de France will be competing, including the overall winner, Team BMC.” (more)
City Dogs has confirmed we’ll be serving somewhere on the Capitol grounds Saturday but we don’t have more specific information yet. We’ll post more details when we have them.
So, wiener lovers, I think you know what you’re doing Saturday. It should be much easier to spectate than the other stages due to the laps.
See you there!
That dreamy rock boy Connor Oberst brings his moody music to Pioneer Park tonight with his band Bright Eyes. The band’s latest album, The People’s Key, is much rockier than I remember Bright Eyes being from albums past. Watch the video for “Shell Games” below–we admit, we’re hearing this song for the first time today and…WE LOVE IT! Bright Eyes is so gonna kill it tonight!
When you need a break from the crowd, come to City Dogs for the Five Dollar Rockstar Deal–we’ll get you a hotdog and Rockstar energy drink for just $5. We’ll also have beer brats, Italian sausages, chocolate and raspberry ice cream from Chocolate Conspiracy, chilled cream-filled-cake Dillos (including the new Peanut Butter Pipe Bomb!) from Cakewalk Bakery and, as always, a whole lot of attitude.
We’ll be in the northwest corner of Pioneer Park, disco ball spinning. No joke, we’re probably the fastest food vendors at the park, so if there’s a line, don’t fret; we’ll get to you quickly.
See you tonight!
A slow business day for us means great deals for you!
While supplies last today, get a free hot dog with any purchase if $3 or more. Yes, free.
We’re open until 3:30 pm.
See you soon!
We’ll be serving delicious dogs at Jam in Marmalade tonight. We tried this last week and the cart broke down last minute, but we should be good to go for this week.
We’ll be setup around 9 p.m. on the back patio at Utah’s Best Gay Bar (voted 3 years in a row by readers of City Weekly).
It’s on 751 N. 300 West in SLC.
See you there!
