Since launching in Los Angeles in 2009, The Greasy Wiener has earned recognition for its all-beef hot dogs, specialty sausages, burgers and loaded fries. Explore press coverage and television features about The Greasy Wiener, the popular Los Angeles hot dog and food truck brand.
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CBS Los Angeles selected The Greasy Wiener among the city’s best gourmet hot dogs, highlighting its handmade hot dogs and specialty sausages.
Date: July 15, 2015
The Los Angeles Times featured The Greasy Wiener’s Bomb Fries among its picks for great chili cheese fries in Los Angeles.
Date: September 6, 2013
Featured item: The Bomb Fries
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The Greasy Wiener was again selected by CBS Los Angeles for a roundup of the best places for hot dogs in LA, highlighting The Brat Jovi, Born to Run and The Bomb Dog.
Year: July 30, 2014
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The Daily Meal featured The Greasy Wiener among its Best Hot Dogs in Los Angeles, highlighting the Brat Jovi, Born to Run and Bomb Dog and describing the concept as “a little bit retro and a little bit gourmet.”
Date: June 30, 2014
BuzzFeed named The Greasy Wiener #11 on its list of 19 of the Best Food Trucks in Los Angeles, highlighting the New Jersey-style hot dogs and family recipe.
A dedicated review of The Greasy Wiener by food writer Dave Lieberman. After trying the New Jersey-style fried hot dogs, he wrote that The Greasy Wiener was among the small handful of gourmet food trucks he would personally drive to seek out.
Date: July 13, 2011
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PBS SoCal profiled The Greasy Wiener and told the story of how Adam Dragotta developed the idea, started selling Greasy Wiener shirts and eventually grew the concept from a cart into the food truck.
Year: 2012
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Time Out specifically recommended The Greasy Wiener’s Jersey-style hot dogs and highlighted The Bomb Dog as one of the foods to seek out at the event.
Date: August 17, 2015
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FOX News republished a feature from The Daily Meal that ranked The Greasy Wiener #4 among eight memorable food-truck names from around the country. The write-up specifically discusses how the brand successfully used its provocative name, slogans and menu-item names to stand out. Date: July 5, 2013
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Foodbeast covered the Santa Anita Food Truck Festival, which featured more than 50 food trucks. Importantly, the writer says the day started with The Greasy Wiener and specifically describes eating the Original Greasy Wiener topped with mustard, grilled onions, peppers, dill pickle and house-made chili, along with the chili-cheese fries.
Date: January 30, 2012
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The Los Angeles Times named The Greasy Wiener alongside major LA food-truck brands including Kogi, Border Grill and Coolhaus as food trucks heading to Coachella.
Date: January 16, 2012
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A full entrepreneur profile covering Adam Dragotta’s background, the creation of The Greasy Wiener, its move into the Los Angeles food-truck market, its custom all-beef hot dogs and plans for growing the brand.
Date: March 14, 2017
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A full feature on the history and return of The Greasy Wiener, its New Jersey-style fried hot dogs, proprietary family-recipe products, Adam and Loren Dragotta and the business's food-truck and catering operation.
Date: February 20, 2025
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The Daily Meal featured The Greasy Wiener among its Best Hot Dogs in Los Angeles, highlighting the Brat Jovi, Born to Run and Bomb Dog and describing the concept as “a little bit retro and a little bit gourmet.”
Date: June 30, 2014
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Food and fun expert Mar Yvette features Chinese New Year with the Dragon Cowboys, Santa Anita Food Truck Festival with the Greasy Wiener Truck and Lobsta Truck, and the Pachuco Boogie Show with the Boogaloo Assassins, on the Good Day LA show
Air date: January 27, 2012
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Los Angeles radio station KROQ featured The Greasy Wiener as part of its Food Truck Fridays video series. The Greasy Wiener stopped by the KROQ studios to serve its handcrafted hot dogs, sausages and burgers.
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YouTube — KROQ: Food Truck Fridays: The Greasy Wiener
The Greasy Wiener was featured on Food Truck Nation, Season 1, Episode 5.
Air date: February 5, 2019
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An inside look at The Greasy Wiener, its food, personality and Los Angeles food-truck experience. The LAe Crew, Andy & Morgan, check out some tasty treats on wheels. After having tried "The Bomb" at Eat See Hear a while back, Andy tracks down The Greasy Wiener in order to try some more of what the Truck has to offer.
Air date: Sepyember 9, 2012
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The Greasy Wiener featured in AP coverage of Los Angeles' emerging gourmet food-truck movement.
Date: July 15, 2010
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The Los Angeles Times / Burbank Leader featured The Greasy Wiener and its success serving customers in Burbank’s busy Studio District, highlighting the food truck and its growing presence in the Los Angeles food-truck scene.
Date: February 4, 2014
Tucson Foodie selected The Greasy Wiener as one of 12 standout food trucks from across the United States. The feature tells the early story of the brand, including Adam “Iggy” Dragotta’s New Jersey roots, his time working at Tucson favorite Bison Witches, and how The Greasy Wiener eventually made its way to California.
Date: June 16, 2016
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Tucson Foodie — 12 Offbeat Food Trucks From Around the United States
Mandatory selected The Greasy Wiener’s G-Burger as one of five standout burgers in Los Angeles, recognizing a burger from a business primarily known for its handcrafted hot dogs and sausages.
The feature highlights The Greasy Wiener's hand-formed, half-pound Angus beef patty, American cheese, grilled onions and Kosher dill pickle and praises how cooking alongside the hot dogs adds smoky flavor to t
Date: November 2, 2018
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Mandatory — The 5 Best Out-of-the-Box Burgers in Los Angeles
The Greasy Wiener was ranked #8 in the nation in Foursquare’s 2015 list of top hot dog joints in the United States.
The national ranking placed The Greasy Wiener alongside some of the country’s best-known hot dog destinations, including Shake Shack in New York, Happy Dog in Cleveland, Wurstküche in Los Angeles, Superdawg Drive-In in Chicago and Crif Dogs in New Y
Date: July 23, 2015
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2015 Foursquare Top Hot Dog Joints in the U.S. - What's Cookin Today
The Greasy Wiener was selected as one of 10 finalists nationwide competing for Mobile Cuisine’s 2017 Hot Dog Vendor of the Year, representing Los Angeles in the national competition.
Year: 2017
Recognition: National Top 10 Finalist
Award: Hot Dog Vendor of the Year
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Bring Me The News — “MN Food Cart in the Running for Best Hot Dog Vendor”
The Greasy Wiener was featured in HuffPost’s Los Angeles food coverage, “Best Greasy Food in L.A.”, recognizing the brand during the early days of Los Angeles’ booming gourmet food-truck scene.
Date: October 25, 2010
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HuffPost — Best Greasy Food in L.A.
Grub Street featured The Greasy Wiener in one of the brand’s earliest major media appearances, introducing the new Los Angeles food truck and highlighting its East Coast influence, hot dogs, sliders, fries and other signature menu items.
Date: March 17, 2010
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Grub Street / New York Magazine — “The Greasy Wiener Truck Arrives”
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