User:FrostFairBlade/sandbox/Tail o' the Pup - Wikipedia

• Originally located at 311 North La Cienega Boulevard^[1]
• Opened on June 27, 1946^[2]
• A 1946 article by the Victoria Daily Times reported that the Tail o' the Pup was selling hot dogs for one dollar^[3]
• In 1980, the Cultural Heritage Commission recommended the place be designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, after its existence was threatened by development^[4][5]
  • Following Tail o' the Pup's move, its recommendation was put on the back-burner

• The name is a riff on an upscale restaurant called Tail o' the Cock that was nearby its original location^[6]
• The building was designed by architect Milton J. Black in 1938^[6]
• The building is shaped like a hot dog inside a bun^[7]
• The building is 17 feet long, made of stucco shaped onto a frame made of chicken wire^[7]

• In his book on Los Angeles architecture, co-writer and architect Charles Moore noted that the restaurant is "seen as one of Los Angeles' most important architectural works"^[8]
• Tail o' the Pup has been seen in multiple films, television shows, and commercials^[9]
• Film:
  • The stand is shown at the beginning of Body Double (1984)^[10]
  • In Ruthless People (1986), a kidnapper, played by Judge Reinhold, makes his ransom demands at the Tail o' the Pup^[11]
• Television:
• Commercials:

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