Pop Up Hot Dogs - Brixton market Row

[SarfLondoner]

if you tolerate this soon brixton street vendors will be flogging Chomps and ice poles at 4 quid a pop

There's an idea,ethically sourced organic artisan ice lolly's on a recycled fair trade stick,

 

[editor]

I'm a veggie but I'm more bothered with the fact that they're pricing their veggie versions at the same rate as this supposedly super high quality 'rare breed' meat. That seems a total rip.

 

[alan_]

if you tolerate this soon brixton street vendors will be flogging Chomps and ice poles at 4 quid a pop

If you tolerate this, then your children will be next

 

[alan_]

At 4 quid a pop

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Isn't a large chunk of the price down to overheads and staff costs anyhow?

perhaps all the hotdog cookers are getting a decent wage and tht's what making these a pound or so above other hotdog places.

unless it's the cinema and then i think they chage you a small fortune for a shit hotdog

 

[editor]

perhaps all the hotdog cookers are getting a decent wage and tht's what making these a pound or so above other hotdog places

Your average street hot dog vendor is a hell of a lot cheaper than these guys. Even this trendy Hoxton hot doggery is miles cheaper:

Big Apple Hot Dogs are hand-made in London using only natural casings and quality ingredients, our dogs are 94-98% meat (and gluten-free) so you'll get none of the nasty bits you'll find in other sausages. We use free-range pork, prime beef and our amazing buns come fresh from the ovens of our local family bakers.

Priced from £3.
http://www.bigapplehotdogs.com/

 

[TruXta]

Isn't a large chunk of the price down to overheads and staff costs anyhow?

perhaps all the hotdog cookers are getting a decent wage and tht's what making these a pound or so above other hotdog places.

unless it's the cinema and then i think they chage you a small fortune for a shit hotdog

How much is a hotdog in a petrol station? Growing up that's where I had the majority of my dogs, on the road.

 

[DotCommunist]

petrol station prices are no comparison, those cunts are one step removed from 'stand and deliver'

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

 

[editor]

OMG. There's even a hot dogs and champagne bar which sounds awful.

That said, even their priciest hot dog is a quid cheaper than the electric dog and they're in Soho - and you get to sit down in a proper restaurant (they also give a £1 to charity per hot dog throughout November).

http://www.bubbledogs.co.uk/home

 

[peterkro]

thats an amped up price

It's only the currant price.

 

[Fez909]

OMG. There's even a hot dogs and champagne bar which sounds awful.

That said, even their priciest hot dog is a quid cheaper than the electric dog and they're in Soho - and you get to sit down in a proper restaurant (they also give a £1 to charity per hot dog throughout November).

http://www.bubbledogs.co.uk/home

I linked that on the previous page

Anyway, who cares about chefs with Michelin restaurant experience making their own sausages in swanky surroundings when you can get this for £7

 

[SarfLondoner]

OMG. There's even a hot dogs and champagne bar which sounds awful.

That said, even their priciest hot dog is a quid cheaper than the electric dog and they're in Soho - and you get to sit down in a proper restaurant (they also give a £1 to charity per hot dog throughout November).

http://www.bubbledogs.co.uk/home

Good find, lets bubbledog

 

[TruXta]

petrol station prices are no comparison, those cunts are one step removed from 'stand and deliver'

I was just curious. Back in Viking-land we don't get hotdog stands most of the year, so petrol stations are the barometer.

 

[DotCommunist]

It's only the currant price.

enough with your resistance

 

[gabi]

IS a £6 hot dog out of reach of most of the community then? Seems a bit unlikely given other takeaway prices, or of other consumables.

I can't claim any great love for hot dogs or this nascent venture, but it's not entirely absurd in terms of cost, although I'd like to see the costs lowered in recognition of the comparatively easy cooking and prep needed. Sourcing can only excuse so much.

I'm far more likely to quibble with the added costs and dubious choices on the 'branded/national' hot dogs tbh. 'Brazilan' hot dogs with sweetcorn, salsa and cream cheese? WTF sort of abomination is that....

6 quid seems reasonable given that a simple burger from the lounge around the corner is 7.50 and god knows how much they charge at 'honest' burgers. i just hope this place doesnt usurp the greasiest spoon in brixton, the express cafe.

 

[editor]

6 quid seems reasonable given that a simple burger from the lounge around the corner is 7.50 and god knows how much they charge at 'honest' burgers.

What a meaningless comparison. At the Lounge you're getting a burger, not a hot dog, and that comes on a proper plate with a decent portion of chips. And, of course, you get to sit down in the warm in a leather chair and a table, in a comfortable environment with friendly waitress service. And if you go on a Monday, you get any burger for £5.50.

How do you reckon that compares with queuing up and then eating your hot dog standing in the street in the freezing cold - and paying an extra £2.50 for fries on top?

 

[gabi]

I'm just saying it doesn't seem to extortionate when you compare to other businesses in the area. I assume if you were friends with the owner of this establishment you'd have no complaints, hell, you might even offer to redesign that awful looking website at the top of the thread.

Anyway, looks like they're reviewing their pricing so lets see what they come up before we wheel out the placards.

 

[DotCommunist]

placards come on sticks not wheels

I think they probably could make a goer without reviewing prices- london seems to have people in it who would pay silly money for anything. I'm still traumatised by having once paid 5 pound twenty for a pint. of fucking fosters. West end mind, I'm led to believe that is uniquely pisstaking area.

and I'm midlands. I imagine people from havens of parsimony like yorkshire would be speechless with rage at the idea of a 9 quid hotdog

 

[editor]

I'm just saying it doesn't seem to extortionate when you compare to other businesses in the area. I assume if you were friends with the owner of this establishment you'd have no complaints, hell, you might even offer to redesign that awful looking website at the top of the thread.

For fuck's sake - get over this weird obsession with the Lounge. I designed a tiny website for them A DECADE AGO.

And for the record, even if it was my best mate starting up the business, I'd still be equally critical of the venture. A veggie hot dog and chips for £10.50 that I've got to eat in the street? In winter? You're having a giraffe, squire.

 

[twentythreedom]

i didn't realize you knew how much our ingredients cost, our brioche hot dog bun alone comes in at 67p cost thank you

as mentioned before there is no need for abuse/nasty co

I said its a pisstake, which it is, 67p roll or not.

 

[twentythreedom]

yes i love Brixton been living in SW London for over 7 years, used to host a club night at the 414 and think its great what they have done to the village/market row good to see so many independent food and retail shops opening up.

What night at the 414? I may have DJ'd for you

 

[cuppa tee]

?......eat in the street? In winter?

Is this correct ? If so why use the cafe if not to provide somewhere warm to sit down ?

 

[editor]

Is this correct ? If so why use the cafe if not to provide somewhere warm to sit down ?

Actually, you're right. I was under the impression that they were wheeling the 'pop up hotdog' thing into the arcade, but if they are taking over the space inside the Express cafe - just about the very last affordable cafe left in Market - then that's even worse.

 

[cuppa tee]

Actually, you're right. I was under the impression that they were wheeling the 'pop up hotdog' thing into the arcade, but if they are taking over the space inside the Express cafe - just about the very last affordable cafe left in Market - then that's even worse.

It looks like the pop up only opens in the evening, so maybe the Express Cafe proprietors are taking some form of rental fee for use of premises and for fuel costs in the evening, from their pov this would make sense as they can cash in on the influx of new money without compromising their daytime operation.

 

[TruXta]

Like they did with L'Express?

 

[editor]

Like they did with L'Express?

That was pretty cheap though.

 

[TruXta]

That was pretty cheap though.

I was just on about it possibly being a similar arrangement.

 

[editor]

It looks like the pop up only opens in the evening, so maybe the Express Cafe proprietors are taking some form of rental fee for use of premises and for fuel costs in the evening, from their pov this would make sense as they can cash in on the influx of new money without compromising their daytime operation.

That would make some sense although I do worry about the future of that place - and if it's seen that it can support expensive hipster operations like this lot, then surely it'll only be a matter of time before the whole place goes (ahem) 'upmarket'.

 

[isvicthere?]

if you tolerate this soon brixton street vendors will be flogging Chomps and ice poles at 4 quid a pop

To paraphrase Manic Street Preachers: if you tolerate this, your kebabs will be next.