One of our wonderful sponsors, Destination Dogs at 1113 Walnut St, is offering a 10% discount on all Hot Dogs during National Hot Dog Month Philly, July 2019.

Friday July 12^th, Medal of Honor created
To celebrate we’ll be providing Hot Dog lunches to veterans at the Veterans Multi Service Center, 213-217 N 4^th St.

Tuesday, July 16^th, Remembering Carl C. Magee
He’s the inventor of the parking meter, which was first installed on this day in Oklahoma City, in 1935. The original is on display at the Oklahoma Historical Society. To help celebrate we’ll be joining Gus’s Hot Dog Cart, at 5^th & South St, to provide free Hot Dogs to the Philly Parking Authority folks working on South St that day.

Wednesday July 17th, Lucky’s Great Wiener Race
Join us 5 pm at Pretzel Park in Manayunk (corner of Roxborough Av & Cresson St) for this summer’s Lucky’s Last Chance annual Wiener Race to benefit the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).

Wednesday July 17^th to Wednesday July 31^th, Pat’s Steaks & the American Red Cross co-celebrate National Hot Dog Month.

Donate blood at the American Red Cross Philadelphia Center, corner of 7th & Spring Garden St, between July 17th & 31st and get a FREE Hot Dog at Pat’s Steaks, corner of 9th & Wharton St.

Friday, July 19^th, Community Fun Day
Held from 5 – 8 pm at the 39^th & Olive St Playground you can enjoy food & drink, games, pool fun, local performers & more. We’ll be there serving Hot Dogs, so stop by and see us.

Saturday, July 27^th (changed due to weather), Honoring Hot Dog Pioneers of Philadelphia
Max and Ida Kravitz had a Hot Dog push cart at the corner of 4^th and South St, in the 1930’s. Their son started Lenny’s Hot Dog stands around Philadelphia. Meet their grandson, Bryan Kravitz of Philly Typewriter at 1439 E. Passyunk Av starting 2 pm for a Hot Dog giveaway.

Monday, July 29^th, HERO (Helping Energize & Rebuild Ourselves)
Summer Camp annual luncheon, at the corner of 17^th & Tioga Sts.  To help sponsor a child this year, please call 215- 223- 5881.

We received this nice thank you letter from the Mount Vernon Manor CDC.

We’d like to share it and give a BIG Thank You! to our sponsors for making the 3rd Annual 16th Police District Promise Zone Community Fun Day on July 21st, 2017, as well as our other hot dog giveaways, a success.

Tuesday July 18th at noon: Lunch at H.E.R.O. (Help Energize & Rebuild Ourselves), 3439 N 17th St

Thursday July 20th from 4 – 6 pm: We’ll be serving FREE Hotdogs at the Trolley Depot, 33rd and Dauphin Sts, sponsored by the Strawberry Mansion Civic Association

Friday July 21st from 5 – 8 pm: We’ll be enjoying Hotdogs at the Community Fun Day Celebration, 39th and Olive Sts

Monday July 24th – Monday July 31st: Donate blood at the American Red Cross and get a FREE Hotdog at Pat’s Steaks, 9th & Wharton Sts

Tuesday July 25th: We’ll be serving a hotdog lunch for the children at the Philip Temple Methodist Church bible camp, 3rd and Fitzwater Sts

The 5th Annual Lucky’s Great Wiener Race will be held on July 26th, 6 pm, at the 4421 Main St Manayunk location. This yearly fund raiser for PAWS (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society) means that $1 from every hotdog on their special PAWS hot dog menu for the entire month of July and 100% of the sales from Neshaminy Creek Brewing beers on race day go to PAWS.

We encourage everyone to stop by and enjoy a delicious Hotdog and cold beer to help support a good cause.

Street Vendor, Neil Benson photographer, c. 1970s
Philadelphia History Museum Neil Benson Collection, Gift of the Photographer, 2008.

The Hometown History of the Hotdog: A Philadelphia Favorite
July 22nd, 2017 1 – 4 pm

Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent
15 S 7th St, Philadelphia PA 19106
215-685-4830

FREE with Museum Admission: $10, General, $8 Senior, $6 Student
Museum Members receive FREE admission.

Featuring local historian Joel Spivak, Bryan Kravitz (of Lenny’s Hot Dogs), and Len Davidson of Philadelphia’s Neon Museum, who will speak about the Levis Hot Dogs legacy. This program is in partnership with National Hotdog Month in Philadelphia.

Program begins at 1 pm in the Main Gallery
Hotdogs & refreshment sampling to follow in the Museum’s Marian Mitchell Garden.

Join us to help celebrate 2nd Friday on Lancaster Ave, at the Blue Grotto, 3500 Lancaster Ave, July 14th from 6 – 8 pm. We’ll be honoring the memory of the Blue Grotto’s creator Randy Dalton and handing out FREE Hotdogs.