If I ever make it down Denver way again, I am visiting both youse guys.

I said just trip her and make fun of her…don’t push her in the street. And I am by no means an icon. A hidden jewel perhaps, but an icon no!

Congrats on the new spot Eddy. From what I saw you’re going to do great. A couple of hot dog guys with accents bookending the mall here. Your right CSD, you have to beat your way through all the hot dog guys on the 16th street mall with a stick. All of em have jumbo all beefs, all of em have Sabretts, all of em have hot polish. All of em come out of a boiler, and all of em served on a cold bun. Show folks something different there Eddy. Bring something new to the table and people will pull up a chair. I wish you tons of luck pal, and look forward to having something different for lunch once in a while.

Eddy

I lived in Denver from 92-95. When did they start allowing carts downtown? That 16th street mall was a very busy area.

How many carts are on 16th?

I would keep the menu very simple. I know you normally have a large menu.

From CSD observation there are too many carts on 16th.

Ronnie

Eddy, we recently acquired our street peddler’s license in the City of Milwaukee. The rules are similar to Denver. Everything must be attached to the cart. No coolers on the ground and no tables. To deal with this situation, we store our large marine coolers with extra dogs, condiments, and drinks in the van, parked five feet from the cart. I have two bulit-in coolers on my cart. One for drinks, the other for dogs. The condiment table now has wheels attached to the legs and is connected to the cart hitch with a bungee cord, which is perfectly legal. If I need a grill, I’m allowed to attach a marine grill to the push bar on the cart. Our license allows set up on any city sidewalk as long as we don’t block foot traffic, don’t block the entrance to a business, and don’t claim jump on another cart’s location. We can also set up 500 feet from a major event area: the Summerfest grounds, the Bradley Center, the Midwest Airlines Convention Center, the Milwaukee Public Museum, the Marcus Center for Performing Arts, the Milwukee Circus grounds, and the Miller Park parking facilities. I was in downtown Denver in the summer of 2006. I saw lot of a hot dog carts. There was one on the median strip at the cross walk of every intersection. The area was over saturated with hot dog carts selling the exact same product. I wish you the best in your new location.

CSD

Where are you, Eddy? Downtown Denver is kind of vague to me. 16th Street Mall? Capital Hill Area? DU? Speer? Downing? DCPA? Boettcher? Near the TV stations? I’m just not all that familiar with the center of the city. Give me some landmarks, ok?