64 Parishes

Lucky Dogs

Lucky Dogs are sold on New Orleans streetcorners from giant hot dog–shaped carts.

by Anita Yesho

Lucky Dogs

Carol Highsmith, photographer, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

A Lucky Dog cart in the French Quarter, 2011.

Well known to locals and tourists alike, Lucky Dogs are an iconic brand of hot dogs sold in New Orleans. Lucky Dogs street vendors sell sausages out of giant steel pushcarts shaped like a hot dog in a bun.

 

 

 

Author

Anita Yesho

Additional Data

Entry Published June 27, 2023
Entry Last Updated June 28, 2023
Coverage 1948–present
Category
Topics
Regions Greater New Orleans
Time Periods Contemporary Period, Late-20th Century, Long Era
Index letter L
Louisiana K­–12
Student Standard(s) for Social Studies 		1.8 f.

1.8 Identify examples of Louisiana culture, including:

f. Cuisine: jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee, bread pudding, meat pies, tamales
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Credit This material was created through a partnership between the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and the Louisiana Department of Education with funding provided by the Louisiana Department of Education and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA).