Sabrett New York Hot Dog Cart

Just got off the phone with Irene to book her for a school event. She was super super nice and very easy to speak to about our event. I look forward to seeing how our event goes and updating my review :)

Horrible hot dogs. Hot dogs were really chewy. Do not go here, waste of time

I have been going to Irene’s cart for about a year, she’s super nice and her hot dogs are LEGIT DELISH. Nowhere else in San Diego that I know of can you get New York’s Sabrett hot dogs. If you don’t know what these are, you must go ASAP.
I also hired her to cater an event for me — her service was really good and the price was more than acceptable.
In short — this is a great spot for a lunch stop, even if it is in a gas station parking lot. The food, drink, and company are all right on. OH YEAH — Wise potato chips!

I am from the east coast. No one has these hot dogs out here. No other hot dog compares. The owner is cool. The dogs are awesome. I like the plain dog the best. You have not had a hot dog unless you had a Sabrett dog!

yummmmm

A hot dog cart under a blue and yellow umbrella [
at the gas station parking lot catches my eye as I sit at the intersection for the red light to turn green. This place hasn’t been reviewed in two years? I’m here now.
Irene is very kind and has no problem with my nosy questions about her cart. She has been selling dawgs from this spot for five years after relocating from the strip mall near Balboa Ave and Mercury St. She’s open M-​F during daytime business hours and sometimes on Saturdays if she’s not booked for special events.
There’s three dawg varieties on the menu [
and no extra charge for the toppings, so I get the regular hot dog with the works [
. That’s a pretty tasty snack for $ 2.75, considering the price has gone up only $ 0.25 since the last Unilocal review from 2009. She offers to wrap it up for me, but opt to have my food right there. I really enjoy that distinct snap of the hot dog casing.
I’m sure Irene could make some late night patrons happy if she made her handy street food available at a nearby dive bar. I could see myself stumbling over after a knocking a few back with some friends, but for now I’ll have to settle for sober lunchtime munchies. No east coast accents, crazy cabbies, or elbow to elbow sidewalk traffic here. Just friendly Irene and her Sabrett hot dog cart. Ay yo, come get’cha hot dawgs right here!
FYI: No credit/​debit cards. Cash is king to have a bite of these east coast frankfurters.

Two weeks ago I would have given this place 4 stars. The lady’s super friendly and I love crunchy east coast hot dogs. This is the quintessential crunchy hot dog. Now, I’ve never been to NY, but I know Sabrett is THE NY hot dog and I sure as hell wish we had more of them here.
The dogs here are $ 2.50 each and you can have whatever you want (that they have) on it. Which means mustard, deli mustard, raw onion, cooked sweet red onion, relish, ketchup, jalapeño and whatever else I don’t know about.
I say I would have given it 4 stars because every time I had gone in the past, the dogs were nice and crunch like they’re supposed to be. The last time I went, however, I think the dogs had been sitting in the water longer (too long) and lost its crunch. Very bad considering the fact that the primary reason I like these are because of their crunch.

they’ve been around a few years now. the first time i saw a pushcart out here was on Mercury and Balboa. eventually he moved to Genesee and Clairemont Mesa Blvd selling NY dogs at a gas station. there’s also one at the civic center plaza on 3^rd. the only downside are the prices $ 2 plus extra for the topppings. they would have days of the week where you could get two dogs for $ 1 but most of the time they’re $ 1.
sabretts is easily recognizable to any NYer because of the yellow umbrella and you can just about find them in any street corner or subway entrance. they don’t just serve dogs but pretzels, chestnuts in the winter season and drinks but they are known for their hot dogs also known as dirty water dogs. they’re the best when you want a quick bite on the go. what also makes a sabrett dog is their cooked onions, they have others like kraut and deli mustard, but the onions makes the dog. no other dog has it and every onion on a hot dog i’ve eaten has always been the raw kind.

sabretts is boiled unlike nathans or grays papaya which is fried. all three hot dogs are all made by the same company with diffrences in size but the one thing all three have in common is they’re all beef hot dogs and they’re all good. also these hot dogs don’t need much in terms of condiments, (ketchup, mustard, pickle, tomato, onions) because they have a very natural garlicy/​salty flavor about them.