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The meatiest alley this side of Fillmore.
Rosamunde Sausage Grill has some new competition. His name is Mojo Dumetz and he’s the man behind the hot dog stand that popped up barely two weeks ago in the privately owned space between Nickies and the now defunct Lee’s Market.
Hot Dog Alley serves up traditional and vegan options with names that give a nod to city neighborhoods, including the Fillmore, Haight and SoMa. Throw back some of his fresh lemonade and you’ve got yourself a taste of summer, despite the ever-present fog that’s been rolling over the hills lately.
“It’s more of a sausage than a hot dog,” Dumetz’s friend said of the famed dogs down the street as he leaned against the condiment shelf.
“I like those people,” Dumetz said as a shuffled onions and peppers around in his sizzling hot plate. “But I’m here for the people. Whatever the people need me to do, that’s what I’m doing.”
From mid-morning to late into the night, Dumetz and his pal Carl Casey keep the dogs and chili hot and tasty, and he said that they’ve been doing well for themselves thus far.
On this day, Dumetz was accompanied part of his clan. A pair of daughters, a son and a few cousins played to one side of the 6-foot wide space along with the family dog, Diamond — a dachshund, of course.
An entrepreneurial gene runs in the family — Dumetz’s grandfather, Mojo Tubutu, used to serve school lunches in the city at a time when the school district wasn’t providing for all of its students.
“He made sure that every minority, from black to latin to asian to white to whatever had school lunches here in San Francisco,” Dumetz said of his grandfather’s commitment to helping feed youth.
Born and raised in the neighborhood, Dumutz said he retains high respect for the community. “We’re old city boys, we each belong to a gang of one,” his friend chimed in. “You walk by yourself and you treat everybody right and expect the same. You don’t depend on anybody else.”
“I couldn’t have said it more better,” Dumetz said, then turning to a customer. “Would you like onions on that?”
Haight between Fillmore and Webster. Approximate hours 9:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.
For more info: Check out the write-up from SFoodie in SF Weekly
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