A customer orders at Craig’s Hot Dog on a Stick on the Redondo Beach pier on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2024. The second ever built, and only independently owned location, opened in 1962, is set to close ...

Hot Dog on A Stick was created by Dave Barham in 1946 as a simple food stand on the Santa Monica Pier. What began as a stall to sell ice cream and lemonade, eventually became what we all know and ...

Craig Reidt has been dipping corn dogs and cheese sticks since he was 6 years old. But he’s 68 now — and he’s just about done. Craig’s Hot Dog on a Stick, on the Redondo Beach Pier, will ...

Craig Reidt has been dipping corn dogs and cheese sticks since he was 6 years old. But he’s 68 now — and he’s just about done. Craig’s Hot Dog on a Stick, on the Redondo Beach Pier, will likely close ...