{"id":3266,"date":"2011-03-28T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T16:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2011-03-28T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T16:43:10","slug":"dining-lets-be-frank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/dining-lets-be-frank\/","title":{"rendered":"DINING\/MINI REVIEW: LET\u2019S BE FRANK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>LET\u2019S BE FRANK<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let <em>me<\/em> be frank with <em>them<\/em>, and say that these are among the worst hot dogs I\u2019ve ever eaten, if not <em>the<\/em> worst! I also hate that this place is listed in the famed Zagats restaurant guide. I really feel that food trucks should not be listed as \u201crestaurants,\u201d but what can you do?<\/p>\n<p>So, in my goal of eating in every place in the LA and NY guides, I found myself seeking-out this truck that parks in back of the Helms Bakery building on the outskirts of Culver City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/loc_img3.jpg\" title=\"loc_img3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3269\" title=\"loc_img3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/loc_img3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>All I can say is \u201cyuck!\u201d The supposed big deal is that these dogs are free from all the bad things that go into hot dogs, but then what\u2019s the point? They taste awful, kind-of like cardboard in a skin. You can eat good-<em>tasting<\/em> products that are also good <em>for<\/em> you, if that\u2019s what we\u2019re going for. These taste nothing like what a hot dog should. And I should know&#8211;I was raised I Brooklyn, the hot dog capitol of the world! This place has nothing on Nathan\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>One very icky note on their site states \u201cAnimals raised on pasture, living the lives they were meant to.\u201d I think they left out \u201c\u2026right before they\u2019re slaughtered for your dining pleasure.\u201d I don\u2019t want to know about the life my food led before I\u2019m consuming it. This statement is enough to turn me vegetarian!<\/p>\n<p>The whole experience is nothing special. They have no menu, no fries or sides, and no real grill! It took almost a half hour for the guy to try to get out dogs even close to well-done and we finally gave up and ate them as is. Mr. X usually just eats and doesn\u2019t complain about food, but he also said these were pretty bad. We kind-of just choked them done out of pure hunger, because there was nothing to savor and enjoy about them. He didn\u2019t even like the Devil Sauce, their big-claim-to fame condiment.<\/p>\n<p>And, with no menu, new customers don\u2019t find-out about the hefty price tag ($5. per dog) until they pay. And why <em>would<\/em> you pay $5. for a even so-so hot dog, no matter how \u201cgrass-fed\u201d it might be, with <em>no fries<\/em>, when right down the block on Venice, you can get an absolutely delicious grilled hot dog for $1. at Rally\u2019s? And, they serve the best fries ever, <em>and <\/em>you don\u2019t even have to get out of the car! And, when you ask them to grill the dogs a little extra, it takes just three minutes, and they\u2019re perfect. I\u2019m so glad I don\u2019t live closer because I\u2019d drive-through Rally\u2019s every day, I\u2019m afraid. Daily hot dogs just cannot be good for you.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if they\u2019re from Let\u2019s Be Frank, which serves some of the worst dogs I\u2019ve ever eaten. Cute logo, though.<\/p>\n<p>Though you should not need this info:\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsbefrankdogs.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.letsbefrankdogs.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LET\u2019S BE FRANK \u00a0 Let me be frank with them, and say that these are among the worst hot dogs I\u2019ve ever eaten, if not the worst! I also hate that this place is listed in the famed Zagats restaurant guide. I really feel that food trucks should not be listed as \u201crestaurants,\u201d but what<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/dining-lets-be-frank\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-los-angeles-restaurant-reviews","category-mini-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}