Oki Dog

Robalini's Note: The Konformist presents a special collection of articles on the most underrated Los Angeles contribution to cuisine, the Oki Dog. From 1995 to 1997 I worked across the street from the Fairfax shack, and learned to love their deliciously disgusting hybrid of food fusion...

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Oki Dog

Immortalized by the Descendents, beloved by the Germs, the original Oki Dog, long since closed, was to the original ‘70s punk-rock scene in Los Angeles what the Brown Derby was to 1940s filmdom. The most famous creation here at the stand that remains is the eponymous dog, a couple of frankfurters wrapped in a tortilla with chili, pickles, mustard, a slice of fried pastrami and a torrent of goopy American cheese — a cross-cultural burrito that’s pretty hard to stomach unless you’ve got the tum of a 16-year-old, but strangely delicious nonetheless. Open daily 10 a.m.-10 p.m. No alcohol. Lot parking. Cash only. Entrées $4-$5.50. American Cross-Culture. (Jonathan Gold)