The Venice Beach revival reconnects with the brothers’ origins, offering a menu featuring beef and turkey dogs, vegan options like Field Roast links, and specialties such as Jamaican patties

South Los Angeles hot dog staple Earle’s on Crenshaw is making a homecoming to Venice Beach, where brothers Duane and Cary Earle first launched their business nearly four decades ago. A new sign spotted next to the three-month-old Marathon Burgers on the Venice Beach Boardwalk signals the chain’s return.

The Earle brothers, originally from Brooklyn, New York, began selling hot dogs from a cart on Venice Beach in 1986, tapping into a neighborhood once home to a significant Black population. Cary, with an engineering background, built the cart, while Duane, known musically as Don Jagwarr, handled sales

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