Swansea’s hot dog truck is coming in off the street.
The Dog House opens a permanent counter inside the Albert Hall on Friday 16 October, from 11.30am.
It’s run by Swansea’s Alex Gower. According to the venue, he fell for the city’s street food while living in New York for several years.
The hot dog stands on almost every corner became a habit, and he came home convinced South Wales was missing something.
The menu is loaded hot dogs, fries and sides, and Swansea Albert Hall’s verdict on the portions is that the hot dogs are “huge”.
One comes buried under crispy onions, ketchup and mustard. Another is topped with pickles, spring onion and a drizzled white sauce, and a third carries sliced red chilli, sesame seeds, cucumber and spring onion.
The truck is hard to miss. It’s black, spray-painted in orange and yellow, with a cartoon vendor holding up a hot dog beside a Welsh flag.
Across the back, in dripping red letters, it says Hot Dogs for Tea Boys. The artwork is signed by Skater and Decorator.
The food has already won over one American. The venue says paranormal investigator and influencer Kalani Ghost Hunter tried it at a local market and said the hot dogs reminded him of home.
From Charles Dickens to hot dogs: the Albert Hall’s 160 years on Cradock Street
The Dog House joins the independent street food traders already inside the Grade II listed building.
The hall opened in 1864 as the Music Hall, with room for 2,500 people, and became the Albert Hall in 1882.
Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, David Lloyd George and the opera singer Adelina Patti all appeared there.
It became a cinema in 1922 and later a bingo hall, until its doors closed in 2007.
The developer LoftCo took on the restoration, in a scheme put at £8m when it was announced in 2021.
The hall reopened in 2024 with a food hall and bar, offices, studios, visitor accommodation, a gym and a rooftop garden.
The Dog House opens at the Albert Hall on Friday at 11.30am
The Dog House opens at 11.30am on Friday, and the venue says Alex will be there to meet the first customers.
Its advice is simple: come hungry.
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