Where is the nearest wienerschnitzel
The First Wienerschnitzel Hot Dog Stand - Southern California Take Out Food Review
welcome everyone Adam the whoo here to
day number eight of this current
temporary series where I go around to
Southern California eateries that are
open for drive-through takeout or to go
orders about the cruise over to
Wilmington I'm inviting you to join me
shall you just got to get my supplies
and order and head out yep I agree big
the foot a nice scenic drive along these
train tracks
we're almost there don't worry
I'm hungry too located on the corner of
the 1300 block of golf Avenue and
Pacific Coast Highway even though there
are over 300
of these establishments the first is on
this road Wienerschnitzel opened in the
early 60s the founder was a gentleman by
the name of John Gilardi who was on the
ground level of the Taco Bell
organization in fact he was good friends
with Glenn Bell and had this idea to
start his own business and Glenn Bell
said that's perfectly fine you should
expand and move on but do not sell tacos
and he didn't want to do hamburgers
either hotdogs was not so common so
that's how the idea came up gone through
a few structural changes over the years
but more or less the same the
drive-through has been added on soon
after opening his wife was the one we
can thank for coming up with the name
originally der Wienerschnitzel our dear
wiener schnitzel but they dropped the
first word and now it's just the one
word he didn't really like the idea at
first and said well it's better than
it's better than John's hotdogs and the
name stuck sidenote Tastee Freez by 1055
15 years ago don't quote me on that but
Tastee Freez was purchased
by this company speaking of that iconic
logo it was created in the late 70s by
Saul Bass he spent over four decades
working in Hollywood for directors like
Scorsese Billy Wilder and alfred
hitchcock would be proud nice little
side note on the front of the building
there is a plaque er that says at this
location on July 3rd 1961 the first der
Wienerschnitzel national chain opened
its doors a historical landmark rocket
there's actually two placards it all
began here where he first served up
hotdogs and his secret recipe chili now
their world's largest hotdogs Shane we
are proud to continue the legacy of
great food and great fun for the time
being the picnic area has some tape
around it for obvious reasons but the
drive-thru is open as well as the
walk-up section around the front now I
have eaten at a few of these in my day
but never this location palm trees are a
nice little touch providing some extra
SoCal ambience a building is so cool
so historic
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a fruit loop dipped cone that's
different another plaque on this side
counting three placards oh I almost
tripped over that
over that
that was an unusual sound that
18-wheeler shock just made my guess it's
kind of normal but it was a little bit
very prominent I haven't decided quite
what I'm gonna order yet but I am
leaning towards one chili dog and one
sauerkraut layered without chili so one
without chili just with sauerkraut maybe
some onions and a chili dog maybe
something else that's just I'm gonna
decide when I get to the window but
that's my first thought just waiting for
a friend of mine to arrive can I have a
little lunch together
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at the very first Wienerschnitzel it's a
fun weird aside
I've noticed these are prominent in
larger places too but especially the
teeny-tiny old school buildings you see
these concrete stanchions that are
placed there to keep you do not want a
car driving through the structure itself
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I have noticed these about oh by the way
David has arrived you may have ever had
wiener schnitzel before I love you love
it I love it how many times have you
consumed wiener schnitzel Oh what's the
month once a month you ever been to the
first one no neither have I so this will
be an experience for both of us and I
was just about to mention that yes you
can because it's a can of chili
sometimes chili places will take to have
a little souvenir that you can take so I
think I'm gonna get my souvenir on a hot
dog that what's gonna be your what's
going to be your go-to menu item
the number three chili cheese dog the
chili cheeseburger number three you guys
cheeseburger awesome alright I think I'm
gonna well I'm gonna decide when I get
up there let's do it when you think of
hotdog chains what's the first one that
comes to your mind the only one this is
it the only one I wonder if I should get
a little weirder okay we're gonna get a
little weird with it a little weird at
Wiener schnitzel yeah you could do that
I'm thinking just a basic chili dog and
a regular chili dog with no chili and
I'm gonna say horseradish but I meant to
say sauerkraut
I do love sauerkraut
it's called the German there you got the
truth okay that's what I want that has
the spicy kind of mustard not the basic
mustard oh that's good too
okay I'm gonna get that - that's almost
like a Chicago dog almost is that kind
of like a Chicago dog I'm gonna get a
Cuban and a German then maybe chili
cheese fries
just to kind of have like a win in Rome
moment all right that's what I'm doing
oh my goodness look at those man is that
too much - two dogs and chili cheese
fries yes I'm not like super huge no the
dog the dogs are pretty small well small
it okay that's what I'm gonna do
oh look at this wow I've never seen a
place it has Thousand Island fries huh
it kind of does see I was thinking
originally the kraut dog I still want a
kraut dog though maybe I'll get busted
if we have a German okay yeah so normal
kraut dog is like a German but I do like
that mustard so okay that's
you still have the problem if he's
fogging out then the fog comes up
through the mask he have a problem with
your glasses fogging that's why you
don't wear
there come the beverages originally when
I suggested this I said Winchester and
you were like I think it's in Wilmington
and I looked it up and realized I was
incorrect these are some these are
something like beastly sized beverages
yeah what is that that was a large that
Mountain Dew pineapple lemonade I went
with the doctor I went with the dark
yeah mama take the mask off first I
think we didn't even request them and
they gave us a straw so we hadn't even
request them in this over very nice the
the facial item hanging from the year is
becoming quite fashionable these days
it's a thing it is pull them off you
can't I can pull it off we got the bags
full of items we're gonna put the car
here
David's backing up his mobile into this
spot and that way we can have that the
building as a backdrop it's our new life
now can I have a little
can't go to arena stats on without
getting mr. classic chili cheese dog
hello yeah and fries they have good
fries unrest oh don't sleep on just our
main supply Jerome I say Disney on the
tip of the tongue you can't open
sometimes I do love you some food so you
just got regular fries that are chilly
on them just straight-up fries just tray
chili online
really strong
there's a lot going on there I don't
know if it's proper etiquette to start
with the fries but I'm doing it so stop
got some chili on my eyebrow it's part
of the experience a jalapeno on there
there's some handle on this too what's
all bacon was like Canadian bacon yeah
Danny baked it's basically ham hocks a
Canadian bacon
Topol hammer my pizza
the others bacon on this [ __ ] anybody
liquid [ __ ] make good father
palpating
wife in Austria
I didn't know they didn't think I was
seriously gonna get this again
this is like uh Sibylla yeah
the Krauts on the other one the mother
fell it fell on the ground but didn't
come out of the box and that will shovel
so head of them this dog really was good
it does taste a little bit different
like you're talking about like a normal
hot doggin you daughter versus this
while personal rocket chili dog
my idea of a food review is kind of
giving a lackluster wrap-up on how the
food tastes yeah it's more about the
destination and a little bit of
backstory on messenger it's in a unique
more than precise pinpointed food just a
tour like there's plenty of other people
that are way better doing that right you
exactly stay in your lane this is what
you do
dude indeed this is what we're dealing
with and I say that but there's like a
little bit on my on my thumb there a
little bit of a kraut this is the one
that fell on the floor right down there
it didn't it didn't it didn't come out
of the box Dawg so it's like it's fine
it just kind of didn't mix it up just a
bit
I do love sauerkraut I know what it is
but it's a nice little perspective there
through the cups you go that's just the
basic chili cheese
I for one am thankful that places are
open for take-out and drive-through I
can do stuff like this but I will also
be extra special thankful when we're
able to sit at a table once again but it
you get to it made us very creative or
maybe everyone has to be very creative
in this current situation
this is really good I think like the
other one a little bit better oh yeah it
could be it could be guess I'm getting
full maybe the first one I was like
really hungry this is good I think I
like the other one a little bit better
but I do like the spicy mustard and then
these great in these times eating next
to a dumpster we will not forget these
days way down the road in five years
when all this is but a distant memory I
will remember my Wienerschnitzel parking
lot dumpster standing experience
probably not too far off though
restaurant tables will be open again
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