• Contact Us
  • Events calendar
Entering Swellesley
Pinnacle, Wellesley

The Swellesley Report

More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.

  • Advertise
  • Wellesley Square
  • Deland, Gibson Insurance Athlete of the Week
  • Camp
  • Private schools, sponsored by Riverbend
  • Business index
  • Contribute
  • Eat
  • Schools
  • Top 10 things to do
  • Embracing diversity
  • Kids
  • About us
  • Events
  • Natick Report
  • Seniors
  • Letters to the editor
  • Guidelines for letters to the editor
  • Live government meetings
  • Raiders sports schedules & results
  • Fire & police scanner
  • 2023 Town Election
 
Needham Bank, Wellesley
Write Ahead, Wellesley

Sam’s Hot Dog Cart rolls into Wellesley

June 18, 2014 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

There’s a new temptation for kids and adults playing and watching sports at Hunnewell Field:  Sam’s Hot Dog Cart.

And just like that, we are open for business. pic.twitter.com/XG5B4hRm8z

— Sam's Hot Dog Cart (@SamsHotDogCart) June 16, 2014

The rare Wellesley business on wheels, which recently obtained its license and passed inspection, is run by Needham’s Sam Rubin, who just graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in communications.

“I worked at a hot dog stand [called Dog Gone Ron’s] for two summers in Needham at the Mobile Station with Erik Wegner and I really loved that job and saw how profitable it could be. This is what made me want to start my own hot dog cart,” says Rubin, who owns the brand new cart and can usually be found working there with his dad, who helped navigate Wellesley’s regulations while Sam was away at school.

Sam’s offers all beef hot dogs (and all the fixings such as sauerkraut, brown mustard and even sriracha sauce), chips, soda, and water. Look for Rubin to get creative in coming weeks with homemade specialty condiments and themes such as Chicago- or Cajun-style dogs. Hot dogs cost $2.50, and a combo meal of two dogs, a drink and chips costs $6.50.

“There aren’t a lot of places where you can get a lunch for under $7 in the area,” Rubin says. “The hot dogs are very tasty and can be even tastier when people are creative with the condiments we offer.”

Rubin’s permit allows him to park the cart anywhere between the Reidy and Lee diamonds on Washington Street, and he says things have been busiest so far during baseball games at Reidy. He’s looking to set a regular schedule, but is feeling things out for now. Rubin tweets out where his cart will be each day, and not surprisingly given that he was a communications major, the hog dog cart owner also has set up Facebook and Instagram accounts to spread the word about his business.

Rubin is also permitted to bring the cart to Morses Pond, though is awaiting a final OK from the Natural Resources Commission.  Wellesley officials from the police, health and Selectmen’s offices have all been helpful during the process of getting the business up and running, he says. (Now if he only could get one of those remaining retail alcohol sale licenses from the town…not that you’d be able to consume the wine or beer on site.)

You might recall that Captain Marden’s had its Cod Squad truck parked at the former Whole Foods parking lot a while back, but wound up taking its business elsewhere, complaining that the licensing process in Wellesley was too costly and time consuming. Wellesley’s rules for mobile food businesses were put in place early last year.

Some might also remember an earlier hot dog stand in Lower Falls dubbed Mike’s Weenie Wagon. The wagon, which I was told had been  operated by a local firefighter, disappeared around the time that the Grossman’s store went down and construction started on Waterstone. In fact, I asked one of the developers about the wagon back then and he cheekily replied that “My frank answer is that I have been known to sneak a weenie myself once in a while. In fact, I even had the attached logo designed as we were thinking of a name for our project. However, for better or wurst we have not heard anything about the wagon lately….”

Wellesley at the Weenie Wagon logo

print

Filed Under: Business, Food

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Linden Square, Wellesley
Riverbend, Natick

Tip us off…

Please send tips, photos, ideas to theswellesleyreport@gmail.com

 

Advertisements

Wellesley Square, Wellesley Merchants
Wellesley, Jesamondo
Beacon Hill Athletic Club, Wellesley
Fay School, Southborough
Sexton test prep
Feldman Law
Wellesley Theatre Project
Volvo
Cheesy Street Grill
Mature Caregivers
Admit Fit, Wellesley
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
Never miss a post with our free daily Swellesley Report email
Name: 
Your email address:*
Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

You can subscribe for free, though we appreciate any contribution that supports our independent journalism.

Click on Entering Natick sign to read our Natick Report

Entering Natick road sign

Most Read Posts

  • Sign up now for summer camp in Wellesley (and beyond)
  • Before you dump that box of Pokémon cards at the Wellesley Give & Take...
  • Does Wellesley need a new traffic light? Slow down before you drive to any conclusions
  • Live music coming to Wellesley's Lockheart Restaurant
  • Wellesley police officer injured in crash at intersection of Grove and Benvenue

Upcoming Events

Jan 31
9:00 am - 11:00 am Recurring

Coffee and Conversation with the Wetlands Administrator and Staff

Jan 31
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Families Eat Together online presentation

Feb 1
11:59 pm

Deadline for Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club grants application

Feb 3
Featured Featured 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Sara Campbell winter warehouse sale

Feb 4
Featured Featured 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Sara Campbell winter warehouse sale

View Calendar

Popular pages

  • Wellesley’s 2023 Boston Marathon charity runners
  • Wellesley’s 7 official scenic roads

Recent Comments

  • Raiders2002 on Wellesley educators walk out of school as contract negotiations drag on
  • David B on Does Wellesley need a new traffic light? Slow down before you drive to any conclusions
  • LADY WELLESLEY on Wellesley police officer injured in crash at intersection of Grove and Benvenue
  • Peggy Heffernan on Wellesley police officer injured in crash at intersection of Grove and Benvenue
  • Beth Dublin on Wellesley police officer injured in crash at intersection of Grove and Benvenue

Links we like

  • Danny's Place
  • Great Runs
  • Jack Sanford: Wellesley's Major League Baseball Star
  • Tech-Tamer
  • The Wellesley Wine Press
  • Universal Hub
  • Wellesley Sports Discussion Facebook Group

Categories

  • 2021 Town Election (24)
  • 2023 Town Election (3)
  • Animals (428)
  • Antiques (49)
  • Art (592)
  • Beyond Wellesley (52)
  • Books (376)
  • Business (1,559)
  • Camp (11)
  • Careers/jobs (53)
  • Churches (82)
  • Clubs (236)
  • Construction (300)
  • Dump (130)
  • Education (3,190)
    • Babson College (252)
    • Bates Elementary School (18)
    • Dana Hall School (36)
    • Fiske Elementary School (11)
    • Hardy Elementary School (47)
    • Hunnewell Elementary School (46)
    • MassBay (57)
    • Schofield Elementary School (26)
    • Sprague Elementary School (19)
    • St. John School (2)
    • Tenacre Country Day School (11)
    • Upham Elementary School (35)
    • Wellesley College (613)
    • Wellesley High School (996)
    • Wellesley Middle School (204)
  • Embracing diversity (84)
  • Entertainment (814)
  • Environment (772)
  • Fashion (144)
  • Finance (15)
  • Fire (173)
  • Food (358)
  • Fundraising (641)
  • Gardens (164)
  • Government (606)
    • 2020 Town Election (47)
    • 2022 Town Election (15)
  • Health (866)
    • COVID-19 (203)
  • Hikes (6)
  • History (400)
  • Holidays (440)
  • Houses (162)
  • Humor (47)
  • Kids (867)
  • Law (8)
  • Legal notices (10)
  • Letters to the Editor (73)
  • Media (72)
  • METCO (4)
  • Military (13)
  • Morses Pond (109)
  • Music (580)
  • Natick Report (30)
  • Neighbors (280)
  • Obituaries & remembrances (86)
  • Outdoors (655)
  • Parenting (63)
  • Police (778)
    • Crime (395)
  • Politics (554)
  • POPS Senior Profile (10)
  • RDF (6)
  • Real estate (344)
  • Religion (138)
  • Restaurants (340)
  • Safety (155)
  • Scouts (2)
  • Seniors (127)
  • Shopping (163)
  • Sponsored (6)
  • Sports (1,012)
    • Athlete of the Week (12)
  • STEM (108)
  • Technology (165)
  • Theatre (397)
  • Town Meeting (23)
  • Transportation (240)
  • Travel (17)
  • Uncategorized (1,244)
  • Volunteering (350)
  • Weather (179)
  • Wellesley Election 2019 (21)
  • Wellesley Free Library (281)
  • Wellesley Holiday Gift Guide (2)
  • Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend (20)

© 2023 The Swellesley Report
Site by Tech-Tamer · Login