The Oki-Dog is leaving the West Hollywood area.
After nearly three decades at 860 N. Fairfax Ave., the eatery announced via Instagram that it will close on Aug. 31 and reopen at a new, yet undisclosed, location in January 2025.
“We want to thank all of our loyal customers who have supported us over the years. Your love for our unique offerings has meant the world to us. We invite you to visit our West Hollywood location one last time before we close. Even though this spot will be closed on August 31st, we will be back next year in our new LA location in January 2025,” the post reads.
While the announcement didn’t provide a reason for the closure or reveal details about the new location, it did note that the move will take Oki-Dog out of the West Hollywood area. Attempts to reach the restaurant for further comment went unanswered.
Originally located at 7450 Santa Monica Blvd., Oki-Dog gained a reputation in the late 1970s and ’80s as a hub for punk rock culture. Vintage photos on the restaurant’s Instagram page show bands like the Beastie Boys sporting Oki-Dog gear, while punk band Youth Gone Mad even wrote a song titled “Oki Dog” in the early ’80s. The late Anthony Bourdain also stopped by to try the infamous Oki Dog, which features two hot dogs, pastrami, and chili wrapped in a tortilla. In typical punk fashion, the restaurant still proudly displays Bourdain’s less-than-glowing review where he called the dish “deranged.”
God forbid someone disagrees with Democratic policy.
Back in the day, there was an Oki-Dog on Santa Monica Blvd., directly across from Astro Burger. This was at the same time that the Fairfax location existed. Eventually, too much dope, fights, loud noise, etc. doomed it. Fat Burger took over that space until this day.
I ate here 2x during my tenure in weho. Both times I was sick the rest of the night. It’s filthy and no one is ever there. It’s a Trump dump and I’m glad it’s going. I do like the hodgepodge of chairs in the front.
As someone who lived around the corner from this place for a number of years and then continued to pass it multiple times a day, I can’t believe it’s still in business.
The handful of times I went in I was the only one there. The food wasn’t that good and I can’t believe the old punks still hold such a soft spot for it when they’ve hung a Trump flag outside the last two elections.
The food there is horrible and the owner is a Trump supporter. Good riddance! I never see anyone dining there.
You mean the owner is NOT for defund the police, millions of criminal illegal aliens, homelessness, high taxes, drug cartels, and lawlessness, Third World public education, inlfation!
Go Commie Kamala!
I assume this was a case of the property owner looking to build a condo or apartment complex; kitschy character giving way to another sterile cookie cutter box.
Where the LA punk revolution was born, and where it died at the dawn of the Reagan era. Leave an empty beer bottle on the sidewalk in memorium for Darby Crash. We were all thrown into this world like puzzled panthers, indeed.
Gimme this, gimmie that. Darby, we hardly knew ye.
2 a.m on a Friday or Saturday night; the punks, the transgender prostitutes and very confused tourists made Danny’s Oki Dog the place to be to establish your WeHo credentials.
Word is that block/corner is being targeted for a major redevelopment project and leases are not being renewed.