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Dogging it in Encino
By Larry
Lipson
Restaurant Critic
THEY SHOULD HAVE named The Stand, a new
hot dog and sausage cafe in Encino, The Grand Stand.
That's because
the lowly hot dog has never before been purveyed in such glorious
surroundings.
One of the owners was a founding partner of The Grill, a
posh steak and chop house in Beverly Hills. And if you're familiar with that
particular interior, you'll notice the resemblance in the design and decor of
The Stand.
But it's still fast food, whatever way you look at it, and
The Stand has you standing in line at a counter, ordering and paying up before
you either carry your wares to the table yourself or get them delivered by a
server after you've found seats inside or outside.
The outside, by the
way, is a nifty, hedge-lined patio...
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Dining: The Stand Grows Up
Newsweek
Feb. 9 issue - In California, diners still love the all-American hot dog. But now they want it with a side of Sinatra and a glass of Silver Oak Cabernet. The lowly food stand is catering to a more grown-up palate, at least on the Left Coast. At Encino's The Stand (818-788-2700), employees in chef's whites serve up classic dogs, fresh fruit cobbler and wine by the glass. Patrons dine alfresco beneath strands of dimly lit backyard lights.
Tara Weingarten
The
Stand
Designer dogs for the all-American appetite
The Skinny
In a city where streets are bumper to bumper with luxury cars,
neighborhoods are lined with designer boutiques and dogs are dressed as
fashionably as their owners, it only seems fitting someone open up a gourmet
wiener joint.
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Industry vet Shapiro takes 'Stand,' teaches old dog
new tricks
By Amy Spector
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 12)- Teaching the
old-fashioned hot dog a few new tricks, partners Richard Shapiro, Jonathan Smiga
and Murray Wishengrad opened a fast-casual concept, The Stand, here as the
initial link in a planned sausage-specialty chain.
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