Glizzy Street
Hot dog stand · Long Beach ·
Bacon-wrapped hot dogs with onions, peppers, jalapeños, sauce
Bacon-wrapped hot dogs with onions, peppers, jalapeños, sauce
"Run by entrepreneurial 15-year-old twins Chazz and Chaze Clemons, this gas station stand has been working non-stop since launching in June and has racked up media appearances, including on NBC’s Today Show and Fox-11." - Mona Holmes
"Two 16-year-old twins, Chazz and Chaze Clemons, opened a hot-dog cart in their family’s gas-station parking lot and, in less than a week, went viral. Supporters drove in from neighboring regions, waiting up to an hour to try their bacon-wrapped hot dogs topped with onions, bell peppers, jalapeños, and barbecue sauce. The twins were flown to New York City to appear on NBC’s Today with Jenna & Friends, upgraded equipment with additional grills, gifted custom hats, and continued to serve from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., offering their dogs alongside blue raspberry Kool-Aid and aguas frescas. Located on the border of Long Beach and Compton, operating out of the American Oil Gas Station, the operation has become a rallying point for a community supporting two young local entrepreneurs." - Eater Staff
"A family-run hot dog stand run by 15-year-old twin brothers Chazz and Chaze Clemons sets up nightly outside the American Oil Gas Station on Long Beach Boulevard; the twins are the ninth and tenth of 10 siblings and are supported by older brother Jay and the rest of the Clemons family (on the night of the visit, older sister Blanche poured plastic cups of strawberry agua fresca, punch or blue raspberry Kool-Aid while brother Dajahn replenished supplies). They sell bacon-wrapped hot dogs—affectionately called "glizzies" in slang—topped with grilled onions, bell peppers and jalapeños, and offered with a choice of mustard, mayonnaise, or barbecue sauce; the hot dogs are $5, and the stand operates every night from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. (and was open through the Fourth of July weekend). A heavy-set, bearded customer named Joseph, who requested to not use his full name, waited an hour for four generously dressed hot dogs and said, "I'll probably eat the first one in my car," and "They're that good. But I'll do anything to support these kids." The twins split duties—"Chazz handles the glizzies while Chaze grills the vegetables"—and built the business over summer break after saving $400 working at the gas station, keeping a required 3.85 GPA, developing a budget, learning about profits and losses, planning a menu, learning to cook, and securing a hot dog cart. After announcing the launch via social media on June 25 the video went viral (over 213,000 likes on TikTok); they sold 20 dogs on day one and, as of July 1, prepare about 150 per night, typically selling out, with some repeat customers driving from Sacramento, San Diego, and the Inland Empire. Chazz explains the origin: "My older brother asked what we wanted to do this summer and gave us some suggestions like Six Flags or amusement parks. We wanted to be outside the house and start a business. When [Jay] was a kid, he wanted to do a hot dog business. We used social media to post a video, and then it went viral." On the twins' early learning curve, Chaze says, "The first day was really busy. I don't think I was good at cooking on the first day, but I got a lot better." The family had already added food to the station two years earlier—selling gumbo, peach cobbler and chicken from inside the gas station—and their father, Bryan Clemons, has a long history in the oil business beginning in 1975 (first as an oil blender for Lubricating Specialties Company, later a fuel delivery driver for ARCO, then acquiring his first truck and trailer and eventually two gas stations in Los Angeles County). For context on branding, the twins chose the business name by trying to "think of something with three syllables that was funny, something very catchy, and wanted to do something that goes with LA on a busy street." - Mona Holmes
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