Charles Davis

About 1 in 5 of those vendors sell food, no item more famous—and contra the city's health-conscious kale-shake image—than the bacon-wrapped hot dog, found wherever there is a hungry drunk outside of a bar. Cooking that staple of late-night L.A. comes with the risk of up to $1,000 in fines, however, and in some cases it's even led to jail time.