No fixed address. Greater Melbourne.

Gourmet dogs on the loose.

A hot dog stand that never sits still. Find the yellow marquee at a different Melbourne market every weekend — then wherever the night takes it.

Find the cart See the dogs

Open 'til sold out

Coburg Farmers Market ✶ West Footscray Market ✶ Boroondara Farmers Market ✶ Gleadell St Market ✶ Alphington Farmers Market ✶ Oakleigh Rotary Market ✶ Docklands Community Market ✶ Town Hall Hotel ✶ Coburg Farmers Market ✶ West Footscray Market ✶ Boroondara Farmers Market ✶ Gleadell St Market ✶ Alphington Farmers Market ✶ Oakleigh Rotary Market ✶ Docklands Community Market ✶ Town Hall Hotel ✶

The lineup

The dogs

Four we make properly, every time — and one we refuse to tell you about until you're standing in front of it.

Made to order

01 — The original

The OG Dog

Where the whole thing started. Frankfurt, soft white roll, ketchup and mustard laid on in stripes, chips piled in beside it. Nothing to hide behind.

Classic$10

02 — The local

Melbourne Dog

Charcoal aioli, pickled red onion, salsa verde and a fistful of soft herbs. It's a bit inner-north, and it knows it.

Signature$12

03 — The loud one

Sweet n' Sour Pork Dog

Fresh tomato and jalapeño salsa, sweet-and-sour glaze, shards of pork crackling on top. Sticky fingers are part of the deal.

Signature$13

04 — The wildcard

Croq Dog

Crumbed croquettes, bright green herb sauce, toasted nori and sesame. It shouldn't work. It absolutely works.

Rotating$14

05 — The stray

Today's Special

One-off. Never repeated. Only ever announced on the board at the cart. If you want it, you have to turn up.

Market priceWhile it lasts

The rounds

Markets we roam

We're a stray — a different corner of Melbourne most weekends. These are the regular haunts. Check the strip below for where the cart actually is this week.

8 regular stops

Sat

Coburg Farmers Market

Saturday · 8am–1pm

Next: Sat 8 Aug · Sat 22 Aug · Sat 5 Sep

Sat

West Footscray Market

Saturday · 9am–1pm

Next: Sat 15 Aug · Sat 29 Aug

Sat

Boroondara Farmers Market

Saturday · 8am–12.30pm

Next: Sat 8 Aug · Sat 12 Sep

Sat

Gleadell St Market, Richmond

Saturday · 7am–1pm

Next: Sat 15 Aug · Sat 22 Aug

Sun

Alphington Farmers Market

Sunday · 9am–1pm

Next: Sun 9 Aug · Sun 23 Aug

Sun

Oakleigh Rotary Sunday Market

Sunday · 8am–1pm

Next: Sun 16 Aug · Sun 30 Aug

Sun

Docklands Community Market

Sunday · 10am–3pm

Next: Sun 9 Aug · Sun 6 Sep

Late

Town Hall Hotel, Nth Melb

Select nights · from 9.30pm 'til sold out

Next: Fri 14 Aug · Sat 29 Aug

Where we are this week

Follow the yellow marquee

Sat 8 Aug — Coburg Farmers Market
Sun 9 Aug — Alphington Farmers Market
Fri 14 Aug — Town Hall Hotel, late

Sample dates — swap these each Monday, or wire them to the Instagram feed.

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How it's built

Four layers,
no shortcuts.

The roll

Soft, fresh, sturdy enough to hold everything we throw at it — and no more.

The dog

Cooked to order on the flat top. The snap isn't negotiable.

The sauce

Made by us, in small batches. Charcoal aioli, salsa verde, sweet-and-sour — none of it comes out of a catering tin.

The pile on top

Pickles, crackling, herbs, nori. The bit that makes people stop and ask what it is.

Our story

One cart.
No fixed address.

Stray Dogs started with a simple grudge: the humble hot dog gets treated like an afterthought. So we built a cart, learned to make everything ourselves, and started turning up wherever the good markets are.

Everything is cooked in front of you, on a flat top, under a yellow marquee you can spot from the car park. Some weekends that's Coburg. Some weekends it's Docklands. Some nights it's the back bar of a pub in North Melbourne at half past nine.

If you've queued in the rain for one — thank you. That's the reason the specials keep getting stranger.

Regular markets

Dogs on the board

Very yellow marquee

The Stray Dogs crew serving at a market stall

Customers holding Stray Dogs hot dogs at a market

A Stray Dogs special topped with sour cream and chives

The good stuff

Caught in the wild

Dogs being made, dogs being demolished. A loose collection from wherever the cart pulled up last.

Fresh from the markets

Two couples laughing over hot dogs at a Stray Dogs market table — Alphington, SundayPeople

Santa being handed a hot dog at the Stray Dogs stand — Even Santa queuesPeople

Croq Dog with green herb sauce, nori and sesame on slate — Croq Dog, styled upFood

Hot dog piled with charred corn, jalapeno and crispy bits — Charred corn, no restraintFood

Happy customer holding a loaded Stray Dogs hot dog at the stand — One Melbourne Dog, awayPeople

Stray Dogs marquee with a Poutine Dog special on the blackboard — Poutine Dog on the boardThe stand

House sauce bottles lined up behind a finished hot dog — House sauces, small batchFood

Two kids in novelty sunglasses eating hot dogs at a festival — Tiny customers, big fansPeople

The OG Dog with ketchup and mustard stripes in a takeaway box — The OG. No notes.Food

Customer with the French Onion Soup Dog special and its handwritten sign — The Onion Soup Dog has fansPeople

Crowd eating at long tables in front of the Stray Dogs marquee — Dinner under the marqueePeople

Close-up of a hot dog topped with sour cream and chives — Sour cream, chives, goneFood

Classic hot dog with mustard, ketchup and chips in gingham paper — Stripes on stripesFood

Customer enjoying hot dogs at a backyard table — Backyard situation, handledPeople

Close-up of charcoal aioli and pickled onion on the Melbourne Dog — Charcoal aioli, up closeFood

The Stray Dogs crew taking a selfie under the marquee — The crew, between rushesPeople

Private hire

Want the cart
at your thing.

We pack the whole operation into a van and set up almost anywhere with a bit of flat ground. Tell us the date, the headcount and roughly how hungry everyone will be.

Weddings
Birthdays
Office parties
Pubs and bottle shops
Election days
Backyard situations

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Say hello

Get in the bun.

Questions, bookings, wild ideas for a dog we haven't made yet — pick a filling and pile it in. We read everything between services.

Never lose the scent

Know where
we'll be.

One short email on a Monday: the markets we're at that week, and whatever's going on the specials board.

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