Pink’s Hot Dogs Union Rescue Mission is supporting a charity event for two days this month.
On Friday, September 25, the stand at 709 N. La Brea Ave. will offer a nine-inch all-beef dog.
It will include mustard, onions, chili and guacamole, and support the mission’s Over the Edge fundraiser.
The dates match the fundraiser itself.
Over the Edge sends participants rappelling 25 stories down the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City Hotel.
Each rider has raised at least $1,000 for Pink’s Hot Dogs Union Rescue Mission homelessness services.
The organization has set a goal of $1.9 million for 2026, with a $500,000 matching gift doubling contributions.
Pink’s owner Richard Pink priced the benefit dog at $8.88. He has said he chose the figure for its symbolic meaning of new beginnings and renewal leading to prosperity. Pink has also spoken about the mission’s work with unhoused Angelenos, describing its staff as people with a solution to homelessness, and pointed to his family’s long presence in the neighborhood as the reason for getting involved.
Pink’s opened in 1939 as a pushcart run by Paul and Betty Pink at the corner of La Brea and Melrose. The stand has been in the same family since, and it remains one of the few Los Angeles food landmarks that predate the freeway era and still operate from their original block.
Union Rescue Mission, founded in 1891, runs one of the largest shelter and recovery operations in downtown Los Angeles. Its Over the Edge event has become an annual fixture of its fall fundraising.
Sources
- Beverly Press, “Restaurant News,” September 17, 2026
- Union Rescue Mission, Over the Edge
- Union Rescue Mission, Just Help 1 podcast episode announcement featuring Richard Pink
