A Southern California fast food brand that predates In-N-Out — and launched just steps away from the Pacific Ocean — has sold to a new parent company for less than the price of many Los Angeles or Bay Area homes. (We’re looking at you, Malibu and Atherton.)

Hot Dog on a Stick, the 80-year-old LA-based chain known for its signature corn dogs, “hand-stomped” lemonade and “hotdoggers” (employees dressed in the chain’s signature red, blue and yellow uniforms), was acquired by Las Vegas-based Amazing Brands for a cool $8 million cash bid. There are bold plans in the works to pull the familiar chain into a new era, jumping from its longtime mall phase into renewed relevance with standalone restaurants and perhaps even a flagship on the Las Vegas Strip.

New owner Amazing Brands also operates Siegel’s Bagelmania, Pinkbox Doughnuts and Piero’s Italian Cuisine.

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Signature food items from Hot Dog on a Stick: lemonade........

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