Downtown hot dog stand will stay open late

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Two University students petitioning to have a hot dog cart downtown open until 2:30 a.m. finally got the Lawrence City Commission’s approval Tuesday.

At the meeting Jason Mandel and Justin Sharkan, sophomores from Wilmete, Ill., addressed concerns of security, rent and time restrictions standing in the way of initiating “Last Stop Snack Shop.”

“The extension of time for me is simply serving a niche and they’ve certainly done a good job,” Commissioner Mike Dever said.

The stand will be located at the corner of Tenth and Massachusetts Streets.

Mandel and Sharkan said that the stand would be open by August at the latest, but that they would like to do a trial run on Stop Day next week.

“We’ve got everything set up,” Mandel said. “This was the last thing we had to do.”

— Edited by Kirsten Hudson

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