The Pentagon’s Deadly Hot Dog Stand

Daniel Ganninger
Knowledge Stew
Published in
2 min readMay 16, 2020
Possibly the most dangerous hot dog stand in America at one time

In the center of the Pentagon, up until 2006, stood an unassuming building–a hot dog stand. But did this eatery house a secret underground bunker, or did it just serve hot dogs? The Soviets may have thought it wasn’t just a place to eat.

The hot dog stand in question sat outside in the middle of the 5-acre courtyard of the Pentagon. It was torn down in 2006 to make way for a new $1.2 million eating…

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Daniel Ganninger
Knowledge Stew

The writer, editor, and chief lackey of Knowledge Stew and the Knowledge Stew line of trivia books. Connect at knowledgestew.com and danielganninger.com