Woman Relishes Her New Cart Business Called Housewife Hotdogs

Jennifer Bosik has been amazed at how popular her new hot dog stand as been.

Her new business, called Housewife Hotdogs, is one of a half-dozen that opened recently in Enumclaw and that are being featured in Patch periodically.

Bosik said customers love the product. She serves the brand Sabrett, which is rare in Washington state. She said people from back East in particular grew up on these long, skinny, flavorful wieners.

“It’s interesting how excited people get about it,” she said.

But she’s also surprised by those just interested in her business.

“I’ve motivated other stay-at-home moms” to try their own businesses, too, she said.

Bosik was motivated to start the business because of a downturn in the construction industry, which her husband works in.

“It takes money to make money,” Bosik said she told him, adding that small businesses help stimulate the economy. “I wanted to do what I could to help out” the family, too.

She thought of the vendor cart, which are huge back east.

“It was lower risk, not so much of a gamble” as getting a storefront, she said, adding that more people are turning to such businesses.

“They are getting ready to explode” in the Seattle nighclub scene, she said, adding that at 2 a.m. at closing time carts are everywhere with long lines.

Bosik said she’s having fun helping West Coast folks expand their knowledge of different types of wieners, such as the cream cheese hotdog.

Bosik also has fun with the names of her dogs. On the Fourth of July she called them things such as the TNT and Firecracker. She’s also called them names such as the Bored Houswife and even the Hormonal Housewife, where you don’t know what you want.

Bosik was hoping to serve lunch crowds, but because of “horrible” health department rules, she only received permits for special events.

The hot dogs sell for from $3 to $5 and feature homemade buns from an Orting bakery.

For more information call her at 206-446-8717.