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These 15-Year-Old Twins Opened a Viral Hot Dog Stand at a Gas Station in Long Beach
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Less than a week after opening Glizzy Street, brothers Chazz and Chaze Clemens have a steadfast following and a one-hour wait by Mona Holmes
Photography by Mona Holmes Jul 1, 2025, 8:10 PM UTC
Less than a week after opening Glizzy Street, brothers Chazz and Chaze Clemens have a steadfast following and a one-hour wait by Mona Holmes
Photography by Mona Holmes Jul 1, 2025, 8:10 PM UTC Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee.
It's a pleasant June evening on Long Beach Boulevard, slightly north of the 91 Freeway. A speaker blares mostly old-school R&B hits from Luther Vandross and Teena Marie, as well as early Alicia Keys. On the corner of 68th Way is the American Oil Gas Station, owned by the Clemens family. As cars cycle through to fill up on gasoline, a line of people wait patiently for a pair of teenage twin brothers to dress bacon-wrapped hot dogs from Glizzy Street, a new Long Beach hot dog stand, with grilled onions, bell peppers, jalapeños, and a choice of mustard, mayonnaise, or barbecue sauce. A heavy-set and bearded man named Joseph, who requested to not use his full name, waited an hour to take home four generously dressed hot dogs, affectionately called 'glizzies' in slang.
'I'll probably eat the first one in my car,' says Joseph. 'They're that good. But I'll do anything to support these kids.'
Though Glizzy Street is a family-run operation, Chazz and Chaze Clemens are the faces of the business. The twins are the ninth and tenth out of 10 siblings. Their older brother Jay and the rest of the Clemens siblings support the entrepreneurial 15-year-olds in their new business endeavor. On the night Eater visited, the Clemens' older sister, Blanche, tended to the stand, too, pouring plastic cups of strawberry agua fresca, along with punch or blue raspberry Kool-Aid, while another brother, Dajahn, replenished supplies. The hot dogs at Glizzy Street are $5, an astounding deal in a region where Los Angeles-style danger dogs, sold from street vendors in prime locations outside of sports stadiums or densely packed nightlife strips, can run for $8 or more, easily.
For their summer break, Chazz and Chaze knew that running a business was the way to go. 'My older brother asked what we wanted to do this summer and gave us some suggestions like Six Flags or amusement parks,' says Chazz. 'We wanted to be outside the house and start a business. When [Jay] was a kid, he wanted to do a hot dog business. We used social media to post a video, and then it went viral.'
Before starting the business, Chazz and Chaze were required to keep a 3.85 grade point average. The brothers saved $400 after working at the gas station, developed a budget, learned about profits and losses, planned a menu, learned how to cook, secured a hot dog cart, and got to shopping and prepping. After announcing the business launch via social media on June 25, Glizzy Street saw over 213,000 likes on TikTok. On day one, Glizzy Street sold 20 dogs. As of July 1, the team prepares 150, which are typically sold out at the end of the night. Chazz says repeat customers drove from Sacramento, San Diego, and the Inland Empire to try their fantastically stacked hot dogs.
Adding another food business felt like a natural fit for the Clemens family. Two years ago, the Clemens family started selling gumbo, peach cobbler, and chicken from inside the gas station. Every night from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., Glizzy Street sets up outside next to the parking spaces facing 68th Way. Chazz handles the glizzies while Chaze grills the vegetables. 'The first day was really busy,' says Chaze. 'I don't think I was good at cooking on the first day, but I got a lot better.'
The father, Bryan Clemens, started working in the oil industry in 1975, first as an oil blender for Lubricating Specialties Company. He later worked as a fuel delivery driver for ARCO, then acquired his first truck and trailer, and eventually two gas stations in Los Angeles County. In the future, Chazz and Chaze want to go into business for themselves. Chazz's favorite subjects are business and math, while Chaze is passionate about history and business.
When asked how the name came to be, Chazz didn't hesitate. 'We tried to think of something with three syllables that was funny, something very catchy, and wanted to do something that goes with LA on a busy street.' See More: Dining on a Dime
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