Dog Haus Vegas
• Address: 4480 Paradise Road
• Phone: 702-435-4287
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: doghaus.com
• Hours of operation: 11 a.m.-4 a.m. daily
• Owned/operated by: Franchisee Ian Vanderburg; the first Dog Haus location opened in 2010 and was founded by Hagop Giragossian, Quasim Riaz and André Vener
• In business since: March
Describe your business.
Dog Haus was founded to recapture the nostalgic childhood experience of eating a hot dog. We offer gourmet Haus Dogs, sausages and burgers served on grilled Hawaiian rolls. Our Haus Dogs are all-beef, skinless dogs loaded with toppings.
Among the menu items are the Sooo Cali, with wild arugula, crispy onions, spicy basil aioli avocado and tomato; Downtown Dog, featuring a smoked bacon-wrapped dog topped with caramelized onions, mayo, pickled red peppers, mustard and ketchup; or Cowboy, with smoked bacon, barbecue sauce, white American cheese and crispy onions.
What’s your most popular dish?
Las Vegas has shown a lot of love toward the Fonz, a spicy Italian sausage topped with pastrami and melted mozzarella.
Among our burgers, here in Las Vegas, it’s the Hangover, topped with smoked bacon, haus chili, a fried egg, white American cheese and mayo.
What’s the most important part of your job?
Whether you’re a Vegas local or in town visiting, when you come to eat, you’re looking for good food and a fun time. The most important part of my job is ensuring the iconic Dog Haus experience for every customer.
It’s also important to me to build relationships with our local customers and nearby businesses, casinos, schools, etc. I want to know their names and their orders when they walk through the door. Serving a great mix of loyal locals and visitors from around the world is what makes Dog Haus Vegas unique, and why I’m excited to come to work every day.
What is the best part about doing business in Las Vegas?
Las Vegas offers a unique and exciting cross-section of people that we enjoy getting to meet and serve every day. We see families, college students, business professionals, industry professionals, cab drivers, retirees and visitors from all across the globe.
What obstacles has your business overcome?
Besides getting a liquor license in Las Vegas? That struggle is well worth it to provide our customers with a full bar and hand-crafted spiked milkshakes that won’t cost you $15 like at some other places.
Being the new kid in town, we are still working to spread awareness of Dog Haus and build up the buzz for our new restaurant.
What have you learned from the recession?
The recession was a test of Dog Haus’ core values. By sticking with our mission, values and promise to our customers, we have come through stronger and more well-defined than ever. Building a loyal, passionate customer base is very important to us. Loyal customers have helped us overcome obstacles and grow nationally.