Newport Hot Dog Stand Founder Battling Bailey’s Says 'We Hope the City Council Does the Right Thing'

Newport Hot Dog Stand Founder Battling Bailey’s Says 'We Hope the City Council Does the Right Thing'

Viking Hot Dog co-founder Will Farley said that he hopes the Newport City Council “does the right thing” and allows his business to continue to operate adjacent to Rejects Beach, after Bailey’s Beach Club called the police on the operation on Friday. 

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The city council is poised to make new substantive administrative rules this week as to where food trucks — and food carts — can, and cannot operate in the city. 

Farley, a rising junior at Rogers High School, spoke with GoLocalProv.com on Sunday at the hot dog cart, in the nearly ninety-degree heat. 

Fighting to Keep Spot

“We saw that there was nothing here, so we thought people walking Cliff Walk — especially on a hot day — they could get something to drink, a water, a bite to eat,” said Farley, of the decision to operate by the public beach on what they believe is public property. 

And since establishing a presence outside the public beach — usually on the weekends, as Farley and his other high school co-workers have other jobs, Farley said that apart from Bailey’s Beach Club, the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. 

“Everyone loves it — we’ve gotten a really positive reaction from it,” said Farley.

“I hope the council makes the right decision. We put a lot of work into this,” said Farley. “We’ll all be [at the upcoming meeting]."