HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Pink's hot dog stand in Hollywood is shutting down for a few months as of Sunday.
There was a long line wrapping around the building Sunday, customers stopping by to get their fill before the temporary closure.
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Steven Lee was first in line in the morning.
"I had to come as soon as I heard that they are going to be closed for two months because my birthday is in February - Feb. 21 - and this is usually one of my stops. So, I'm going to have to get a couple to freeze I suppose."
The owners say, with local hospitals at capacity, they don't want to risk an employee or customer getting sick during the current COVID-19 surge.
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This is only the second shutdown for Pink's in its 81-year history. The first one was for five months last year at the beginning of the pandemic.
Pink's hopes to reopen in March.