Doggie Diner was a small fast food restaurant chain serving hot dogs and hamburgers in San Francisco and Oakland, California that operated from 1948 to 1986, owned by Al Ross.

[3] The brand name has been revived for hot dog sales at Oracle Park, home stadium of the San Francisco Giants.

[4] The most notable feature of the Doggie Diner chain was the sign: a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m)[5] rotating fiberglass head of a wide-eyed, grinning dachshund, wearing a bow tie and chef's hat.

[2] After the Doggie Diner went out of business, all the large dog head signs were taken down and many were sold to private parties.

In 2004, Laughing Squid, a website founded in San Francisco, sponsored three of the dog heads – named Manny, Moe & Jack – as the "Holy Dogminican Order" to take the dog heads on a cross-country trip, ending in a show by Cyclecide at CBGB in New York City.