Raise a Stein! New Orleans’ Dat Dog Nabs National Top 10 Vegan Sausage Award During Oktoberfest

For Immediate Release:
September 28, 2026

Contact:
Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382

Prost to that! A vegan sausage is stealing the spotlight this Oktoberfest—New Orleans’ own Dat Dog has landed a spot on PETA’s Top Ten list of restaurants serving up the best vegan sausages in the country. Dat Dog’s Vegan Banger features a vegan bratwurst on a toasty sweet sourdough bun, topped with sauerkraut, dill relish, grilled onions, tomatoes, and Creole mustard. Diners can also build their own “dog” from four different vegan sausages: apple sage, spicy chipotle, vegan brat, and vegan Italian.

“Dat Dog is serving up scrumptious, sizzling sausages that give pigs and cows something to celebrate, too, and burst with bold, plant-powered flavor,” says PETA Founder Ingrid Newkirk. “Every vegan sausage on PETA’s Top Ten list is worth raising a glass to, as it’s perfect for Oktoberfest and leaves animals in peace.”

There’s a health bonus in every bite, too: The World Health Organization classifies processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans”—the same group as tobacco smoking and asbestos—based on evidence that eating processed meat, such as sausages, causes colorectal cancer.

Pigs are soothed by music, and cows mourn when a loved one dies or when they’re separated from each other. Yet in the meat industry, workers cut off pigs’ tails and teeth and castrate the males—all without any pain relief—and confine cows to cramped, filthy feedlots before sending both to slaughter at a fraction of their natural lifespan. PETA’s free vegan starter kit can help anyone looking to make the switch.

Dat Dog will receive a framed award certificate from PETA along with bragging rights. Other winning restaurants include Hollerbach’s German Restaurant in Sanford, Florida; The Vanguard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Fassler Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Dat Dog has three New Orleans locations:

• 601 Frenchmen St., open from 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. Friday and Saturday
• 3336 Magazine St., open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday
• 5030 Freret St., open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.