It’s about a half-hour walk from the IRS Chief Counsel’s Office in Washington, D.C., to the corner of First and M streets, Northeast—but for Isaac Stein, it’s a world away. Dressed in a suit and tie, his usual work outfit at the office, he now mans a cart, dishing out hot dogs and advice under the shade of an umbrella. It’s been his daily routine ever since the federal government shut down in October, and Stein found himself out of a job—at least temporarily.

But far from being a sob story, this is the story of how he fulfilled his childhood dream.

Stein’s Hot Dog Cart Origin Story

As Stein tells it, he was a tall kid and in seventh grade was…

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