A partial list of some HDJs that have closed since our last review

The Hot Dog business in West Virginia is tough since most every locally owned restaurant includes some kind of hot dog on its menu. Perhaps this is the reason that a lot of promising HDJs have closed in the last few years. Whatever the reason, we feel it is our duty to report the casualties from time to time. Here is our most recent list of formerly great HDJs that have bitten the dust:

Hog and Dog - Charleston 

Sistah's Rib Shack - Charleston

Sammy's Chili Dogs - St. Albans (now called Bammy's)

J's Grocery - Bluewell

Not Franks Pizza - Shrewsbury (we're not sure if the Montgomery location is still there)

Five Corners Cafe - Charleston

The Blossom Dairy - Charleston

Maggie Moo's Ice Cream- Charleston

The Daily Grind - Charleston

Sister Act Cafe - Charleston

Wild Flour Bakery - Fayetteville

In addition to these that succumbed to the natural pressures of competition, we also lost two well-known HDJs to last June's floodwaters: 

Mumsey's Iron Skillet - Richwood

Dairy Queen - Clendenin

On this first day of spring we can only hope that the newness of the season brings us many more great HDJs to take the place of these fallen heroes.