The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

Salem has long been on the list of places that was in need of a visit to research any hot dog joints that it may home too. I had already mad...

For the longest time, it seemed as though the hot dog culture in the greater Clarksburg area had reached a level of complacency. There hadn...

A mid-morning business trip took me back through the Stealey section of Clarksburg, and I was shocked to find out that one of the better HDJ...

I was really excited when I first found out late last summer that Hank’s Deli would open a new location in Bridgeport . Though Bridgeport ...

Let me preface this review by apologizing in advance.  I don't have an iPhone like the other cool kids. You'll have to bear with me ...

After a long, unintended break from doing reviews, I decided it was time to get back to work and see what new offerings I could find in the ...

Sometimes there is nothing better than just playing it safe and sticking with something familiar and reliable. With that thought in mind, I...

Ask anyone in the Clarksburg area to name a place to get good ice cream, and you'll likely hear Toni's Ice Cream mentioned more tha...

In the north central region, there are two hot dog chains which hold court over all smaller HDJs near them, Hometown Hot Dogs and T&L Ho...

I won't bore you with the stats and facts about this particular Tudor's location in Bridgeport. Instead, I'd direct you to this ...

Just like any other mall, the Meadowbrook Mall in Bridgpeort has a basic assortment of fast food places to grab a bite when the urge hits on...

The vast majority of the time you're likely to find little deviation from one local chain or franchised restaurant to the next, save fo...

Well over fifty years ago, the Parkette sat at the end of what is now known as Old Bridgeport Hill, just on the border of the limits of Brid...

We've received a couple of e-mails recommending we give the D&P Restaurant a try. Right along U.S. Route 19 in the Edgewood section ...

T&L Hot Dogs of Shinnston is one of those cozy little HDJs that abides by the mantra 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. ...

Maple Valley Meats reminds you a lot of those general stores/restaurants your find in some of the West Virginia state parks in terms of the ...

When T&L Hot Dogs closed and/or consolidated some of their locations in the Harrison County area, one of the casualties was the location...

Clarksburg's Hometown Hot Dogs is housed in a building that could easily win an award for "Most Nondescript". The small brick...

Right off of exit 115 of I-179 rests the small township of Quiet Dell, home of the Sports Grille. A sign for the Sports Grille can be easily...

Lodge #78 of the Fraternal Order of Police opened not all that long ago at the former Jim Reid’s restaurant in Nutter Fort. Jim Reid’s alwa...