The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

With at least one location in virtually every town in West Virginia, Dairy Queen is easily the most ubiquitous of all hot dog joints in the ...

While it might be seen as trespassing on Chris James' territory, I found myself in Wayne at lunchtime one day and stopped in this nice l...

T&L Hot Dogs is becoming a good sized chain in northern and central West Virginia and despite being located in the slaw-challenged nort...

On my way into downtown Fairmont to find Yann's I drove past this little joint on East Park Avenue, and after I found Yann's closed...

I was able to venture north this week and do some closer investigation of the " slaw line " phenomenon. I have virtually pinpointe...

There's nothing in the world like a minor league ballpark on a nice summer evening. The sounds, the sights, the smells and, oh yeah, the...

Oh yeah, sure. Next month they'll be saying hot dogs are the cure for polio.

Sitting just a stone's throw from "the stoplight" in Cross Lanes is this nifty little BBQ joint that also boasts hot dogs on i...

For generations of Huntingtonians, the site of a ginourmous mug of root beer spinning about signaled that their long journey home was comple...

OK, it's not hot dog news, but anyone who works or visits downtown Charleston at lunchtime should be excited that the sign is up at Cila...

I've noticed a sharp uptick in the number of food products on the market that feature pre-assembled food elements. I guess they are supp...

In July of 1992 the Charleston Daily Mail published this article by Becky Fleming. Hopefully they won't mind me reprinting it here as a ...

Every town in West Virginia seems to have at least one hot dog joint that has a sign posted with the claim that it has the best hot dogs in ...

A franchised location of a national chain, The Hottest Dog in Hurricane has a very large variety of very big hot dogs. These monstrous 1/4 ...

Greatings to all...My name is Chris James and I am the new reviewer for Huntington area hot dog joints. I am a life-long West Virginian, a r...

As I said in my post on Saturday, I am done with Huntington Hot Dogs and their "sauce" and special request slaw. I have recruited ...

It seems a little weird to me to have a Hot Dog Festival and have a bunch of events for the four-legged kind of dogs along with it. Think of...

So, the long-awaited Second Annual West Virginia Hot Dog Festival took place today at Pullman Square in Huntington. It was a fun little even...

When it's all said and done, Chris' Hot Dogs is the only place in Charleston that you can: Get one of the two best hot dogs in town...