The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

Don't you just love Spring? The trees begin their budding and the mild temperatures make outside the place to be. And then there's t...

The now former radio talk show host, Jerry Waters , told me at our recent rendezvous at Chris' that he preferred Sam's Hot Dogs on H...

Last June I panned the hot dogs sold in a place called Diana's Snack Bar . In that review I noted the futility of selling hot dogs next ...

An alert reader sent me a message about a new hot dog joint, Grandy's Deli, she had read about in the Kanawha City Consumer Guide. I was...

I erred when I wrote that the Malden location of Sam's was the furthest eastward outpost of this chain. Marmet is across the Kanawha Riv...

The Logan Banner has a story in today's edition about WVHotDogs.com, and more particularly our review of Morrison's Drive Inn . Tha...

It was last Summer I got the first email suggestion to try the hot dogs at Pioneer Drive In in Drawdy. I had no idea where Drawdy was, so I ...

A little taste of Huntington has recently opened in a strip mall along Teays Valley Road: a new establishment that is a franchisee of both M...

As Stanton so thouroughly proved last September , many Dairy Queens in West Virginia put their own unique spin on their hot dogs by pepperin...

It's probably near criminal to call The Blossom Deli a Hot Dog Joint. And it's also probably just as criminal to compare the hot do...

A coworker told me about a new hot dog place he'd seen over the weekend. He said it was on Route 60 in Culloden and it was called ...

On Friday two of our local bloggers, Jackie Lantern and The Film Geek , where guests on a local AM talk show. The discussion was heavy abou...

Our Fairmont Weenie Wonk, Kevin, has stumbled upon two different of HDJs in his area that offer slaw as an easy option. This is significant...

In its Wednesday, February 21 edition, the Ironton Tribune ran an article on M & M Dairy Bell receiving a 5-weenie rating from my revie...

A particular professor at Marshall University knows that the way to a student's brain is through his or her stomach. He has given stude...

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Charleston Magazine features several local eateries in the latest issue. One of those is Chris' Hot Dogs . In the article they give some...

Following a holiday hiatus lasting far longer than I desired, I finally bring to you: Wright Dogs, the newest player in the highly competiti...

So here we are at the second stop in our absolutely unintentional little tour of Hot Dog Joints With Unusual Names. If " Wal Rocks ...

Don't ask me. I have no idea why it's called "Wal Rocks." This little hot dog joint sits near the intersection of Rt. 60 a...