The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

After it had been resurrected to fight another day, you had to be rooting for The Fresh Seafood Company to complete the comeback by knocking...

Sam's Hot Dog LOOKS great, but... First, before ugly rumors get started, there is NO HDJ Death Match curse. It is complete happensta...

WVHotDogs.com admittedly has a love/hate relationship with Sam's Hot Dog Stand. Here are some of the reasons we love and hate them: Lo...

After defeating Diana's Snack Bar and then winning in two walkovers of HDJs who failed to make an entry, The Fresh Seafood Company now h...

Well, heck. After a week off to allow my triglycerides to recover, I set out on a recon mission for the next round of our Downtown Charles...

Not that anyone at WVHotDogs.com is going to shed a tear about it, but why were we the last to know that the Town Center Maggie Moo's st...

Yesterday's winner, The Fresh Seafood Company - a small locally owned establishment - today takes on a corporate giant: Dairy Queen. N...

The Fresh Seafood Company Today we have yesterday's survivor (just barely) Diana's Snack Bar on Summers Street taking on The Fre...

Round 1 pits Diana's Snack Bar against Donna's Cafe. Donna's Cafe sits in the building formerly known as "The Carbon Buil...

At WVHotDogs.com we believe that the single most important questions that we face as a society is "who has the best hot dog in town?...

The town of Welch in McDowell County, West Virginia has seen its share of changes over the years. This once thriving city that was the e...

Almost as soon as I began the West Virginia Hot Dog Blog in 2006, people began to write in about their favorite Hot Dog Joints in places all...

One small but very important piece of legislation that was passed in the recently concluded regular session of the West Virginia Legislature...

When we were contacted by The Travel Channel about doing a West Virginia Hot Dog segment for the "Pit Stops" portion of their New...

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...

I was stuck at the Huntington Mall the other day while my car was being repaired. Since it was around lunchtime, I strolled over to the food...

Frustrated by the lack of new HDJs to review locally and a shortage of free time to travel to distant ones, I have resorted to re-reviewing ...

Today we review the latest incarnation of Betty Lou's Diner. Read this review for background on the restaurant and its history, but do...

In the spot formerly occupied by Jenn's Southern BBQ  - across Rt. 25 from the WV State University Campus - this BBQ joint also offers h...

Note: This review was performed when Sister Act first opened. Since this review was posted we have revisited their hot dogs and found them ...