The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

When Master Sushi Chef Eipuri Rufuru decided to open a sushi restaurant in a small West Virginia town like Lewisville, he knew that he would...

In case you are wondering, dear readers, where we've been, suffice it to say that our Weenie Wonks have had a tumultuous year! Chri...

In the United States, the true authority on hot dogs is the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council . Like most associations these folks have t...

Once in a while I am still surprised to find a HDJ that is really old school. Usually that means that they have a 1950s era Sunbeam bun stea...

Today a bill was introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates to make the Pepperoni Roll the official state food of West Virginia. Thi...

After a long hiatus, partially because of holidays and partially to give our triglycerides a chance to return to tolerable levels, our We...

Let's wrap this up, shall we? After struggling to find HDJs on Charleston's West Side, I have given up trying to find lesser kno...

Unfortunately this round is going to be a walkover, since I made 5 visits to Sistah's Rib Shack at lunch time and twice at dinner time a...

We reviewed Sam's Hot Dog Stand's West Side location on its very first day of business in 2008. You can read that review here . Not ...

The first round of our West Side HDJ Death Match pits the venerable Smokehouse - the oldest remaining HDJ on the West Side against the newes...

After taking a little time off following the Downtown Charleston HDJ Death Match, reader complaints have motivated us to get back to work. O...

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...