The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

The proximity of the Cacapon River to Wardensville makes one think that the name of this venerable old restaurant would be "KA-KAY-PO...

Cairo (the one in Ritchie County, not the one in Egypt) is a little town primarily known for its proximity to North Bend State Park and for ...

During our recent Facebook County-by-County poll of best hot dog joints, several votes were cast for Buddy B's Market in Sissonville, ...

With the publication of this year's "101 Unique Places to Dine in West Virginia" list, we were reminded of a few HDJs that ne...

We reviewed this convenience store location of Sam's when it first opened in 2008 , actually on it's very first day in business. We ...

In 1921, there began in West Virginia a battle that pitted brother against brother and North against South; blood relatives railed against e...

When Facebook user Ranson J Stuck nagged us to check out the hot dogs at "Suppers to Go" on Bigley Avenue, we first thought he ...

(OK, I have a confession: When Facebook user Ranson J Stuck nagged me to try the hot dogs at a place called "Suppers to Go" , I t...

When Stanton relayed to me that we had a request to review Mumsey's Iron Skillet in Richwood I was excited to check it out. I had ea...

A couple of weeks ago, Weenie Wonk H.C. Paine mentioned that he had tried to catch this new HDJ open but had to settle for a Montgomery...

Let's take a little trip through the annals of the WV Hot Dog Blog, shall we? Many years ago we reviewed Shaar's Bar and Grill an...

    It's the Citgo station across W.Va. 10 from the Kegley Post Office.  It was an easy choice for me to review one of my favori...

      I've heard quite a bit of hype about the dogs at Rayetta's Lunchbox in downtown Marlinton, but I have never, ever been able ...

I was very excited about checking out Dogs on the Run, a newer hot-dog joint in London, W.Va., whose dogs I had yet to try. However, ...

It took us 6 years to get to Fat Eddie's. After hundreds of emails claiming that this was the best place to get hot dogs in Summersville...

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...