The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

On a nice Spring day, there's nothing like a good hot dog served fresh from a cart along a tree-lined street. That's why I was psy...

So we went to Not Frank's Pizza. Not "Frank's Pizza", "Not Frank's Pizza." And not for pizza, but for hot do...

I've been trying to get to Big Joe's for a while, not for hot dogs but for their Pastrami on Rye; a sandwich I had heard about my w...

The WV Hot Dog Blog has gone on record numerous times about the way weenies are prepared. While we prefer grilled weenies, we are not too aw...

Dem 2 Brothers and a Grill is one of the greatest culinary success stories ever in Charleston. Starting out with a smoker/grill along the si...

In the town of Eleanor along Roosevelt Boulevard sits The Baker's Table, a little bakery/eatery that serves up lots of sweet goodies an...

The exterior has been beautifully restored. This venerable old diner in downtown Charleston has opened and closed more times than I can ...

I was in a hurry and had to stop for a quick lunch, so I thought I would drop in at the Sub Express inside the One Stop on Lee Street West...

It is almost impossible to believe, but in just a few days this blog will be 10 years old, and one of the first hot dog joints we review...

Sitting near the mouth of Campbells Creek, just a stone's throw from Route 60, is this venerable old building that has been home to many...

We watched all summer long as this new HDJ was being built near Southridge off of Corridor G in Charleston. We figured a standalone HDJ that...

I'd been looking forward to this for a long time since we've received several emails and Facebook recommendations about the place fo...

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 ...