The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

We knew from the start we couldn't include every HDJ that deserved to be on the WV Hot Dog Trail . There were some that we'd love to...

Click here for the complete map for the 2021 West Virginia Hot Dog Trail!  If that doesn't work, copy this text into your browser: http...

 The West Virginia Hot Dog Trail is a publication of the WV Hot Dog Blog and will provide food and culture tourists with a literal roadmap w...

The West Virginia Hot Dog Trail is a publication of the WV Hot Dog Blog and will provide food and culture tourists with a literal roadmap wi...

The West Virginia Hot Dog Trail is a publication of the WV Hot Dog Blog and will provide food and culture tourists with a literal roadmap wi...

The West Virginia Hot Dog Trail is a publication of the WV Hot Dog Blog and will provide food and culture tourists with a literal roadmap wi...

The West Virginia Hot Dog Trail is a publication of the WV Hot Dog Blog and will provide food and culture tourists with a literal roadmap wi...

The West Virginia Hot Dog Trail is a publication of the WV Hot Dog Blog and will provide food and culture tourists with a literal roadmap wi...

Where to start? Where to end? What if a 5 Weenie Hot Dog Joint is an hour away from any other decent place? What if they charge extra for s...

At their annual meeting, our Weenie Wonks were excited by the prospect of developing a hot dog trail map, but they all had the same question...

Since its beginning in 2006, the WV Hot Dog Blog has been directing people to the best examples of our state's signature hot dog. This 1...

 A few years ago we put up 55 different posts on our Facebook page, one for each county in West Virginia, and asked people to tell us their ...

Long known as purveyors of one of Charleston's best hot dogs, Swiftwater Cafe's owner Teddy Queen has staked out a new location of h...

While we typically shy away from reviewing hot dogs from chain restaurants unless the chain is West Virginia based, we are making an excepti...

We've long maintained that the fancier the Hot Dog Joint, the worse the hot dogs will be. It's been a rule that has held up for the ...

Most people in West Virginia know the story of Hank William's death: That he was discovered dead on New Year's Day 1953 in the back ...

Last year we were excited when a new HDJ opened in North Charleston and reviewed it a few weeks after it was opened. You can read that revie...

The land that lies between the greater Charleston area and the hot dog rich land of Logan has long been barren of good HDJs. Recently we r...

During the recent heat wave we decided to head for the cool Pocahontas County mountains for a respite, which gave us a chance to stop in a...

Last year in a review of a new Charleston HDJ named Hot Diggity Dogs , we erroneously wrote that the phonetically similar HDJ in Morgantow...