Madison HDJ Review - West Madison Grocery
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 opinion of the best Hot Dog Joint in the county. Boone County...
View ArticleComing Soon - The West Virginia Hot Dog Trail
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 15 year-long project has created a vast database of hot dog...
View ArticleThe West Virginia Hot Dog Trail - The Beginnings
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: "With the vast number of HDJs in WV, how will we decide on...
View ArticleThe West Virginia Hot Dog Trail - Making Tough Decisions
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 slaw? What if they don't have slaw at all? These were just a...
View ArticleThe West Virginia Hot Dog Trail - Hitting The Trail!
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 with which to explore the state's best hot dog joints (HDJs)....
View ArticleThe WV Hot Dog Trail - The Burbs and Lower Kanawha Valley
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 with which to explore the state's best hot dog joints (HDJs)....
View ArticleWV Hot Dog Trail - To the Capital City and Up The River
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 with which to explore the state's best hot dog joints (HDJs)....
View ArticleThe WV Hot Dog Trail - Heading South Through the Coal Fields
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 with which to explore the state's best hot dog joints (HDJs)....
View ArticleThe WV Hot Dog Trail - The New River Gorge and Central WV
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 with which to explore the state's best hot dog joints (HDJs)....
View ArticleThe WV Hot Dog Trail - North-Central WV
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 with which to explore the state's best hot dog joints (HDJs)....
View ArticleThe West Virginia Hot Dog Trail - The Complete List and Map
Click here for the complete map for the 2021 West Virginia Hot Dog Trail! If that doesn't work, copy this text into your...
View ArticleThe West Virginia Hot Dog Trail - Those Left Off
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 include, but whose commitment to maintaining posted business hours is...
View ArticleParkersburg HDJ Review - Broadway Sandwich Ship
Broadway Sandwich ShopThis is the shortest the line got in the 30 minutes we spent in the HDJ. Moments after this shot, it swelled to 10 people. The Utilitarian Dogs of BroadwayWhen we began looking...
View ArticleThe 2022 West Virginia Hot Dog Trail - Preamble
Because a trip has to start and end somewhere, last year's Hot Dog Trail began where Interstate 64 enters the state (Kenova) and ended a short distance from where I77 crosses the Pennsylvania line. We...
View ArticleThe 2022 West Virginia Hot Dog Trail - The Narrative
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Hot Dogs!We're starting this year's West Virginia Hot Dog Trail in the Capital City, and there's no place in the heart of Charleston to get a better hot dog than Super...
View ArticleThe 2022 West Virginia Hot Dog Trail
It's Here! The 2022 edition of the West Virginia Hot Dog Trail is live. Starting and ending in the Capital City, Charleston, the route takes you to 38 of the best Hot Dog Joints in West Virginia in...
View ArticleOne Reader's Opinion About (Parts Of) the 2022 West Virginia Hot Dog Trail
(Editor's Note: Facebook follower and all-round hot dog fan Dale Caskey took a trip from his home in Kentucky to Southern West Virginia to check out some of the HDJs on our list. This is his report,...
View ArticleMontgomery HDJ Review - Leslie's Restaurant & Pub
Several readers have sent suggestions that we should review this newish HDJ in the upper Kanawha Valley. A recent trip that way gave us the opportunity to stop in for lunch. Leslie's is located on the...
View ArticleRavenswood HDJ Review - The Dawg Pound
Sometimes the best hot dogs are found inside the most unlikely looking buildings, and it's hard to imagine a more unlikely looking building than Ravenswood's "The Dawg Pound." From the outside The...
View ArticleCharleston HDJ Review - Pepperoni Grill
Several years back, when politicians argued about things that mattered instead of making up lies about stolen elections and what not, a great debate brewed in the halls of the West Virginia state...
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