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The West Virginia Hot Dog Blog

• Old Charleston HDJ Reminiscence - The Gold Dome Drive In July 15, 2010
  I think that when it comes to HDJs of yesteryear, the Gold Dome Drive In gets more mentions on this blog and on our Facebook page than any other. Sitting on the East End side of the old Kanawha City Bridge, this place was legendary for its hot dogs. In one of the very first posts on this blog I reminisced about how my mother would get their hot dogs and purp […]
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• Charleston HDJ Review - The Sub Shop June 28, 2010
  Charleston's "The Sub Shop" on Quarrier Street isn't usually open on Weekends, but FestivAll crowds I guess made it too tempting to pass up and so they were open this past Sunday. I was hungry and I thought I'd give them a second chance since the last time I reviewed them they had only recently started serving hot dogs. The hot dogs […]
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• Princeton HDJ Review - Grillbilly's Drive In June 22, 2010
  This little place caught my eye during a winter time visit but I didn't feel like standing outside in the cold to order, so I put it on my "to do in warm weather" list. This past weekend I found myself in the vicinity and hungry at the same time. The weather this time was perfect for not only ordering outside, but for eating outside in one to […]
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• Charleston HDJ Review - Hog and Dog May 28, 2010
  Located in the former home of Tudor's Biscuit World on Bigley Avenue, this brand new HDJ has dared to set up shop 100 yards from a Charleston institution; Chris' Hot Dogs. Not that Chris' has no competitors close by, (The Grille, three doors west of Chris' and Freeman's Restaurant which is across the street and a few doors west), but […]
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• Charleston HDJ Review - Wellington's Cafe May 26, 2010
  Folks in the Charleston area will remember the name "Wellington's" as being synonymous with fine dining for over twenty years. Located inside Scarlet Oaks Country Club in Poca, this was a fancy eatin' place if ever there was one and the owners also had a great catering business. With the economy making it hard for restaurants lately, Well […]
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• Belle HDJ Review - The Lunch Box April 27, 2010
  Located in a space formerly occupied by a HDJ known by the strange name of Wal Rocks, this little hole in the wall came highly recommended by facebook fan Carol Johnson. In fact, she repeatedly nagged me until I finally made the trip to the mouth of Witcher Creek just to get her to hush up. Really, she wasn't that bad, but she was persistent. And I know […]
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• Letters. We get letters... April 21, 2010
  And comments on old blog posts, too. The way that Blogger structures itself, some of the best and most entertaining comments are on old, archived blog posts. The blog owner is notified of their existence but for the mos most part regular readers never see them. Once in a while a comment or series of comments is worthy of more attention, and this past week tw […]
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• Charleston HDJ Review - The Village of Otto April 16, 2010
  I have been driving past this little place on Pennsylvania Avenue for as long as I can remember, and for as long as I can remember I have wondered why it was named "The Village of Otto." I also wondered exactly what it was: It looks like a bar, but who ever heard of a bar named "Village of" anything?" People have told me that, yes, i […]
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• Best baseball stadium dogs? April 10, 2010
  Clubhouse Cancer has an excellent round-up of the best hot dogs found at Major League Baseball stadiums.The ones that look really good to me:1. Atlanta's Georgia Dog with slaw & Vidalia onions. Closest to the real thing (as defined by us).2. Cincinnati's Cheese Coney. The "when in Rome..." approach to hot dogs that we espouse is perha […]
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• Hometown Hot Dogs in Clarksburg is No More (sort of...) April 7, 2010
  A mid-morning business trip took me back through the Stealey section of Clarksburg, and I was shocked to find out that one of the better HDJs in the area had closed up shop. Hometown Hot Dogs' building had been renovated into a new Allstate office.I was a little down about this fact, but I only had to tell one associate who was quick to tell me not to w […]
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