Is Hillbilly Hot Dogs Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Part 1 — Season 10, Episode 1 Aired August 30, 2010

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Hillbilly Hot Dogs in the 2010-08-30 episode "Family Joints" (S10E1), highlighting the restaurant's oversized specialty hot dogs. Hillbilly Hot Dogs operates out of two stacked school buses at 6951 Ohio River Road in Lesage, West Virginia. According to Wikipedia, the menu includes the Homewrecker, a roughly 15-inch hot dog topped with peppers, onions, two cheeses, and other toppings, as well as novelty items like the Egg Dog and Pizza Dog. A Yelp listing updated August 2026 showed 556 reviews for the Ohio River Road location, and a Tripadvisor page checked 2026-09-07 continued to list the restaurant as the top-rated eatery in Lesage.

Part 2 — Season 32, Episode 7 Aired May 29, 2020

Per WOWK-TV, Hillbilly Hot Dogs -- the school-bus-and-shack restaurant in Lesage that Sonny Knight opened in 1999 -- made its third Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives appearance in the 2020 "Takeout: Cross-Country Delivery" episode, after earlier visits in 2008 and 2010. The restaurant is known for the Homewrecker, a 15-inch hot dog piled with deep-fried sausage, two cheeses, jalapenos, and slaw, according to Food Network's YouTube channel.

Part 3 — Season 3, Episode 6 Aired April 14, 2008

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Hillbilly Hot Dogs in "Something Different," which aired 2008-04-14, spotlighting the stand's build-your-own gourmet hot dogs and burgers, including signature items like the Homewrecker. Hillbilly Hot Dogs is a roadside hot dog stand built from two stacked school buses near Huntington, in Lesage, West Virginia; per Wikipedia (revised 2026-08-10), it opened on 1999-09-06 and has become a regional tourist attraction. A Yelp listing updated 2026-08 showed active customer reviews and current posted hours for the Ohio River Road location. The West Virginia Division of Tourism's business directory separately lists the stand as an operating roadside attraction, and the business's Toast ordering page offers direct online ordering from the same address. Together the sources show the stand continuing to serve its hot dog and burger menu from the original bus-built location, per the most recently updated listing.