Weenie Beenie

{{Short description|Fast food restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, United States}}

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Weenie Beenie is a fast food restaurant, formerly part of a chain. Weenie Beenie predominantly sells half-smokes, hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches, and soft drinks.

Weenie Beenie was founded by Carl and Bill Staton in Arlington, Virginia in 1950. Bill, a billiards player, used money from his pool playing to fund the restaurants, which numbered six at one time. Bill was also known by the nickname "Weenie Beenie".[http://www.billiardsdigest.com/untold_stories/weenie.php "Weenie Beenie: A Filet in a Hot Dog World"] Billiards Digest, by R.A. Dyer The final Weenie Beenie is the original location, in the Shirlington section of Arlington.{{Cite web |url=http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Libraries/history/LibrariesHistoryBackPagesMain072506.aspx |title=Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events From Arlington's Past : Libraries : Arlington, Virginia |access-date=2007-01-28 |archive-date=2007-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312074710/http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Libraries/history/LibrariesHistoryBackPagesMain072506.aspx |url-status=dead }} It is now particularly well known for its half-smokes.[http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=561&navCenterTopImg The Missing Link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125135916/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=561&navCenterTopImg |date=2009-01-25 }}, Washington City Paper, 26 January 2007

Dave Grohl, frontman for the band Foo Fighters and a former Washington metropolitan area resident who also lived in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, Virginia, titled a song on the Foo Fighters' first album "Weenie Beenie" after the restaurant.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lnv60Whtuo ""Weenie Beenie (Tour Debut)" Foo Fighters@9:30 Club Washington DC 9/9/21"]