Following a four-year wait from the time the signage first went up, Kung Fu Tea WV opened at 844 4th Avenue in downtown Huntington on Friday. Specializing in Taiwanese-style milk tea, Kung Fu currently offers six milk teas and eight fruit teas, along with coffee and...

Nomada Bakery has been named the #1 Best Cake Shop in the United States by the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, earning national recognition for its handcrafted cakes, devoted customer base, and unwavering commitment to quality. Each year, USA TODAY’s 10Best...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox With National Coffee Day 2024 on September 29th, here’s a look at the history and cultural impact of coffee. There are few pleasures in life that rival sipping a perfectly roasted cup of coffee to start the day, after a big meal, or to...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Cheers, West Virginia! It’s festival season in the Mountain State as summer temperatures – and outdoor activities – peak. This summer marks the second decade of WV’s largest, and longest-running, craft beer festival in “Rails &...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox.  The 20th annual West Virginia Hot Dog Festival will be held on Saturday, July 27, at Pullman Square. The festival includes nine hours of events from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.   The West Virginia Hot Dog Festival comes from the mind...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Nomada Bakery at 210 11th Street in downtown Huntington, WV is celebrating its five-year anniversary this summer. Opened in the summer of 2019, Nomada Bakery came from the minds of Shawn Schulenberg and Ariel Barcenas, who are very public...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. May 2024 saw the groundbreaking of Marshall University’s new Cyber Security Institute on the NW corner of 4thAvenue and Hal Greer Boulevard. The building represents a culture-shift as MU prepares to compete in the 21stCentury. The new...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Festival season 2024 has come to downtown Huntington, West Virginia. The live weekly concerts have started around the neighborhood and our first full-scale festival of the summer, Taco Fest, is back for its second year on May 18th at...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox.   Breathe Wine & Culture Co., the Jewel City’s newest specialty wine and gift store, had its “soft opening” at 335 9th Street in downtown Huntington, West Virginia on Saturday April 27, 2024.   The soft opening was a great...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox.  “The Mountaineer” at Tudor’s Biscuit World has been named “The South’s Best Biscuit” in an online poll held by Garden & Gun, a southern lifestyle magazine. It was the 13th year for the contest. “It’s no secret Southerners love a good...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. “Wine a little, laugh a lot,” as the old saying goes. Breathe Wine & Culture Co. is coming to the northwest corner of 9th Street and 4th Avenue in downtown Huntington, WV, in January of 2024. Breathe opened its flagship location in...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Marshall University legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Randy Gene Moss, returned to the Jewel City this week to open the newest “Crisppi’s Chicken” franchise and the first in the chain outside of Philadelphia, PA. The restaurant...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox and Cody Lambert. This article is intended for readers 21 years of age or older. The days are shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and it’s just about playoff/championship season for most fall sports. It’s the perfect time of year to...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox.  The Philadelphia, PA-based “Chick-A-Boom” restaurant, that is coming soon to 801 Third Avenue in downtown Huntington, announced on their social media pages on Tuesday that they will be changing their name to "Crisppi's Chicken" starting...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox.  October is Italian American Heritage Month and there is perhaps nothing more “Italian American” than a piping hot pizza pie. Jamie Oliver famously pointed out back in 2010 that there are more pizza restaurants in Huntington than there...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Summer of 2023 has officially ended with Labor Day last week, but warm temperatures remain in the Huntington Tri-State metro. The evenings will soon be getting cooler though and for many people, that means the return of pumpkin spice...

The City of Huntington anticipates that it will soon be the first city in West Virginia to launch a Private Outdoor Designated Area (PODA). The PODA will be bordered roughly by 8th Street to the west, 11th Street to the east, 4 1/2 Alley to the south, and Pullman...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox.  The Philadelphia, PA-based “Chick-A-Boom” restaurant announced on their social media pages on Friday that they will be opening a new location in downtown Huntington, WV at the southeast corner of 3rd Avenue and 8th Street. The restaurant...

It’s festival season in Huntington, West Virginia, and summer 2023 brings a new festival to downtown Huntington in “Taco Fest” on August 26. Taco Fest is planned to be at Harris Riverfront Park. The festival is free and open to all ages. There will be numerous...

Cheers, West Virginia! It’s festival season in the Mountain State as summer temperatures – and outdoor activities – peak. This summer marks the return of WV’s largest, and longest-running, craft beer festival in “Rails & Ales” on August 12, 2023 in downtown...

Pride Month is here again as we roar into June 2023. As such, St. Mark’s Bar on 4th Avenue has announced the return of their “Thirsty ThursGays” theme nights. As announced by Huntington Pride on their social media pages, St. Mark’s, located at 932 4th Avenue in...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Marshall University Athletics has partnered with Lexington, Kentucky-based Country Boy Brewing to bring a new beer, "Herd Country Lager," to Thundering Herd sporting events this season. The new beer will be on local store shelves starting...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Summer of 2022 has ended abruptly, and cooler temperatures have come to Huntington, West Virginia. For many people that means the return of pumpkin spice season, but for many others, it means chili season. Whether you like your chili with...

Enjoy much of what downtown Huntington has to offer with the Marshall University Alumni Association's tour of some of the city's best drinks and eats on Friday, October 28, 2022. Tickets are $60 per person. Below is a schedule for the evening and what is included with...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The sounds of Of The Dell should be familiar to most local-music-loving Huntingtonians as the band has been a favorite at music venues and festivals around the Tri-State for several years. This month, Of The Dell brothers Corey and Cody...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. Local restaurant and food truck Truckin’ Cheesy announced on their Facebook page Wednesday that they will be featured on America’s Best Restaurants for 2022. America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) travels the country on a weekly basis visiting...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox Residents of, and frequent visitors to, downtown Huntington have no doubt about the city center’s burgeoning restaurant scene. But for those of us who are really into food, there’s nothing like eating some deliciousness out of a disposable...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The 14thannual West Virginia Hot Dog Festival will be held on Saturday, July 28, at Pullman Square. The festival includes 13 hours of events from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. The West Virginia Hot Dog Festival comes from the mind...

In six short years, the Rails & Ales Festival has grown from a quaint gathering at Heritage Station to West Virginia’s largest craft beer festival—both in terms of attendance and number of beers offered. Held at Huntington’s iconic Harris Riverfront Park, the 2018 installment will be on August 11.

Summer has returned to the Jewel City, and with that comes the much beloved unofficial pastime of our fair city: the pubcrawl. I know, I know– pubcrawls technically never stop in this town; but there is a big difference between throwing on five layers of clothing before sprinting from Hank’s to Sharkey’s and going on a true all-out no-holds-barred tour of our fine city’s drinkeries.

Written by Jessica Hurst.  It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents…okay, that line has been used before, but it really was a rainy Friday night when I ventured out to Sip Wine and Whiskey Bar in Heritage Station. Sip was recently named the Best...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox.  On Monday, Jan. 9, the City of Huntington relaunched its “Open to All” campaign which is aimed at promoting diversity and acceptance in the Huntington community. Businesses and organizations who take the Open to All Pledge promise to...

Written by Henry Culvyhouse. Today, a Marshall University graduate student will be opening his first business — the same day he will do his final presentation for his Master’s degree in business administration. Talk about a scheduling conflict. Located at 322 Tenth...

Black Sheep Burritos and Brews opened the doors at its new downtown location Thursday in Pullman Square. Established in 2011, Black Sheep has become an icon in the Huntington food scene by offering affordable fusion cuisine and craft beers to a discerning...

Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. A new “modern” Greek restaurant is slated to open in downtown Huntington in January 2018. Located in the new market at 809 Third Avenue, it will feature an eclectic blend of Greek-influenced fusion cuisine in a delightfully hip...

Written by Jessica Hurst. Food represents what we cannot otherwise express. Food is how our mothers and grandmothers (or fathers and grandfathers) show they love us. Food is how we comfort our friends and neighbors in times of distress. Food binds us to our past and...