FOOD & DRINK
Country Boy “Herd Country Lager” Coming Soon To Huntington Area
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...
ChiliFest Returns To Downtown Huntington For 38th Year In October
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...
Tickets Go On Sale For MU Alumni Association’s Homecoming ‘StamFEED’ in October
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...
Whipping It Up (In The Kitchen) With The ‘Of The Dell’ Brothers And Whizzbang BAM
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...
Truckin’ Cheesy To Be Featured On America’s Best Restaurants 2022
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...
Huntington Welcomes New Food Truck, Truckin’ Cheesy
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...
WV Hot Dog Festival: More Than Just Hot Dogs
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...
Rails & Ales Brings Craft Beer To Mainstream WV
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.
Ultimate Huntington Pubcrawl
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.
Yappy Hour For Dogs Coming To The Bodega
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. It’s no secret that Huntingtonians love our pets. Huntington’s win in PetSafe’s nationwide dog park contest in 2011 was perhaps our most publicized achievement, but many human residents are spending extra time every day making sure the...
Summit Beer Station Named Best Beer Bar In West Virginia
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. The website CraftBeer.com recently asked its readers to nominate their favorite craft beer bars for each of the 50 states. Nearly 8,000 people cast their votes and in the end, Huntington’s own Summit Beer Station was the choice for the...
Southside Sliders: Doing Big Things With Small Sandwiches
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. With just two trucks keeping regular hours, downtown Huntington’s mobile food scene might seem small, but keep in mind that it was a mere three years ago that it didn’t have any food trucks at all. While several food trucks have come and...
Sip Wine and Whiskey Bar: Where Friends Meet
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...
Get Sconed At River And Rail Bakery
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...
Winter Beer Fest: Freezing Your Glass Off
Written by Aaron-Michael Fox. UPDATE: The Wild & Wonderful Winter Beer Fest has been moved to the old Food Fair building at 115 Sixth Avenue. The date and time remain the same. If you’re a beer connoisseur, you’ll want to mark February 9, 2018 on your calendar...
Moonlight Cookies: Get Baked After Dark
Written by Jessica Hurst. Have you ever had a longing for a freshly baked cookie in the wee hours of the night, but not the wherewithal to make them yourself? If you live in Huntington, then you’re in luck. From 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday...
Food Paradise at Shangri-La Restaurant
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 Burrito And Brews Opens In Pullman Square
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...
Navarino Bay Restaurant: Timelessly Modern
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...
The Daily Grind With Grindstone Coffeeology
Written by Henry Culvyhouse. For its second winter season, the now iconic silver Grindstone Coffeeology truck will be serving Huntington’s downtown workers on weekday mornings. It will surely be a welcome site. Especially on those dreaded Monday mornings, when...
A Seat At The Table 1.1
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...
