The Food Guy: Brazilian Steakhouse coming to Elkview
By Steven Keith I love it anytime a new restaurant comes to town, especially if it's something new and exciting that we don't already have. And on that note, here's some hot-off-the-press food news! A...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Huntington's Le Bistro is Le Fantastique
By Steven Keith Before heading inside Huntington's historic Keith-Albee Theater for a concert featuring rocker John Mellencamp and Carlene Carter, stepdaughter of Johnny Cash, I finally got a chance...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Embarking on new journey in search of WV's tastiest town
By Steven Keith You know how I sometimes "complain" (tongue firmly planted in cheek, mind you) about having such a tough job, what with all of this restaurant reviewing and wine tasting and dessert...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: In search of tasty towns and some Foam at the Dome
By Steven Keith Thanks to everyone who sent in messages of support, good-natured barbs and their own restaurant recommendations (wow!) to assist in my quest to find "West Virginia's Tastiest Town"...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: 'Tastiest Town' hunt turns up tons of treasures
By Steven Keith As I eat my way throughout the state in search of West Virginia’s Tastiest Town, I’m blown away by not only the quality of restaurants I’m discovering, but also the sheer quantity that...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Keep those restaurant recommendations coming
By Steven Keith As is the case after each week's "Tastiest Town" profile runs in the Sunday paper, I start receiving calls, emails, posts and tweets early that morning from folks either suggesting...
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Tastiest Town: Let's Gooooo ... to Morgantown for winning food
By Steven Keith Like just about everything else in the scenic mountain home of the state's beloved Mountaineers, the food scene in Morgantown is exploding. As more students, buildings, businesses and,...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: My take on Taste-of-ALL's tantalizing temptations
By Steven Keith I'm psyched to take a brief break from my "West Virginia's Tastiest Town" travels to judge this year's re-imagined indoor/outdoor Taste-of-ALL Charleston, taking place from 11 a.m. to...
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Tastiest Town: Parkersburg's food scene blends past and present
Even though Parkersburg has a handful of trendy, upscale dining spots, it's the city's abundance of solid, old school establishments that stand out. We're talking decades-old diners, pizza places, hot...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: The best of all of Taste-of-ALL
By Steven Keith Soon after bragging last week that I was excited to be judging this year's Taste-of-ALL Charleston food-a-palooza once again, I learned that festival organizers forgot to tell me they...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Six Down, one to go in search of WV's Tastiest Town
By Steven Keith This past Sunday's "Tastiest Town" feature on Fayetteville stirred up lots of folks raving about that little city's food scene - and uncovered a little mystery for me, as well. "It was...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: WV's Tastiest Town is ... only four days away
By Steven Keith All of the trips have been taken, the restaurants visited, the food eaten and the city profiles published. All that remains now is ... the big reveal! We're just four days away from...
View ArticleTastiest Town: The Food Guy visited 7 WV towns, and the tastiest is ...
By Steven Keith We’ve teased you long enough. No more hints, no more guessing, no more waiting. After a whirlwind tour of the state, during which I drove some 1,800 miles, visited seven cities, ate at...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: The final word on WV Tastiest Town winner, Morgantown
By Steven Keith This must be what childbirth feels like.Although I only carried this "baby" around for about three months, I can't tell you what a rush of accomplishment and relief I felt when finally...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Readers share more restaurant, hot dog memories
By Steven Keith Ready for another trip down Restaurant Memory Lane? A recent column's mention of the old Cagney's here in town stirred up some fond memories for a former Charleston resident now living...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Mary Lou's BBQ tasty, but needs some polish
By Steven Keith How is the food? Mostly good. We'll get to that in a minute. But the first thing you need to know about the newish Mary Lou's BBQ & Kitchen in South Charleston is that it's...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Ask and you shall receive beloved Cagney's recipe
By Steven Keith You want Cagney's Cajun Chicken Pasta recipe? You got it! After I recently wrote about that mega-popular creation from the former Charleston restaurant, reader Gary Brown reached out...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: It's the REAL Cagney's Cajun Chicken Pasta - really!
By Steven Keith I've got it this time. No really, I swear.Or at least as close as those in the know will confirm. Although the Cagney's Cajun Chicken Pasta recipe I shared last week had seemingly come...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Readers bless 'right' Cagney's recipe
By Steven Keith Whew!After I shared a revised and verified Cagney's Cajun Chicken Pasta recipe last week, a beautiful thing happened: I didn't receive a single call, comment or complaint from anyone...
View ArticleThe Food Guy: Raising a toast to city's new Sunday brunch options
By Steven Keith I mean, we've had brunch before, but never quite like this. As of this weekend, Charleston restaurants will be allowed to serve alcohol before 1 p.m. on Sundays - and a host of local...
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