Grade: B

The Schoolhouse Hotel is a very lovely boutique hotel and restaurant located in White Sulphur Springs.

The hotel is the former historic WSS High School and now features 30 guest rooms, plus some extras, including a rooftop bar - which I was fortunate to visit on a sunny, breezy day.

While the restaurant offers a full-service dining experience, the rooftop bar is more snacks, drinks and small plates.

The Rooftop menu consists of oysters, salads, sushi rolls, a burger, sandwich, and wrap.

It's not often that you find sushi outside of a dedicated Asian restaurant, so I figured that would be perfect for a rooftop dining on a warm day.

I just did the California roll, which had crab, cucumber, avocado, and a mayo cream sauce.

Very simple, but fresh and tasty. that's part of the beauty of sushi, but I would've loved a creative, flavorful punch here too.

Overall, a lovely view and a tasty meal.

Grade: B

The Schoolhouse Hotel is White Sulphur Springs' first full-service boutique hotel. This exciting project transformed the former historic White Sulphur Springs schoolhouse into a hub for the community and visitors alike. Featuring 30 uniquely appointed guest rooms, an upscale restaurant/grill, a rooftop bar, and a flexible ballroom space perfect for weddings, conferences and so much more. The Schoolhouse Hotel showcases the best in West Virginia hospitality and lodging in a completely inclusive atmosphere, according to the website.

The Varsity Club, The Schoolhouse Hotel's flagship restaurant, features upscale southern classics such as shrimp and grits. This venue can seat over eighty people and features a full bar, serving creative cocktails, an exciting wine list, local brews, and more. Tufted leather banquettes and lively plaid fabrics create a timeless environment where guests can enjoy everything from grilled steaks to house-made salads and she-crab soup.

My friend Kayla and I stopped by this unique hotel for brunch. We really enjoyed all of the little details they kept from the original school building. It is very refined, but still a little fun, which I appreciate.

I ordered the French toast, made with cinnamon bread, fresh berries, maple syrup, and a choice of breakfast meat, which for me was sausage links. This was a solid version of French toast: There was some nice color on the on the bread, making it flavorful. The berries and syrup and powdered sugar were all nice. I would like more butter, but that's just my personal preference. All in all, a pretty tasty brunch.

Grade: A

Big Draft Brewing is one of the newer breweries in the Mountain State. Say that five times fast.

My boyfriend and I went out this way not too long ago to check out sunflower fields, and we stopped by this brewery for some dinner.

"Big Draft Brewing is a purpose-driven, community-centered brewery producing exceptional beer with integrity and artistry. Making beer is an art. Drinking beer is an event."

They're part of a larger revitalization of the community that encompasses a few different businesses, but let's focus here first. On the beer. And food.

We ordered a sampler to check out a few different styles. I liked the saison and the sour wheat ale best. They were crisp and refreshing on a warm day. I see they have a "BELLINI BERLINERWEISSE," which I definitely want to try next.

Next up was some grub, starting with beef short rib flat bread that had caramelized onions, mashed potatoes, horseradish and arugula.

I'm pretty sure if you put horseradish on anytime at this point, I'll eat it. Mashed potatoes on a flat bread? I'm here for it. Give me something different, and it makes me happy. A nice meld of flavors.

For my entree, I went with a burger.

The black & bleu burger has a seasoned 8oz mountain steer beef, blue cheese, caramelized onions, cajun aioli, pretzel bun. I ordered some beer cheese and sweet potato fries on the side. Yum, yum and yum. Not a bad bite in sight.
Grade: A
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