My coworkers and I made a trip all the way down to Matewan for a fun day full of airboat rides, museum visits and food.

Wingo's Grill is the popular restaurant in town and features some cool local memorabilia.

The menu has bbq, burgers, ribs and more.

I went with the "Huge Boston Butt BBQ Sandwich," which is the house specialty. It says it's pork "worth feudin' over." Have you been here?

Charleston is home to a lot of unique food stores.

One I recently stumbled upon was "Spice of Life."

There are a ton of Indian foods and ingredients, which is a great resource!

Have you been here?

If you've ever been to the Parkersburg area, you're probably familiar with The Pizza Place.

The iconic pizza shop has a cult following for its two locations. And, now, there's a third in Morgantown.

The Pizza Place serves two kinds of pizza: Sicilian (thick crust) and Neopolitan (thin crust).

They also have items like pepperoni rolls, calzones, strombolis, wings, and subs.

To start, we sampled a pepperoni roll!

And, then I got one slice of each style.

The Sicilian is thick, with a crisp crust.

The little pepperonis curl up into tiny grease cups.

The Neopolitan slices are large.

I got mine with mushrooms! Which do you like better?

Let's be clear: I will never say no to ice cream. Especially over-the-top milkshakes.

So when I saw that Miller's Eats And Sweets in Masontown was offering them, I made my way to this sweet restaurant ASAP.

Downstairs, there are a number of amazing-looking pastry items and desserts available. Then, the restaurants is upstairs.

This country primitive restaurant has homestyle menu items - like breakfast platters (including buckwheat cakes), sandwiches and paninis, burgers and salads.

I ordered the turkey cranberry panini - turkey, spinach, havarti and cranberry. It came with a side of chips.

For milkshakes, they had candy bar, strawberry shortcake, salted caramel (this was hard for me to pass up!) - but the s'mores milkshake just looked more fun.

Never go wrong with a s'mores milkshake.

I'm still making my way around to the various bars in Charleston.

I don't go out much these days, so it's taken my quite a while to make it to some of them. One of which I've been wanting to go to - to try the food - is Copper Pint.

When I've been here before, I didn't get a chance to try anything from the menu. So, Sara and I took a happy hour trip.

First, a SeaQuench.

Sara got some fried pickles, and I went for buffalo chicken dip.

I did not realize that the Copper Pint shares the same menu with Vino's. But buffalo chicken dip is always a good time.

The annual Chef's Challenge from the Covenant House was held on Tuesday at the Clay Center and featured more than a dozen local chefs.

It's a tapas-style dine-around at the Clay Center where these chefs created a bite or two, and after #15, it feels as though you've had a full meal!

We started with appetizers - these amtipasti cups and philly steak pinwheels.

And once we made our way inside the dining space, it was all laid out by table and chef.

Once I grabbed a plate, I was ready to start making my rounds!

Chef Tim Urbanic (Cafe Cimino) - Calabrian Style Shrimp Lemon Cello

Chef Oscar Aguilar (Cafe Cimino) - Eggplant Involtini; Chef Eli Urbanic (Cafe Cimino) - Chocolate Chip Brownies; Chef Gary Needham (Starlings Coffee & Provisions) - Pistacho Greek Lasagna

Chef Dennis Harris (Edgewood Country Club) - Curried Sweet Potato Bisque

Chef Evan Wilson (Ichiban Pan-Asian Cuisine) - Tuna and wasabi bites; eggrolls with sauces




Chef Heath Ax (Berry Hills Country Club) - Thai Short Rib Taco with wasabi slaw; chocolate cups with green tea & coconut mousse; Chef Frank Gonzales (Mi Cocina de Amor, Gonzoburger) - Grilled shrimp and pimento cheese with roasted red bell pepper

Chef Jeni Burns (Ms. Groovy's Kitchen) - Chicken and waffles

Chef John Wright (Bridge Road Bistro) - Black bean cakes

Chef Kevin Madison (Black Sheep Burritos & Brews) - Ribs and vegan curried Samosas (top)

Chef Mary Brent Galyean (Personal Chef) - Duck l'orange, maple braised golden beet

Barista Venu Menon (Mea Cuppa Coffeebar) - Craft coffees

Baker MK O'Haver (Personal Baker) - Mini chocolate brownie cakes, tiramisu brownie bites, Frangelico pound cake

Chef Teri Bush Bevins (Lil Bit of Heaven Cupcakes) - Pineapple margarita, chocolate peanut butter mousse and wedding cake cupcakes

I mean, wow! It was really an amazing event.

And, it's all for a great cause. Have you been?