Mountaineer Brewfest is a Wheeling beer festival held down near the river.

I didn't have much time, but I wanted to stop by to check it out. With admission, you get a beer stein, a food sample from the local casino and a free-play ticket.

Here's the short rib with cauliflower puree and chips. Yum!


And I got a "Lil Sour B" from Brewstel!

Whit's Frozen Custard is a chain of frozen desserts in about eight states. There is just one in West Virginia: in Vienna.

They have specialties where they have mix-ins for their vanilla custard. Mix it is a "Whitser" and top it is a "Sundae."

I went for the O'Henry George, which has hot fudge, hot caramel and Spanish peanuts.

Which is your favorite?

So I recently had some medical appointments, and I decided to take advantage of the fact that I'd be at CAMC General.

Have you ever heard of Kristi Ann's Bakery? She's a local baker that mostly sells wholesale to area businesses.

But one place you can buy them directly is at the Outtakes gift shop at CAMC.

Have you tried these mini ones with hunks of pepperoni?

One of the best parts about the State Fair, in my opinion, is all the crazy fair food! This year, they hosted their 2nd Annual Fair Food Contest, where 9 new foods competed to be the best. So, of course, I made it my goal to try all 9!

Trudy’s Dairy World had smoked bacon, maple drizzle, with walnut chunks all in homemade ice cream.





La Creperie featured a crepe filled with plump blueberries and mouthwatering strawberries smothered in a homemade sweet cream.




Taste of Mexico had pollo con arroz or grilled chicken on a bed of rice smothered in cheese dip.





Gillette Pizza had Buffalo Chicken Pizza. Starting with their homemade pizza dough, they top it with a mild buffalo wing sauce, chunks of tender breaded chicken, loads of fresh mozzarella and top with fresh blue cheese crumbles. Finished with a drizzle of additional wing sauce.





Apples & Cream stand had their famous fresh shrimp and yummy grits.





Gussie’s featured Mexican street corn – mess free and off the cob!





Miller concessions had a flaming hot corndog, dipped in Monterey jack cheese rolled in flaming hot Cheetos.





Harvell’s Chicken had mini chicken bites and bacon on a cajun waffle with sweet or hot maple syrup.





RingMaster gave a twist to familiar buffalo wings with cauliflower buffalo wings.





And, then I had two more that I added to my personal list: Josephine's Glazed Donuts





And Cinn-sational Cinnamon Rolls!

St. Marys has a restaurant that has been on my to-try list for a long time: The Boxcar.

This local establishment serves breakfast, lunch and dinner - so the menu changes up.

I was there for dinner so I had some hearty, tasty dishes to choose from.

The one that easily caught my eye was Lobster Ravioli - lobster tail in brown butter sauce, baby spinach and 5-cheese ravioli. It's just so rich and indulgent and comforting.

Have you ever been?