Roadtrip through Morgantown, West Virginia | The Local Palate
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- Presented by The Local Palate, the premier magazine of southern food culture. The Local Palate traveled to West Virginia to explore the unique culinary scene and cultural eats of this Southern mountain state. After filling our bellies in the capital city of Charleston we traveled on to one of the "best small cities in the country" - the city of Morgantown. In the college town of Morgantown we dined at a well-known watering hole, Mario's Fish Bowl, and wasted no time indulging in the "fish bowl" - a goblet of cold beer. After taking in this old school diner meets dive bar we stopped at Tin 202 to enjoy the stylish setting, small plates, and speciality crafted cocktails. After cocktails and small bites it was time to hit Stefano's, a classic Italian restaurant with an extensive menu of specialities from whole branzino to handmade pastas. The culinary tour of Morgantown, WV did not stop here - enjoy part two of our West Virginia journey and follow us as we continue to eat our way through this mountain state.
Narrated by: Keia Mastrianni
Video Production: HedHi Media
Fishbowl with the cowboy bleu wings........ Amazing
I was born in Morgantown in ‘54. It’s changed a wei bit. Been to the fishbowl too...
I did my Civil Service training in Clarksburg 12/77-03/78 and the office was adjacent to a place that served pepperoni rolls. There was some mozzarella and a bit of tomato sauce in them, too. At that time there was a large number of people of Italian descent in town. Loved it down there; didn't spend much time in Morgantown, though. I lived in Princeton and worked in a Welch.
impressive video The Local Palate. I crushed that thumbs up on your video. Keep on up the wonderful work.
My maternal grandparents came to southern West Virginia from Italy. The business they started in 1920 finally closed in 2016.
From stefanos go upstairs to keglers sports bar for the party
Great video ✌
it's 2017 pepperoni is everywhere lol.
The Italians didn't start arriving in West Virginia in the early 20th century. They began arriving in 1890, not only to work as coal miners, but also to build beehive ovens for the coke industry. (And no, I don't mean Coca-Cola!) A lot of the Italians were skilled masons and bricklayers.
Tomaro's has the best pepperoni rolls around nowadays, but pepperoni rolls (which used to be called pepperoni buns 40 or 50 years ago) aren't as good as they were when they were called pepperoni buns. It has to do with the type of pepperoni used. It used to be that the pepperoni was so greasy that the bread at the bottom of the bun would turn a bright orange, and it would get a nice crispy texture. You can't find pepperoni rolls like that any more. There are several bakeries in Clarksburg and Fairmont which claim to have invented the pepperoni roll, but if you read their stories carefully, you can see that they rat themselves out, inadvertently admitting that the pepperoni bun existed before they ever started making them. The pepperoni bun was invented so that miners could eat them for lunch when they were down in the coal mine. That means it was invented by a housewife. I say this housewife lived in Star City.
Mario's Fishbowl was much better when it was actually owned by Mario. It has suffered under the new ownership. The Fishbowl hasn't been there for five generations--that would make it over 100 years old. It was started in the 1950's, so it's been there for nearly seven decades.
I know Chris Evans personally. He's a good guy. His restaurant, Tin 202, is excellent. It is, however, pricey. As much as I like Chris, I don't eat at his restaurant. I simply can't afford it. I've never eaten at Stefano's, but I hear it's very good. The reason I've never eaten there is the same reason I don't eat at Tin 202--it's pricey. The restaurant scene in Morgantown has collapsed in the last decade. It's hard to get a decent meal in this town. The only sure-fire way to get a decent meal here is to be prepared to pay through the nose for it.
Jesus... pepperoni in West Virginia? No, more surprising would be to find pepperoni in Italy.
lol
do west Virginians dont eat pepperoni???? haha um yes we do so why wpuld we be shocked to see pepperoni here??? wow
Clarksburg to Morgantown without a stop in between to sample the two foods unique to this area? Foolish.
Beer should not be served in a fish bowl!