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Minard's Spaghetti Inn
Split a Dinner + Steak Hoagie 💡 Two Full Dinners Run ~$29
Since 1937, Harrison County families have crowded the East Pike Street booths to tear apart garlic bread and twirl forks through 'The Legend' lasagna and the simmered family red sauce. The honest math: full dinners have been running $14.50–16.50 with salad and bread, so two dinners land near $29 — over the line on their own. The under-$20 route is splitting one dinner plus the steak hoagie locals quietly insist is the best in the state. Current prices aren't verifiable online — the restaurant's site blocks automated readers — so call (304) 623-1711 before a special trip.
📍 813 E Pike St · ⏳ Closed Mon · Tue–Thu & Sun 11–8 · Fri–Sat 11–9
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Ritzy Lunch
WV Slaw Dogs 💡 Weekdays Only, 5am–5pm
A Clarksburg hot dog landmark since 1933, where the West Virginia slaw dog — slaw, chili, mustard, onion — can't be beat. Full honesty on the famous number: the "$8 lunch special" (two chili dogs, fries and a drink) that would feed two for about $16 comes from years of customer reviews, not the owner — their own menu lists the items but not a single price. If it holds, this is the cheapest sit-down lunch in town; call (304) 622-3600 to confirm. Their posted hours are the real catch: weekdays only, 5am to 5pm, closed Saturday and Sunday.
📍 456 W Pike St · ⏳ Mon–Fri 5am–5pm · closed weekends
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Chunki's Pizza & Subs
Hot Italian Sub & Square Pizza
Locals swear the hot Italian sub here — thin-shaved spicy Italian sausage — is the best in the area, and the square pizza and calzones round out a filling East Pike lunch. What we can't print is a number: Chunki's publishes no prices anywhere it controls — no website, no posted menu we can read. Sub-shop math should keep two comfortably under $20, but call (304) 623-3100 for prices and hours — even the hours listings contradict each other.
📍 341 E Pike St · ⏳ Hours listings conflict — call ahead
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Tomaro's Bakery
Italian Bread Since 1914 💡 Closes ~3pm · Closed Tue & Sat
Not a restaurant — West Virginia's oldest Italian bakery, baking on North 4th Street since 1914 — but there's a good chance you won't make it home with the bread intact. Counter prices aren't published anywhere the bakery controls (their ~$50-a-dozen shipping store tells you nothing about walking in the door), but a bakery bill for two is bread money, not restaurant money. The trick is the schedule: closed Tuesday and Saturday, and the doors shut around 3pm — Sundays it's roughly 8 to 1. Call (304) 622-0691 if you're driving in.
📍 411 N 4th St · ⏳ ~9am–3pm · Sun 8–1 · closed Tue & Sat
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Mia Margherita
Shared 12" Pizza — $14–17 💡 Two 8" Pies Run $24
West Virginia's first coal-fired pizzeria, at Charles Pointe in Bridgeport, with a blistered, smoky crust that's the modern counterpoint to Clarksburg's old-school red sauce. The owner-hosted menu PDF does the math: a 12-inch build-your-own cheese is $14 and specialty pies are $17 — share a medium and two eat under $20. Don't order two separate 8-inch pies; that's $24 and over the line. One caveat: those prices come from a 2023 owner PDF, the freshest the restaurant publishes, so spot-check at (304) 808-6400 before you count on the exact number.
📍 139 Conference Center Way, Bridgeport · ⏳ Sun–Thu 11–9 · Fri–Sat 11–10
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Cosmo's Kitchen
Hoagies, Burgers & Spaghetti
A laid-back, family-run kitchen on West Virginia Avenue doing hoagies, burgers, spaghetti and catering — the comforting, generous plates Clarksburg does best. That kind of menu should feed two under $20, but we can't prove it: no menu the kitchen controls is posted online, and the only ordering runs through delivery apps that mark prices up. Call (304) 695-0949 for the real numbers before you go.
📍 1404 W Virginia Ave · ⏳ Call for hours
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Gourmet Catering & Restaurant
Salads & Sandwiches 💡 Mon–Wed Lunch Only · Closed Weekends
A small, five-star-rated downtown favorite where reviewers rave about the fresh salads, sandwiches and homestyle plates. The price glimpses we found — soup at $4.49, spinach salad at $8.49 — put two people around $14, but they're undated aggregator listings, not the owner's menu, so treat that as a guess and call (304) 624-6050. Memorize the schedule before you drive over: closed Saturday and Sunday, lunch only (11–3) Monday through Wednesday, and full hours (11–9) only Thursday and Friday.
📍 218 N 7th St · ⏳ Mon–Wed 11–3 · Thu–Fri 11–9 · closed Sat–Sun
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The Parkette
Classic Clarksburg Diner 💡 Closed Mon
The Parkette Family Restaurant is the classic, everyone-knows-everyone Clarksburg diner where regulars order the 'Parkette special' sandwich, and the prices feel like another era. We just can't print one: the family's website has gone dark and no menu the restaurant controls is readable online, so the "$12 for two" figure that circulates is unverified. Diner economics are on your side, but call (304) 623-0155 to be sure — and don't show up on a Monday.
📍 2022 E Pike St · ⏳ Tue–Sat 11–9 · Sun 11–3:30 · closed Mon
💡 Pro tip: Clarksburg keeps banker's hours, so plan around them: Ritzy Lunch is weekdays only and locks up at 5pm, Tomaro's closes around 3pm and skips Tuesday and Saturday entirely, Gourmet Catering is lunch-only early in the week and closed weekends, and both Minard's and the Parkette go dark on Monday. Almost nobody here posts prices online — the phone numbers on each card are there for a reason. Time a visit to the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival over Labor Day weekend if you can. If something's changed, flag it on our main directory so we can update it.
This page used to carry these three cards. They didn't survive an August 14, 2026 check against owner sources, so they're listed here with the numbers rather than quietly deleted:
Bigger than one storefront, smaller than the home-page national list — regional chains with real Clarksburg addresses.
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Sheetz
Hot Doggie Delight $19.16 — Feeds Two · Bundlez from $9.77
The Altoona, PA-born 24/7 made-to-order kitchen — ~770 stores across seven states — where the Stoneybrook Rd store means the Meal Bundlez board on its own ordering menu does the two-person math for you: the Hot Doggie Delight is $19.16+ — six hot dogs, two Extra Biggz appz of your choice and two fountain drinks — the Tailgate for 2 (two burgers, Extra Biggz fryz, two drinks) is $19.55+, and solo bundles like Flatz & Snacks ($9.77+) or Dogz, Appz & Energy ($9.98+) pair up just under the line. Prices read from the chain's own store-selected ordering menu, July 2026 — the '+' means starting price, and it moves with your store and your picks. Fair warning: the headroom is thin — the two-person bundles clear $20 by well under a dollar, so one upgrade breaks it. Confirm in the app before you order. Open 24/7.
📍 Clarksburg, WV (101 Stoneybrook Rd) · ⏳ 24/7 · Meal Bundlez on the MTO menu
These chain deals work anywhere in the country, including Clarksburg.
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Buffalo Wild Wings
Pick 6 — $19.99 for Two, Dine-In 💡 Recurring Promo, Not Permanent
Per the chain's own corporate announcement, Pick 6 is $19.99 for two entrees, two sides and two soft drinks — under twenty by exactly one cent, so any upgrade (boneless-to-traditional, premium sides) breaks the math. Know what you're getting: it's a recurring promotion the chain brings back (most recently for March Madness 2026), not a permanent menu item, and it's dine-in only. The local store is up the road in Bridgeport at 45 Betten Court — check the promo is running before you drive over.
📍 45 Betten Court, Bridgeport · ⏳ Recurring promo · dine-in only
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Applebee's
Two $9.99 Really Big Meal Deals — $19.98
Each $9.99 Really Big Meal Deal pairs an entrée — Classic Bacon Cheeseburger, Big Cluckin' Chicken Sandwich, or the Big Bangin' Burger — with endless Classic Fries and a fountain drink, so two complete meals ring up at $19.98. The deal is live on the owner's own specials page as of August 2026, and the chain's locator confirms the Emily Drive store. Endless fries and refills are dine-in only; no substitutions, limited time, tax & gratuity extra.
📍 Clarksburg (531 Emily Dr) · ⏳ Limited time — participating locations