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North End Tavern & Brewery
Oldest Brewery in West Virginia 💡 Menu Posted, Prices Aren't
A Parkersburg tradition since 1899 and proudly the oldest brewery in West Virginia, with house microbrews and burgers locals swear by. The honest catch: the owner menu lists the whole sandwich lineup and not one price — the only dollar figure on it is a $2.00 add-bacon fee — so we can't print a two-person total. Call (304) 428-5854 before you budget. One real quirk worth planning around: Sundays are seasonal — the NET is open Sundays 11–5 only from Labor Day to Memorial Day, and closed Sundays all summer.
📍 3500 Emerson Ave (North End) · ⏳ Mon–Sat 11–9 · Sun 11–5 Labor Day–Memorial Day only
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JR's Donut Castle
Castle-Themed Doughnut Legend 💡 Home of the Yum-Yum
A castle-themed Parkersburg institution and one half of the city's great doughnut debate. Come for glazed doughnuts, pepperoni rolls, custom cakes and the local-favorite Yum-Yums — giant glazed knots soaked in seven layers of butter. Straight talk on price: JR's doesn't post its counter prices anywhere we can read, so we won't invent a number — a box for two has always been cheap here, but call (304) 428-9097 if the exact total matters.
📍 3318 Emerson Ave · ⏳ Call (304) 428-9097 for hours
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McHappy's Donuts & Bake Shoppe
The Rival Doughnut Shop 💡 Mornings Only — 5am–1pm
The other half of Parkersburg's beloved doughnut rivalry. Declaring whether you're Team JR's or Team McHappy's is a local rite of passage — grab a box at the Dupont Road shop (the 7th Street location has closed) and judge for yourself. Know before you go: per the owner's own site, this store runs 5am to 1pm — morning hours, not the "open till 9" some listings still claim (that's the Ohio stores). The owner menu is published without prices, so phone in ahead: (304) 424-9226.
📍 1619 Dupont Rd · ⏳ Daily 5am–1pm (per owner site)
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Chams Lebanese Cuisine
Lebanese Downtown 💡 Weekdays Only · Beware Fake Sites
A warm, family-run downtown gem on the West Virginia culinary trail, serving freshly made Lebanese food — even hummus skeptics tend to leave converted. Chams has no official website, and the "official-looking" menu sites that rank for it admit in their own fine print they aren't Chams — so we don't trust their prices and won't link them. Listings suggest hummus, falafel and grape leaves land two people in the high teens, but call (304) 428-2730 for the real numbers. Weekdays only: Mon–Fri 11am–7:30pm, closed Saturday and Sunday.
📍 610 Market St (Downtown) · ⏳ Mon–Fri 11–7:30 · closed weekends
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Uncle Mike's Bar & Grille
Sports Bar Favorite 💡 Late-Night Kitchen
A friendly, no-frills 7th Street sports bar that turns up near the top of local "best of" lists — regulars rave about the Philly steak sandwich and the welcoming staff, and listings put the kitchen open late, into the 2–3am range. What we can't do is print a price: Uncle Mike's has no website and no posted menu, so the "$12–16 for two" floating around online is nothing we can verify. Call (304) 699-5905 before you count on it.
📍 706 7th St · ⏳ Late night per listings — call ahead
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The Pizza Place
Four Slices for Two — $13.50 💡 Half Sicilian $17.80 · Skip the Subs
A Mid-Ohio Valley pizza legend whose square, thick-crust pies inspire genuine devotion — fans admit to driving hours for them. The owner menu at the Southside store does the math: four slices split between two people run $13.50, a Half Sicilian cheese — six thick squares, plenty for two — is $17.80, and slices plus pepperoni rolls and cookies lands around $14.50–15. The one trap: two subs are $22, over the line — stay on the squares. Two locations, both in town.
📍 Southside 1410 Blizzard Dr + Northside 2208 Dudley Ave · ⏳ Southside M–Th 10–9, F–Sa 10–10, Su 10–8 · Northside Su–Th 11–11, F–Sa 11–12
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Mary B's Diner
Two Breakfast Specials — $15.50 💡 Burgers Are $5.50
A classic, old-school Parkersburg counter, and the prices are real — read straight off the diner's own Clover ordering menu, August 2026. The Breakfast Special is $7.75, so two are $15.50; hamburgers are $5.50 (two for $11.00), grilled cheese with fries $7.70, and two half-orders of biscuits and gravy run $13.40. Figure about $15 for a typical two-person check at the Pike Street location — there's also a second store on Garfield Ave.
📍 2212 Pike St · ⏳ Breakfast & lunch · (304) 422-0522
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China Kitchen
Sweet & Sour Chicken + Lo Mein — $15.00 💡 Orange Chicken Breaks the Budget
The no-frills Emerson Avenue spot locals call their favorite Chinese food anywhere, and its own menu (stamped June 2026) backs the value up: Sweet & Sour Chicken is $7.50 and Chicken Lo Mein $7.50, so two entrées land at $15.00 flat; two lunch specials are $15.90 and two combo platters $19.50 — the floor is $13.50. One honest warning about the dish everyone raves over: the orange chicken is a $12.75 house-special plate, so two of those are $25.50. Order around it and you're golden.
📍 4421 Emerson Ave Ste 101 · ⏳ Sun–Thu 11–10 · Fri–Sat 11–10:30
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Top Dawgs Drive-In
West Virginia Hot Dogs 💡 Weekday Lunch Only
A classic drive-in for slaw-and-chili West Virginia dogs and quick, old-school eats on the north end. Two corrections from our check: its website is offline, so there's no owner menu to price from — hot dogs here have always been a few dollars each, but call for today's board — and the hours are tighter than most listings claim: Mon–Fri 11am–3pm, closed weekends. Don't roll up on a Saturday expecting dogs.
📍 3308 Dudley Ave · ⏳ Mon–Fri 11–3 · closed weekends · (304) 422-4530
💡 Pro tip: The "✓ verified" badge means the price came off a menu the restaurant itself controls — in Parkersburg that's The Pizza Place, Mary B's and China Kitchen. Everything else is real and open, but the kitchens don't publish prices, so a one-minute phone call beats trusting a delivery app. Settle the great debate: McHappy's closes at 1pm, so hit Dupont Road in the morning, then swing by JR's for Yum-Yums and run your own taste test. If a price has moved, flag it on our main directory so we can update it.
This page carried 12 local cards. We checked every one against owner sources on August 14, 2026, and three didn't survive. They're listed here with the reasons rather than quietly deleted:
Bigger than one storefront, smaller than the home-page national list — regional chains with real Parkersburg 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 — with two real Parkersburg stores, both open around the clock. The Meal Bundlez board on its own ordering menu does the two-person math for you: on our July 2026 store-selected read, the Hot Doggie Delight was $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) $19.55+, and solo bundles like Flatz & Snacks ($9.77+) paired up just under the line. The '+' means starting price, it moves with your store and your picks, and Sheetz's ordering site only shows numbers once you pick a store — so confirm in the app before you order.
📍 306 Ann St + 1102 7th St · ⏳ 24/7 · Meal Bundlez on the MTO menu
These chain deals work anywhere in the country, including Parkersburg.
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Buffalo Wild Wings
Pick 6 Meal for 2 — from $19.99 💡 Rotating Promo — Not Permanent
Per parent company Inspire Brands' own announcement: the Pick 6 Meal for 2 is two entrées, two sides and two fountain drinks from $19.99 — a genuine built-for-two deal when it's running. The honest fine print: it's a promo that cycles in and out, it's dine-in at participating locations, and $19.99 is the starting price, not every combination. The Parkersburg store is at 100 Lakeview Center — ask whether Pick 6 is on before you sit down.
📍 100 Lakeview Center · ⏳ Limited time · participating locations · dine-in
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Applebee's
Two $9.99 Really Big Meal Deals — $19.98
Each $9.99 Really Big Meal Deal combo 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 combos feed two for $19.98, still live as of mid-August 2026. The metro store is across the Vienna line at 802 Grand Central Ave — confirmed on Applebee's own locator. Endless fries and refills are dine-in only; no substitutions, tax & gratuity extra.
📍 Vienna (802 Grand Central Ave · Parkersburg metro) · ⏳ Limited time — participating locations