Lounges

Charles Town, West Virginia

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is the largest entertainment complex in the DC-Maryland-Virginia region outside MGM National Harbor. The lounge and entertainment space at this racetrack casino serves an enormous market of DC-area gamblers from Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, and Washington DC, making Charles Town one of the busiest racinos in the eastern United States.

750 Hollywood Dr 25414

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston's Kanawha Valley cocktail lounge scene serves West Virginia's state capital with the most sophisticated entertainment in Appalachia. Charleston's remarkable combination of state government, outstanding cultural institutions (the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences is one of the finest arts centers in the Appalachian South), and genuine West Virginia community character creates cocktail lounges of unique Appalachian state capital significance.

Capitol St, Charleston, WV 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

Taylor Books is Charleston's most beloved independent bookstore and café bar — a Capitol Street institution that has served West Virginia's most politically engaged community with coffee, craft beverages, and genuine intellectual hospitality since 1990. Charleston's role as West Virginia's political and cultural capital creates a gathering place culture around Taylor Books where politicians, journalists, academics, and artists share tables in one of the most genuinely democratic bar environments in Appalachia.

226 Capitol St, Charleston, WV 25301

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Fayetteville serves the New River Gorge National Park — America's newest national park (designated in 2020), where the most spectacular whitewater rafting in the Eastern United States, world-class rock climbing, and Bridge Day (the world's largest single-day rappelling and base jumping event) create an outdoor adventure lounge culture of remarkable Appalachian outdoor recreation significance.

Court St, Fayetteville, WV 25840

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Lewisburg's entertainment culture is shaped by the West Virginia Carnegie Hall — a beautifully restored 1902 Carnegie Hall building (one of 2,509 Carnegie libraries built across America, now a performing arts center) presenting outstanding cultural events in one of Appalachia's most charming historic districts. Lewisburg's extraordinary National Historic District, its remarkable concentration of outstanding independent restaurants, and its Carnegie Hall create a lounge culture of genuine West Virginia Appalachian elegance significance.

Church St, Lewisburg, WV 24901

Morgantown, West Virginia

Blue Moose Café is Morgantown's most beloved gathering place — a coffee shop and bar serving the WVU community with the kind of warm, inclusive atmosphere that has made it a center of political and social life in West Virginia's most progressive city. Morgantown's extraordinary combination of university culture, outdoor recreation (the Monongahela National Forest is nearby), and Appalachian heritage creates a bar culture of unusual authenticity and community spirit.

Morgantown, WV 26501

Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown Brewing Company is West Virginia's most acclaimed craft brewery — a taproom producing outstanding ales alongside an exceptional food program in Morgantown's Wharf District. The Cheat River, the Monongahela River, and WVU's enormous campus create a Morgantown entertainment market shaped by extraordinary natural beauty and collegiate enthusiasm.

Morgantown, WV 26501

Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown's cocktail scene reflects West Virginia University's extraordinary community of 29,000 students — a city where the remarkable Mountaineer football culture, outstanding bars, and the WVU Milan Puskar Stadium (the loudest stadium in the Big 12) create a cocktail lounge culture shaped by one of the most passionate college football communities in America.

Chestnut St, Morgantown, WV 26505

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg is West Virginia's second-largest city — an Ohio River community where the Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park (site of Aaron Burr's 1806 scheme to create an independent Western empire) and the remarkable Middleton Doll Company (producer of America's most beloved fashion dolls) create a community with an unusually rich history. Parkersburg's extraordinary blend of Aaron Burr intrigue, Ohio River heritage, and genuine West Virginia community character create a lounge culture of unusual American historical significance.

Market St, Parkersburg, WV 26101

Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack presents live greyhound racing history, gaming, and concerts on the Ohio River.

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

The Greenbrier is America's most historically significant grand resort — a 710-room White Sulphur Springs resort where 26 U.S. Presidents have stayed (from James Monroe to George W. Bush), where a secret underground bunker was built during the Cold War to shelter the entire U.S. Congress in the event of nuclear war, and where the most formal resort atmosphere in the American South is maintained. The Greenbrier's extraordinary presidential heritage and its remarkable historical significance create cocktail lounges of singular American resort historical significance.

300 W Main St, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986