Editor's Note: Food Network recently listed the best 98 places in the country and one well-known North Central West Virginia restaurant made the list. And it's minutes away off of Interstate 79 from Bridgeport.

 

FROM FOOD NETWORK:

 

North-central West Virginia’s large Italian population supports a dozen or more authentic Italian "ristorantes" that garner rave reviews for their real-deal Italian cuisine. But Muriale’s Restaurant sits at the top of that list. Fans flock to this family-owned (and family-friendly) Fairmont spot for traditional specialties like spaghetti, lasagna and more. Can’t choose? Don’t have to! The "Taste of Italy" platter offers a sampling of homemade lasagna, hot-sausage rigatoni, ravioli and a giant meatball.

 

Click HERE to see the other 97 restaurants that made the list.

 

Editor's Note: Photo by Steve Shaluta, for the Marion County Convention & Visitors Bureau.