Home Cooked Comfort Food Feature of Restaurant in Area Given Recent Praise on The Food Network
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on February 24, 2020 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
For those visiting Bridgeport who have already sampled the city's fare or those who are residents of the city and beyond looking for a new or different culinary experience, here's a recent edition of WDTV's Tasty Tuesday segment. This restaurant is more than 60 years old, Ruby and Ketchy's, and is a little less than an hour northeast of Bridgeport with a start up Interstate 79 to Cheat Lake. .
FROM WDTV
Good love and longevity can be hard to come by in life. There's no shortage of either at a particular diner in Cheat Lake.
Especially in one small wooden table for two.
That's where you'll find Jimmy Pugh.
Many here call him Uncle Jimmy. The retired coal miner turns 104 years young in February.
You could say he's their number one fan.
"It couldn't be better," he said of the food. "Everything's got good taste."
He comes here three or four times a week. That seat has been his since the diner opened in 1958.
His meal is oftentimes on the house.
"I never make it to here without somebody putting an order in for Jim," he said of his fellow customers. "They buy it."
Jane Dinardi is the manager. Her grandparents, Ruby and Wilbur "Ketchy" Nicholson, opened the diner across the street from the old Morgantown Speedway.
Jimmy tells stories to anyone who will lend an ear about her grandfather.
"It just wrenches my heart when he talks about grandpap," Dinardi said. "He tells the customers stories. They enjoy it so much. A legacy that goes back to 1958 is hard to come by."
As for the food here, it's so tasty it was recently named by the Food Network as the best diner in West Virginia.
Jane calls her pancakes some of the best around. They also sell buckwheat cakes year-round.
Take a pass at the western omelet made with six eggs. It's one of their best sellers served all day.
They're known in these parts for their roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy. If you're bold, you can get it as a double-decker.
Don't forget dessert. Judy Kennison has baked here for 40 years. Each pie takes her a couple hours to prepare.
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Editor's Note: Photos from Facebook.
