Star Mercantile — Restaurant in Wardensville

I like to eat at this longtime Wardensville WV fixture which is a mix of antique/collectibles and home cooking, especially when their daily specials include something interesting. About a week ago it was the ramp burger (or you could get a ramp hot dog). Ramps are pungent wild onions found only under certain conditions in the mountains. The burger was cooked to order and quite delicious by itself, but the sauteed ramp topping really added something special to the meal, which I washed down with a shake. The building has outdoor seating which I need to try sometime but their Facebook page will periodically announce they are closed or closing early due to hot conditions in the summer, something that they might want to correct. Otherwise, stop in the next time you're in...

The ambiance was great, bathrooms clean and the "free" wifi very fast. But the icecream was nasty. Even my grandaugher told me the vanillia tasted weird and had little gross sticky stuff in it (not the stale sprinkles on top of her sundae) I spent $10.00 on freezer burned ice cream that day, just to use the "free" Wi-Fi. The rest of the week we went down the road half a mile and went into the hardware / grocery store for classic Buddy cones for...

it's a little misleading because it says Antiques and while they do have a very limited amount of antiques they really more of a restaurant. We didnt try the food so not sure how that would be but I would seriously change my signage to be...