Occasionally, I get reports that various restaurants are serving ramps dishes while they are in season. If you hear of any, please let me know. Once again, please call ahead to make sure they are serving ramps on the day you plan to go.

Restaurants everywhere are putting ramps on the menu!

Ramp burger

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Poppy's Italian Grill (Formerly Dave's Restaurant), 1633 Buckhannon Pike, Nutter Fort, WV will be having a ramp dinner on April 26, 2008, 12 noon to ?. The menu includes steamed ramps, soup beans with corn bread, fried potatoes with ramps, fresh ramp salad and dessert. $9.50 all you can eat. (304) 622-6863.

Rella's Roadside Cafe, 3956 Hacker Valley Road, Hacker Valley, WV, (304) 493-6658. Noon to 6 pm, $9 per per person (2006 price). Dinner is always the first Saturday in April and the Saturday before Deer Season starts. The 2008 dates are April 5 and November 23. No reservations will be taken at all. The menu includes ramps, bacon, fried potatoes, scrambled eggs, white beans, cornbread or a roll, pickled eggs and pickled beets. Beverages served are coffee, tea, lemonade or sassafras tea. The dinner also includes a piece of homemade pie. Take out is available.

Recently (April 2008) a sign for "ramp pizza" was spotted at Fox's Pizza Den, 101 N. Washington Ave. in Elkins, WV. (304) 637-8200

Also in Elkins (April 2008), a sign was spotted that says Ramp burgers delivered in Elkins, number to call for more info. 630-1121.

Pegasus Farm 480 (Arnold Hill Road) will continue the celebration following the April 26, 2008 Ramp Cook-off & Festival in Elkins, WV. Live music begins at 5:00 p.m. on the Three Legged Stage featuring Uncle Eddie & Robin (banjo playin' at its finest), a Spaghetti and Ramp dinner at 6:00 p.m. and ZEN playing at 6:30 p.m. Campfire at dark. Play an instrument? Bring it!! RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED! 1-800-768-2087 or (304)637-1818 or .

C & S Restaurant, 46 Oakford Ave. in Richwood, WV is supposed to serve ramps in many of their dishes. They serve them cooked in bacon grease, in omelets, as a topping on hamburgers and in salads. (304) 846-2807

Last year, River Place, 814 1st Ave. in Marlinton, WV had a ramp dinner with all the fixins'. I haven't heard abouttheir 2008 plans yet. (304) 799-7233.

The Lodge at Kelly Mountain, Kelly Mountain Rd (33 E) Elkins, WV was featured in the King of Stink documentary. The segment was filmed the same weekend as the Ramp Cook-off and Festival in Elkins. So I assume they still have a ramp menu at that time of year. By the way, if you dine there you will enjoy one of the finest views in West Virginia. (304)-635-0300.

Other West Virginia restaurants that feature ramp dishes:
Bright Morning Inn in Davis.
Smokey's On The Gorge in Lansing.
Lot 12 Public House in Berkeley Springs.

Also featured in the King of Stink documentary was Lomo Grill , 44 Church Street, Waynesville, NC. (828) 452-5222.

The Westline Inn in Westline, PA will be having a ramp dinner on April 27, 2008. Their Sunday hours are from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. They say to come early. "We have a band and a leek buffet (where almost all the dishes have leeks in them). You can enter our "Leek Dip Contest" for prizes and bragging rights. Your breath will end up smelling like your dog's, so if your date eats leeks, you better eat some too." (814) 778-5103.

I found an article in the Chicago Sun-Times that list some Chicago restaurants that are serving ramps.

I've been trying to find out the names of some big city restaurants that have served ramps in season in the past. Here's what I've found in New York City so far. If you go, be sure to get the phone number from their website and find out when they will have ramps on the menu.
The Beard House
Mas
WD-50
Blue Smoke (27 Standard)
Gramercy Tavern
Django
Jo Jo
The Sea Grill at Rockefeller Center
THe Tasting Room
Otto
'inoteca
East Hampton Point
Telepan
Alto
Savoy
Beppe
Bouley
Morimoto
202 at Nicole Farhi

Craigie Street Bistrot in Cambridge, MA
Mezze Inc. in Williamstown, MA



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