{"id":6098,"date":"2024-11-23T14:55:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T19:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2024-11-26T06:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:36:01","slug":"getting-back-to-the-troubadour-restaurant-and-bar-in-berkeley-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=6098","title":{"rendered":"Getting Back to the Troubadour Restaurant and Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s been a number of years since we\u2019ve been to the Troubadour Restaurant and Bar in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6099\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/troubadour-min-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We used to go a lot when Jim McCoy and his wife Bertha ran the place as an old-fashioned honky tonk. We would eat steaks, drink beer, play pool, listen to music, and squeeze onto the dance floor and dance with friends past midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now years later, with the Troubadour having changed hands a couple of times, we decided to go back. We heard recently on the grapevine that Mary Fairchild was doing the cooking and running the place. We knew Mary\u2019s cooking from her recent run at a restaurant in downtown Berkeley Springs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulars at the bar were their usual Troubadour raucous selves. Six people were in the back room playing pool.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6100\" style=\"width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mary-min-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Fairchild at the Troubadour<br>November 22, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The great food has followed Mary to the Troubadour. The Troubadour steaks are better than they have been since Jim McCoy ran the place. The mainstays are still on the menu \u2013 burgers and fries, onion rings,&nbsp; sandwiches \u2013 the usual.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Mary is starting to incorporate her trademark spectacular specials \u2013 last night it was the avocado egg rolls and chicken enchiladas \u2013 washed down with a couple of  bottles of Coors Light. Amazing, as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Friday is NY Strip Steak night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary\u2019s husband Tom Thorpe is jump starting the Wednesday night pool tournament \u2013 starting this coming Wednesday November 27 at 7 pm. And Tom is beginning to schedule live music. Tonight (Saturday November 23) Connor will be on stage playing traditional country and classic rock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a number of years since we\u2019ve been to the Troubadour Restaurant and Bar in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. We used to go a lot when Jim McCoy and his wife Bertha ran the place as an old-fashioned honky &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=6098\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6098"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6111,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6098\/revisions\/6111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}