This post should also be called “When Guests Become Friends”, as it truly was that kind of a weekend at the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre! James D. Porterfield, historian and author of “From The Dining Car” and “Dining By Rail”, and “On The Menu” columnist for Railfan & Railroad Magazine, Read more…
Here are the menus for the Elkhorn Inn’s “West Virginia Wine Dinner Weekend” May 14-16, and our May 28-30 (Memorial Day Weekend) Gourmet Railfan Weekend: “Dueling Dining-Car Chefs” with historian, author, and Railfan & Railroad columnist James Porterfield! (And if these menus don’t make you drool, there’s just no hope!):May 14-16 Read more…
May 14-16 the Elkhorn Inn will host a “West Virginia Wine-Tasting Weekend”, including two Chef Dan dinners, each accompanied by 3 different WV wines! We aim to prove, once and for all, that there are not only Great wines from West Virginia, but ALSO Great food with which to accompany them! Read more…
We came back from our mini-getaway at Glade Springs & Winterplace just at the start of Another snowstorm, and woke up in the morning to be greeted by cardinals and songbirds too numerous to count at the feeders right outside the Elkhorn Inn’s dining room window! It’s been non-stop bird-watching, Read more…
New year, new snow! As I write this, the Pocahontas RR is chugging by the Elkhorn Inn- again! It’s been a fab few days for railfans since New Year’s, with almost non-stop trains and pushers going by! It’s also been Wicked Cold here lately- at the moment it’s a “brisk” Read more…
I write this at the beginning of what is evidently going to be THE SNOWSTORM of the last 7 years. It is Seriously Snowing, as you can see from my “Pokey-in-the-snow” pix, and Weatherbug’s been chirping madly on my computer warning that we are due for 12-20 inches before Sunday Read more…