Vagabond Kitchen

1201 Market St, Wheeling
(304) 905-6173

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Menu

Starters
Stuffed Jalapenos
Fresh jalapenos peppers from Jebbia's market stuffed with chipotle cream cheese and wrapped in thick-cut bacon from Jacob and their sons. Served with our one-of-a-kind dill ranch.
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
A warm blend of cheeses, fresh spinach, artichoke hearts, and roasted red peppers served with tortilla chips.
Hillock Hummus Platter
Black-eyed pea hummus served with charred crudites, Havarti, pine nuts, house-fried tortilla chips, and grilled pita. Vegetarian.
Corn Fritters
Pan-fried and timeless corn cakes deliciously drizzled with family roots maple mayonnaise. Vegetarian.
Smoked Rainbow Trout Dip
Creamy, delicious, and local mountain sprout state trout spread served with fresh tortilla chips.

Plates
City Chicken Plate
An Appalachian dish that traces its roots to northern steel towns like ours. Pork ribeye breaded, skewered, and pan-fried. Served over mashed potatoes with our vegetable of the day and topped with gravy.
Meatloaf Supper Plate
Ground steak from Jacob and sons and ground lamb from ross farm make for a meatloaf. Topped with tomato chutney, served with smoked baked beans, and mama's mac and cheese.
Coffee Rubbed New York Strip Steak Plate
Mouth-watering steak is served atop wilted greens and sweet potato hash with a drizzle of balsamic reduction.
Classic Carbonara Plate
A classic and hearty roman Italian pasta dish made with a thick cream sauce seasoned with hints of nutmeg and black pepper. Served with toasted garlic bread.
Smoked Chicken Cornbread Casserole Plate
Farm one-eleven chickens smoked and mixed in a creamy sauce full of vegetables, then topped with chunks of our organic, and stoneground weather buoy farms cornbread. Served in a cast-iron skillet.
Butternut Ravioli with Beetroot Pesto Plate
Vegetarian. Butternut squash stuffed ravioli topped with beetroot pesto. Served with fresh vegetables and toasted garlic bread

Burgers and Such
Black Out Burger
Rubbed in coffee topped with caramelized onions, wilted spinach, creamy Havarti cheese, and then drizzled with balsamic reduction.
The Plank Burger
Two sweet potato hash brown replace the bun of this bread-free burger. Topped with caramelized onion. Family roots farm maple mayonnaise and crumbled bacon.
Chow Don Don Burger
Spicy chow made with green tomatoes from rock valley farm and ghost peppers. Patty rubbed in locally grown spice blends and dried scorpion peppers grown at home in WV. Topped with Havarti cheese, full fire is frightening, and we have a mild batch of chow-chow.
BBQ Burger
Bacon, cheddar cheese, caramelized onion, mixed greens, and bourbon BBQ sauce.

Brunch Menu
Steak and Eggs
The standard by which all breakfasts should be judged. Grilled flat-iron steak with two fried eggs and breakfast potatoes.
Pumpkin Pancakes
Fluffy pancakes with cream cheese and maple syrup from a family roots farm.
Farmer's Omelet
Fresh, seasonal vegetables, ross farm sausage, and red onion topped with cheddar cheese. Comes with a side of breakfast potatoes.
Bananas Foster French Toast
Mancini's thick-cut sourdough bread with fresh bananas foster and vanilla bean ice cream.
Chicken and Waffles
Grilled shrimp topped. Served with weather buoy farms grits.
Shrimp and Creamy Grits
Grilled shrimp topped. Served with weather buoy farms grits.

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Recent Reviews

I met the owner, Matt (Vagabond) Welsch during a culinary competition. He was one of the judges. He had a rough but constructive and helpful critique of my dish. So today I decided to come up to his restaurant and try it out. I came up around 4:30 with a friend and we were seated promptly and immediately given menus.

Our waitress, (I unfortunately did not catch her name, I wasn't paying attention) brought us a glass of water with ice and asked if we would...
June 2025
Food was good.

Wait was a little long with half the tables being open.

I don’t think they were expecting the rush they had for Mother’s Day.
May 2025
Wow! Do yourself a huge favor and walk the extra two blocks to eat here before the show at the Capitol Theater. The Irish Stew was spot on and the Soda Bread was PERFECTION!
So glad we found this place ! Robin was a fabulous server by the way!!
May 2025

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Vagabond Kitchen

1201 Market St, Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 905-6173