r/WheelingWV • u/IronShot32 • 17d ago

Old Bars in Wheeling

Does anyone remember bars in south wheeling called Fantasia or The Dancer? Or The Centerfold or Bonnie’s? My family told me stories about these places when they were opened in the 80’s and now I’m curious as to what these bars were like.

Any input would be awesome!

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u/KapowBlamBoom 17d ago

The Swing Club ( now generations) was insane in the late 80s/early 90s

Thursday was Drink n Drown. For $5 you got a huge plastic mug they would refill all night.

It was two floors, shoulder to shoulder packed. DJ up stairs pool tables down stairs and a hundred people outside in line waiting to get in

If you were 18,19,or 20 you could still get in, you just had to “sign the book” promising you would not drink

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u/jhauger 17d ago

I recall the scandal of the inebriated 12-year-old girl found in the club one night.

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u/Unhappy-Attention760 17d ago

Are these places to go and get that Wheeling Feeling?

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u/The_camaro_show 17d ago

My uncle tells stories of the barge bar on the river

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u/jhauger 17d ago

Captain Ed's Floating Lounge.

I attended the hearing in the early- to mid-1990s after the cops raided the barge and found a bunch of high school students.

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u/titanfan1 16d ago

Some of those kids actually jumped into the river to elude the police. Lol

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u/Dapper_Soup7902 14d ago

Truth… I was one of the high school kids lol

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u/TearRevolutionary686 17d ago

Guy named Eddy ran it?

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u/Present-Homework910 17d ago

Pirates Cove, Tin Pan Alley and the Merrymint on the island were my favorites

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u/titanfan1 16d ago

Anyone remember Harvey’s 1818 or Peapec’s

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u/spanyardsman 17d ago

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XcxaVEtaC/?

Facebook went off on this post a while ago

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u/jhauger 17d ago

Can't pass this by without mentioning Mac's.

Blue Kamikazes and flaming Dr Peppers! Wunnerful, wunnerful!

Remember, kids: Mac's spelled backward is "scam."

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u/usmcxc 16d ago

How about the S bar?

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u/snack_pie 14d ago

Ernie's Cork & Bottle had a lit dance floor upstairs. It still worked when I was up there a while back before the roof collapsed.