After a day on the river or the rock, pizza and a pint is the classic Fayetteville ending, and Pies and Pints is the best-known place in town to get both. This is the 2003 original of the regional chain, at 219 West Maple Avenue just west of the courthouse, and the pie everyone talks about comes topped with red grapes, gorgonzola and fresh rosemary. It opens at 11 AM daily and closes at 9 PM Sunday through Thursday and 10 PM on Friday and Saturday. It has its own parking lot, which downtown counts as a luxury.
Those closing times are a floor, not a ceiling. The restaurant's page says "the hours posted are the earliest that we will close our doors," so a busy night can run later.
What to order at Pies and Pints
Start with the grape and gorgonzola. It's the pizza TripAdvisor reviewers name more than any other, the Cooking Channel wrote it up, and WV Living named Pies and Pints Fayetteville the state's best pizza in its 2016 "Best of West Virginia" awards, as the press page proudly notes. Reviewers also keep coming back to the crust, the beer list and toppings they'd never seen on a pizza before.
Around the specialty pies you'll find wings, nachos, flatbreads, salads and a kids menu. Any specialty pie comes on a small gluten-free or cauliflower crust for $2 more, though the kitchen itself isn't gluten free. Vegan? HappyCow reviewers say the kitchen adapts pizzas without fuss, though a few found theirs a little dry or light on sauce, so ask for extra.
On the chain's menu, the grape and gorgonzola is $14 small and $26 large, a plain cheese pie is $12 and $20, and the priciest specialty pies run about $19 and $32; that menu covers every location, so the Fayetteville register may differ a little. Time it right and happy hour, Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 PM, takes $1 off select pints and house wines and $2 off appetizers.
How long is the wait?
On a busy night, long: TripAdvisor reviewers regularly report 45 minutes or more. The crowds follow the river and the events calendar, so expect a line on summer rafting Saturdays and on Bridge Day weekend (Bridge Day is Saturday, October 17, 2026). Beat it by eating early, or order carryout through the website and take your pie back to the cabin.
The Fayetteville pizza place that became a chain
Kim Shingledecker and David Bailey opened the restaurant in 2003, and by their own telling to Appalachian Startup they paid for it with a $20,000 credit card. The idea caught on. The concept was sold for expansion in 2011, but WV Living reports that the Fayetteville restaurant was left out of that deal and stayed with Shingledecker. The chain still calls this location "the original cornerstone," and Pies and Pints now has restaurants across West Virginia and beyond.
Bailey went on to open Secret Sandwich Society around the corner on Keller Avenue, a story the Fayette Tribune told in a joint profile. The two are the town's headliners: West Virginia's tourism page for Fayetteville names them before any other restaurant.
Getting there and parking
That private lot is a real advantage over the Court Street restaurants, which rely on street parking; CreateWV even pointed event-goers to it. Coming in on U.S. 19? The four-lane skips the historic downtown entirely, as the town's 2024 action plan points out, so take the exit for downtown, follow Court Street to Maple Avenue and turn west.
Hours stay the same year round, but heavy snow can shut the doors (it closed for a Level 3 snow emergency in January 2026). In winter, call 304-574-2200 before you drive in.
Before or after your pizza
Secret Sandwich Society and the Court Street cafes are a short walk away, and the Fayetteville dining guide has the full list with hours. Want one more round after dinner? Try the breweries and bars in and around town. If you're traveling with little ones, see the New River Gorge with kids, and for the rest of town, the portrait of Fayetteville.
