Category Archives: The Unknown Eater

The Savory & Sweet Smell of Smoke

Williamsport,MD was owned by Otho Holland Williams. He was an Officer in the American Revolutionary War, and friend of George Washington, and for whom the town is named. It was once surveyed as a possible location our nation's Capital. Rich in civil war history, every family in Williamsport was ordered to cook and tend to the wounded soldiers who retreated from Gettysburg. Jeff Seal...

Truth, Justice and the Ultimate Cheesecake

Normally, when I write about a restaurant or a bakery, I want to write all about the food and the environment, but Everything Cheesecake is so much more than their food. Owner's Teresa and Erin Gibbons have taken a passion and turned it into a Berkeley County institution. The story behind their business is as amazing as...

Sissy’s Family Restaurant Celebrates a Decade

By Tricia Lynn Strader Sissy’s Family Restaurant at 55 Meadow Lane Plaza in Martinsburg celebrated a decade in business on May 28.  However, the family run operation can trace its roots back several years. Co-owner JR Stanley said his wife and cook now, Darla “Sissy” Stanley, worked as a waitress for 22 years for a previous owner of the restaurant at the same location.  That restaurant,...