***UPDATE**** Well, it reopened a couple of years ago and is going strong. Most of what I said earlier still applies but there are some changes. 1) Many more taps with a greatly expanded craft selection. However, the draft lines aren't maintained to peak levels and some beers simply don't sell great so it can be, well, risky to order something less than mainstream - although you're good with any New Belgium tap since the local rep cleans the lines regularly. 2) The new design is LOUD. SERIOUSLY LOUD. LIKE, DUDE, I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD ME TWICE BUT TELL ME AGAIN I CAN'T HEAR A GODDAMNED THING loud. ************** ***UPDATE **** Sadly, The Cold Spot burned to the ground early Saturday, August 23, 2014. It's a total loss. The owner says he'll rebuild and we all hope he does. However, until then this review remains as a monument to the best wing joint in West Virginia's 151 year history. **************** The Cold Spot (original location) is a regional institution. Very good wings with house-made sauces (pro tip: garlic can be added to any sauce for free); solid sandwiches; and gyros, Greek salads, and hummus with fried pita chips. Wait, Mediterranean stuff at a wing place? In West Virginia? Yep. The Charleston area was a prime settling location during the Lebanese diaspora of the 20th century and the Cold Spot reflects this with its Greek/Lebanese items. When I'm not getting wings it's a gyro or hummus for me. The other thing that makes the Cold Spot the cold Spot is its beer. There are around thirty taps, and while most are basic American macro stuff there's a solid selection of Craft and imports too, usually priced to sell. I've had Spaten schooners for $4 and pitchers of Sierra Nevada pale for $8. Prices seem to vary but there's almost always something decent for a good price. Service is fine and the atmosphere can get a little biker/redneck loud sometimes but is pretty comfortable anyway. Speaking of bikers, it's common to see the place half-full of straight-out-of-central-casting Sons of the Road and half-full of straight-out-of-central-casting business folk. It's truly a mixing pot (the local Atheist group meets there once a month, for example.) They'll even turn the channel on one of the 15 TVs to soccer if you ask - but expect some jerk at the bar to try to "be funny" and say something about it. Ignore him. He'll go away. Then ahve another beer. Bottom line: Come for the wings; stay for the various Lebanese/Greek specialties. read more

Even though over 3/4 of the 21 beer taps this place has is devoted to AB-inBev/MillerCoors beers, the Cold Spot holds a special place in my heart. Delicious wings (they've improved in recent years), decent service (it's better if you tip well at the register, FYI), and frosty brew makes this wing joint a cut above. They also have NTN triva for the buffs. I don't think you'll be disappointed, especially on 30 cent wing night Tuesday! read more

Traveling for business and found this spot. Awesome people. All locals in the bar area. Cool outside seating as wel.

You can't beat The Cold Spot, either location. My friends and I normally hit up the one in North Charleston/Dunbar for wings, NTN trivia, and a beer or two. Several big screen and flat screen TVs make your sports viewing fun and exciting. Let's start with beer: One of the most well rounded beer offerings around. They have multiple domestic, import, and seasonal beers on TAP! As for a tall boy; it's the way to go. The food: Suggestions-medium garlic wings. gyro. chicken gyro. Greek salad. Mushrooms. All of it is pretty great. NTN Trivia: It is tons of fun. read more

Tender chicken, but the sauces where not that great, and they put way too much sauce on them. What should have been the 'sweet BBQ' was more tangy, and not what I was looking for. Fries are good, and the Greek salad was excellent. Service is up to par, and the atmosphere is something you'd expect from a bar. read more

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I really loved the food here, I had a heard a lot about the wings and decided to try. Their wings are SO GOOD, and everything I've tried there since has been awesome. Try the onion rings with a side of ranch, you won't regret. read more

Really bad experience tonight. Food slow. Staff not wearing masks properly. Servers too friendly with some tables while ignoring others. Cook wasn't wearing one at all. Sit outside for social distance and people smoking like it's 1980. Family had to leave and get our food to go. read more

Your wings are back on top! Several years back had 3 bad trips in a row with small wings and not the best taste. Tried it again on my home leave and glad I did. The wings are back to being normal sized, plenty of spice, sauce, and flavor. The draft beer selection is the best I've seen in Charleston. The wait staff is very attentive but could be a bit more light-hearted, they are not unfriendly but just very business like. Enjoyed playing the trivia game while watching a baseball game. read more

I love Cold Spot. The wings are fantastic. The variety of flavors has something for everyone. Their salads are great. As with so many places these days, the service is really the reason that I only give 3 stars. Let me give two examples: 1. We went to Cold Spot and ordered food. The waitress argued with me that they didn't serve Chicken Gyros, even though it's a menu item. She told me that I could explain to her what I wanted and she'd have them make it. So I explained. She came back more than 20 minutes later with this strange overcooked pizza thing. When I told her it was not edible, she got distraught and then I ordered something else. She insisted they'd take the pizza thing off of my bill but when the bill arrived, it was there. I mentioned it to her and she told me that the manager had left and she had no way to delete it so I had to pay for it. 2. We order wings pretty regularly for take out. Last time, they forgot six of our wings. The time before that, they forgot our desserts. My boyfriend and I were discussing it and we can't remember the last time our take out order was correct. read more

The foods good .. but the service has gone down hill. Sometimes it seems like they have so much business they just don't care how they handle it. It's bad enough to be pushed outside because its too crowded but you can at least provide some quality service to folks .. just got the impression they didn't care ... and I don't tend to go back when that happens... I'll go to The Bucket next time to watch the game. read more

We come here a couple times a month and the food is always very good. My favorites are the Greek Salad and the boneless wings. The sauces are all good but I prefer the hot with garlic. You can add garlic to any wing flavor which is pretty cool. Around lunch time there may be a delay because they do a lot of business so either call ahead with your order or be prepared to wait. read more

Absolutely incredible. 64 draft beers, 15 TV's, incredible food and great service. Just stopped in one day from working on the road. Well worth the stop. Known for the wings and burgers but the salad is fantastic as well. read more

Close to home, but is the last spot I want to come to watch football games. The atmosphere is similar to a retirement home with Jonas brothers, pop, and crappy EDM music playing. Quite possibly the worst ran 'sports bar' I've ever been to. Owners and management should be ashamed of themselves. The total lack of effort is embarrassing and pathetic. All of the servers act like they hate their jobs and their awareness skill points are about 19/100. The short haired blonde bartender is very friendly and the only bright spot of the restaurant. Turn the shitty music off, and turn the game volume up. The boneless wings and cheese fries were great. Only reason they get 3 stars. Would be 1 without the food. Step it up ownership, management, and front of the house employees! read more

I'm new to west Virginia I have never eaten at cold spot. I found this to be a great establishment! Bethana I believe was her name that took my order. She suggested many different things and helped me with my entire order I had absolutely no clue what I wanted but I got a ton of wings all different flavors they were perfect and hot! Great job guys thank you for being open and working hard during this time! read more

Not a huge menu , but the food that is available is to die for ! If you are a fan of hot wings , the bone-in Hot BBQ is the way to go ! & There's no way you could go wrong with one their juicy burgers ! read more

Went for my first time the other day, when it was 50 cent boneless wings wednesday. Less variety than places like buffalo wild wings, but nevertheless still good (and cheaper than bdubs as well). The chicken tasted much more fresh and less breaded, in my opinion, almost like you were eating an actual piece of chicken. Will defintely try to go back on a Tuesday/Wednesday to get their deals! read more

I have been buying wings from this location for years! I bought $35.00 worth of wings and when I got them home (30) miles away I had been given the wrong order. I called and the lady that took my order remembered taking my order apologized and got a manager. The manager offered to replace my order and since the weather was turning bad we decided it wasn't safe to travel there again that night. The manager took my name and said I had a week to replace the order. All was good until today when I went to replace the order I was told I was supposed to have brought the wrong order back. Now, if I had a week to replace the order why would they want it back? and furthermore I was not told I had to bring it back. I was disrespected talk down to like I made the story up! I will never eat here again. Rude disrespectful employees!! Oh and evidently it's the owners fault that I was given the wrong order because that was their excuse while being rude they said " the owner is tired of people lying about their order being wrong ". So owner, of your employees are giving wrong orders then you wouldn't have to replace those orders! read more

I ordered onion rings with my wings, I got 4 rings and scraps from fryer. It is a shame when onion wings cost more than their wings! Buyer be ware of low visibility items. $50 bill and all I get is 4 onion rings for an order of onion rings that they billed me $3. read more

Cold Spot - $3 orer of onion rings - Chicken Wings Near Me - Charleston, West Virginia

Best beer on tap in the valley for the best price! Dead Guy Ale was beer of the week last month - $6 pitchers!!!!! Very local vibe sports bar. Good bar food with gyros & Mediterranean salads thrown in. Buffalo Chicken Pita Wrap is pretty awesome. Plus, its right down the street from Charleston's best bike shop, Company Bicycle. Nothing better than a hard ride from the shop that ends on the Cold Spot's stoop! read more

I went yesterday evening and I had a good time. The food is as good as ever and I am a big fan of the huge draft selection. They've definitely hit the mark when it comes to being a go-to place for a big variety of draft beer you aren't getting elsewhere around here. I'd like to see them offer a few more WV beers because we have so many good ones now. I realize that WV beers are more available every day around Charleston though and it's also nice to have such a big variety of beer from all over. I imagine the atmosphere will eventually get back to a more casual, local vibe as the initial attraction wears and the spot becomes more of a regular hangout. I'd like to return to the DIY good time vibe it used to have, where you just pushed tables together and hung out all evening. This is my only serious issue / complaint, and the only thing that has the potential to stop me from going often and supporting regularly. I sincerely hope they return NTN trivia games to the Cold Spot. I had my concerns they wouldn't when I noticed they dropped the games at the Cross Lanes location. I enjoy these games so much that I will make the sacrifice and hang out regularly at a less desirable location like Bdubs in order to play and relax. Some guys play golf. Some go fishing. I like to play trivia. A good sized contingent of my friends who were also formerly Cold Spot regulars have expressed the same sentiments to me. We all really want to support our old favorite hangout but the trivia thing may very well turn out to be a deal breaker in the matter. I sincerely hope the owners will consider reestablishing their relationship with NTN games. read more

This is probably the worst restaurant I have been to in along time. The service is awful. People who came in after me were served before me. In fact I never received my order. I asked the waitress what the hold up was. She said she would check on it and I never saw her again. The other members of my party said the food was mediocre at best. My drink (the only part of my order that I got and that was because it was self serve) tasted like pure coke syrup and did not have any carbonation. I can get better food and better service at many other establishments at better prices. Needless to say, I won't be going there any more. read more

So the food was terrible. The wings were very heavy and tasted weird, kind of chemically. The fries were just frozen from the bag thrown in a fryer kind that anyone can get from the grocery store. The beer seemed a little over priced to me compared to other local places. The staff was nice but turtle slow. I don't know if I will ever come back honestly. read more

The jalapeño poppers are amazing !! The service was great , the ladies are super friendly . The gentleman in the gambling spot wasn't friendly but that's ok we just went for the food :) the sauces were described just right also . Fast and friendly !!! Will def be back again soon . read more

The popularity of this place has never ceased to amaze me. It's nothing more than a dive bar pretending to be a restaurant. People around here are insane for their wings, but they are nothing special. They're no better than wings you can get at any sports bar anywhere. I made the mistake of coming here with my sister and my nephew once. It was full of drunken idiots who constantly came over to my sister and pestered her, even getting hateful and using profanity in front of her son. I asked for the manager on duty. 20 minutes later, some guy came out and basically said "sorry about that, but there is nothing I can do. They are regulars and I can't offend them." We promptly left, never to return to this rats nest. read more

I love this place for WVU games. You'll find everything that Toby Keith loves in his bar. You'd be warned to probably not order a martini or any fresh seafood - you might get laughed out of the place or very ill. So why does it deserve 5 stars? Because you won't find a better dive bar atmosphere anywhere on earth. The number of tattoos, chain smokers, mullets, and t-shirts with wolves howling at the moon will just blow your socks off. Add to the atmosphere a decent amount of beers on tap, about 8 TVs and 3 projectors always showing the right games, and the friendliest barkeeps, and you've got yourself one heck of a bar. read more

Ordered the traditional wings and the hummus platter. Wow. Everything was great. The BBQ Gold wings are crazy delicious and the hummus platter could have fed (4) people. Service was also top notch, our server Ana took great care of us. I would highly recommend Cold Spot to anyone. Great food and atmosphere. We will definitely be back. Keep up the good work! read more

What a joke of a place...id rather spend my money on taxes. French fries were colder than the bud light. Kids running the place poorest service in the United States unless you were flirting with bartender, she ignored everyone else at other end of bar, and the flirters got the stiffest jack daniels pour i have ever seen...No servers at tables..what a mis managed missed opportunity for a great place. Most of the TV's had sitcoms not sports...no one cared..not a fun place and a waste of money. read more

Awesome wings, biggest draft beer selection in the area, great service, newly built facility... You can't go wrong! Oh and get the hummus! Better than the Greek and Mediterranean restaurants in the area. read more

Absolutely terrible. I should have known better with the parking lot being empty. Wings were undercooked and "slimey". Seems like the product has gotten worse. Great sause but poor chicken. Even worse when the bartender saw none of my food was touched she didn't even ask if there was a problem, I am assuming she is used to putting out bad food. read more

I really enjoyed the wings and this is the first place I've ate where the boneless wings were good. The staff was friendly and the place was pretty clean. They have a nice set up and I will be going back for lunch again read more

This was one of the worst experiences I have ever had at a restaurant. My wings were cold,my ranch tasted so much like slime I felt like the blob was going to come out and eat me. Not to mention the bathroom was cleaner then there floors. read more

Best wings in town along with any beer you want on tap. Great crew and perfect environment.

I have been here a few times over the years and never understood why my friends liked this place. I Decided to try again since it happened to be convenient for carry-out, and was disappointed again. We got mild and hot wings which were not that great compared to other places we could have gone to, but my big complaint is, out of a tray of wings, there were several that the bones were broken which in my view means poor quality product. My family insisted that they were fine to eat even though the bones were broken so I tried one & had to spit it out. The meat tasted terrible. I can't imagine ever going back here. read more

We eat at the cold spot often and the food is consistently great. They are now seating guests with a wait staff!! Love the wings !!

Used to be a whole lot better. Now the wings have barely any meat on them and are either over cooked or under cooked. Also the most recent times I have been there, I have waited well over 30-45 minutes on a wing order on an evening that was not busy. This place is garbage don't eat here. read more