The Owl’s Nest

Know this review is depending on the timing of week you go, and the type of crowd you prefer to be around. I have frequented more in the middle of the week but have poked my head in a couple times on a weekend night. Place is pretty dead early in any evening, but later at night it picks up a bit. Mostly a college bar with a night club in a small city feel on the weekends. Yes weekend fun can be a little rough, but week night fun is usually more civil. Was disappointed they didn’t serve any food, and drink prices are about average early but will rise on you as the night goes on if there isn’t a special. Basically a hit and miss place depending on the night, week, or bartender.

A testament to the less-​than-​tech-​savvy Ohio Valley — I cannot find an address for this place online — I can’t actually find evidence that it EXISTS. Aside from a few Tweets from people in Wheeling saying they are going here, it’s like I just imagined it… I wish.
I came here 3 months ago to meet up with some old friends from high school — venue was their suggestion, not mine, and what the hell, I’m always up for trying a new venue. No one could provide an address, or even a street name, for the Owl’s Nest, so I was given a Google Maps link to the Rose Bowl Lanes nearby, ha. I actually don’t know if the Owl’s Nest place is ON Edgington Lane, but… it’s nearby. Around the corner from the Alpha.
A nondescript door on the street, opening to steep staircase, opening to a Shining-​like long creepy hallway (where the hell am I?!) opening to a small bar with a few very old customers half-​asleep on the bar, two pool tables, and a wall of mirrors. Errr. Ok. The tiny, tiny smoking room here (oh, I mean, the «gambling room.» Silly WV legislation loopholes) is NOT well ventilated, FYI.
A handful of standard bottled beers. No drafts. A less-​than-​friendly bartender. Surprisingly NOT cheap — not pricey, but this place just SCREAMS $ 1 PBR or something. It was a completely dead bar until after 11, when it apparently became THE dance club to be at in Wheeling!!! Well, by «THE dance club,» I mean trashy, crowded and morbidly enjoyable of fun to watch.
I’ll pass.