BUSINESS BEAT: The Corner Hoagies & Hops to open in downtown Huntington | Business

HUNTINGTON — Jason Beter, owner of Oscar’s in Barboursville, says it is time to officially announce his new restaurant in downtown Huntington.

Beter will open The Corner Hoagies & Hops in the old Highway 55 location at 801 3rd Ave. in late July.

“Growing up as a kid in Huntington, some of my greatest memories were walking downtown with my grandfather,” he said. “I loved seeing people on the busy streets. As I got older I’d spend my days downtown on my skateboard and hanging out at Davidson’s Records. Though we moved to Barboursville when I was 14, I never lost my love for Huntington.”

Late last year and early this year Beter says he had inquired about a location in Huntington to put his vision of a sandwich shop.

“That property didn’t work out, so I decided to continue focusing my energy on Oscar’s and 1861 Public House,” he said.

In early April he was approached about opening a business in the old…

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