BECKLEY — A grand opening celebration on Friday gave downtown Beckley some more soul.
Soul’d Up, a soul food restaurant on Neville Street, opened this weekend with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce.
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