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Henderson County Business
Underground Main spot getting new restaurant
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The underground Main Street space that was last home to Sol y Luna will get a new restaurant with a different but still south of the border menu. Read Story »
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Fletcher Business
LongHorn Steakhouse opens Jan. 28 on Airport Road
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FLETCHER — LongHorn Steakhouse will officially open its newest restaurant at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, adding to the options on Airport Road's restaurant row. Read Story »
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Henderson County Life
Purple Onion transitions to new owners
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SALUDA — The Purple Onion, a popular Main Street restaurant in Saluda for more than 20 years, has transitioned to new leadership under two employees who started working in the kitchen as teenagers. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
THE TOP 10 (10, 9, 8): Development fights, road wars and dining options made news
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Here's the Lightning's Top 10 of 2019. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | road construction | Tap Root development
Henderson County News
Ask Matt ... what was Up! Down! in 2019
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2019 in Henderson County was a lot about planes, trains and automobiles and the usual reshuffling of restaurants. Many good things happened spoiled by a few misbehavers. My picks: Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Grey Hosiery Mill | Bo Caldwell
Henderson County Business
Arabella Breakfast & Brunch to open on Main Street
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From serving up classic French dishes at high-end resorts to making sure orders fly out the door at Cookout drive-thrus, Mike Santacrose knows the restaurant business. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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Don't miss this week's Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | fast food
Henderson County Business
White Duck Taco Shop opening on Seventh Avenue
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Tags: restaurants | Historic Seventh Avenue | craft beer industry | Historic Seventh Avenue District
Henderson County Business
City sets meeting for first look at southside Chick-Fil-A
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Hendersonville city planners have scheduled a neighborhood compatibility meeting for the public's first look at plans for a southside Chick-Fil-A. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Chick-fil-A
Henderson County Business
Art & Coffee Bar opens on Fifth Avenue East
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The Art & Coffee Bar on Fifth Avenue East gets an early crowd from City Hall across the street, a 9 a.m. bump when shopkeepers open their doors and an afternoon rush for a caffeine pick-me-up and a pastry. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | downtown Hendersonville | coffee shops
Henderson County Business
'Hey' and a 'howl' put the fun in new pizzeria
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LAUREL PARK — In a market flush with pizza purveyors, you gotta do something to stand out. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | pizza
Henderson County Business
Panera Bread going up on Four Seasons Boulevard
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Tags: restaurants | Four Seasons Boulevard | fast food | Panera Bread
Henderson County News
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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You can't afford to miss this week's Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Hendersonville Fire Department | downtown parking | 2019 elections | 2019 Flat Rock election
Henderson County Business
DISH ON DINING: 'Meat and 2,' as only chef Jesse can spin it
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Known for her creative and bold renderings of appetizers, tapas and entrees, Jesse Roque at first surprises with the newest chapter in her varied cooking portfolio. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | downtown Hendersonville | Never Blue | Jesse Roque
Henderson County Business
DISH ON DINING: Three Chopt extends hours, expands menu
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Three Chopt Sandwich Shoppe, the downtown eatery known for its free popcorn appetizer and savory sandwiches, is extending its hours into the evening, adding blue-plate specials and possibly beer and wine. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | Matthew Rogers
Henderson County News
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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You won’t want to miss this week's Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Hendersonville Lightning | Dish on Dining
Henderson County Business
Baker's Box moving across town, will expand menu
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The Baker’s Box, which has won a loyal following for its takeout and catered food and custom-made special-occasion cakes, is moving across town to a much larger location that will enable the chef-owners to add dine-in seating and an expanded menu. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Asheville Highway | Busy Bend | Bakers Box
Henderson County Business
Chick-fil-A to open a second store in city
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The congested crosstown journey for those craving a Chick-fil-A sandwich could be a thing of the past in about a year and a half. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | south gateway | fast food | Chick-fil-A
Henderson County News
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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You won't want to miss this week's Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | fast food | Loren Wells | Bon Worth | Chick-fil-A
Henderson County Business
Iannucci's closes, likely to be replaced with a new restaurant
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After the recent closing of Iannucci's, the Italian restaurant on Asheville Highway, the owner of the building expects a new restaurant to open fairly soon. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Italian restaurants
Henderson County Business
Vegan cafe opening in Sanctuary Brewing Co.
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Garlik Vegan and Sanctuary Brewing are partnerng to open Inconceivable Cafe!, an all new cafe bringing a delicious lineup of food to pair with Sanctuary’s award-winning craft brews. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | craft beer industry | Sanctuary Brewing Co. | vegan
Henderson County Business
Sweet Thangs opens on Seventh Avenue
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Sweet Thangs Cakes & Bakes is now open on Seventh Avenue, serving a variety of baked goods and other treats. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Historic Seventh Avenue
Henderson County News
Mary's Burritos adding beer at new location
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Mary’s Burritos has opened at a new, bigger location a couple miles up Asheville Highway from its original spot. Read Story »
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Henderson County Business
Merchants Association honors Shipman Award winner
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Sallie Mauldin Thompson, ice cream queen, matriarch of one of the area’s most renowned business families and one of the only people who will smile if someone calls her Piggy, was honored Monday night as this year’s Clifton J. Shipman Community Service Award recipient, the highest recognition bestowed by the Hendersonville Business and Merchants Association. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Sallie Thompson | Clifton Shipman Award | Piggys & Harrys
Henderson County News
Drive-thru coffee shop adds bagels, smoothies
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If it weren’t for arthritis in his hand and the onset of boredom, David Hamilton might still be spending his days on the golf course. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Asheville Highway
Flat Rock Life
Chefs aim to 'take the thinking out of eating well'
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Mike Phillips and Chuck Connolly figure that many people who want to eat healthier don’t know how. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Starring food and design, rooftop restaurant worth the wait
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The new Shine restaurant earns a lot of superlatives. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Historic preservation | Historic Downtown Hendersonville
Henderson County Business
El Paso owner opens Mariscos seafood restaurant
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The first clue that Mariscos is unlike its sister restaurants is what’s missing. When you sit down, no basket of tortilla chips arrives, nor bowls of sauce. What’s up? Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Asheville Highway
Henderson County Business
Cask & Vine brings stylish pub fare (plus 40 bourbons) to Main Street
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Steve Bevins has cooked everything from fast food to high-end steaks to upscale Chinese. Until recently he ran his own kitchen, as the head chef at Carolina Bistro at Cummings Cove Golf & Country Club. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | downtown Hendersonville | Historic Downtown Hendersonville
Henderson County Business
French Broad: A Kitchen & Wine Bar opens next week downtown
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Just over 170 years ago, river partisans and road partisans fought over where to locate the town of Hendersonville, the seat of the newly formed Henderson County. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | The French Broad: A Kitchen & Wine Bar
Henderson County News
Mike's expands next door, adding beer, evening hours
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At Mike’s on Main, where you get a hefty side of nostalgia with your burger and fries, diners sometimes want to order a beer. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | downtown Hendersonville | craft beer industry
Henderson County News
At Dandelion diners come for the cause and come back for the food
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When Mainstay started the Dandelion Eatery five years ago, the founders knew they would train women who had come to the shelter to escape trauma. They knew a little bit about running a restaurant and a lot about pimento cheese and shrimp and grits. And they knew that a dandelion was a gritty little flower that grows under adverse conditions. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Dandelion Cafe | Safelight
Henderson County News
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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Tags: restaurants | NCDOT | road construction
Edneyville Business
Soul food with Jamaican accent is on the menu in Edneyville
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EDNEYVILLE — Raynard Walker learned the basics of cooking by watching his mother and grandmother and asking questions. Three years ago, he started cooking out of his house, promoting his roasted, fried and smoked meats on Facebook and launching a small catering business. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning
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You won't want to miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Immaculate Conception Catholic Church | Immaculata School
Henderson County Business
Everything's smooth at Mountain Juicery
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Ashley and Walker Covington had everything a couple could want in Raleigh — good jobs as a CPA and schoolteacher, respectively, and a big city with plenty for young people to do. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Ask Matt ... about new building, Etowah Smokehouse
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Tags: Etowah | restaurants
Green River Business
Mama Coe's Tacos opening in Tuxedo
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TUXEDO — Colleen Raulerson had spent weeks mulling a name for her taco shop when she had an epiphany. Her boys had done it for her. Read Story »
Tags: Green River | restaurants | Tuxedo | Zirconia
Henderson County News
Brooks Tavern is packed and getting rave reviews
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When he wasn't sweating in the kitchen to shore up the short-staffed cook staff, Mark Lowe was greeting customers and reveling in the apparent instant success of his new venture, Brooks Tavern. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | downtown Hendersonville | Historic Downtown Hendersonville
Henderson County News
Crepes are versatile star of new restaurant
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A new restaurant has opened in the 500 block of North Main Street specializing in crepes for breakfast, lunch and dessert. Read Story »
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Henderson County Life
'Roadside Eateries' reveals where the locals chow down
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D.G. Martin traces his love of home-cooked country food to his upbringing in Charlotte, where a football teammate introduced him to “the wonders of the annual Mallard Creek Church barbecue” — the exemplar of how “good barbecue and a host of friendly people make a meal into something memorable.” Read Story »
Tags: Saluda | restaurants | Ward\\\'s Grill | Thompson\\\'s Store
Henderson County News
AlyKat opens at new location
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Ask Richard Kaltenbach about his tasty and creative AlyKat soups and he responds with a question of his own. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Etowah restaurant promises Eastern NC barbecue
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If you tried to get a permit for a wood-fired barbecue pit like the one at the old BBQ Shack in Etowah, you probably could not do it, Peter Rath said. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Lantern shines light on Charleston-style fare
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Cutline In the galley of a Coast Guard ship, Casey Maness cooked like a cook and cooked like a chef. Read Story »
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Henderson County Business
Todd Thompson, a friendly restaurateur and antique collector, dies
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Stephen Todd Thompson, a sociable front-of-the-house host and storyteller and avid collector of classic signs and other relics of the Old South, died on Saturday of a heart attack after several weeks of poor health, family members said. He was 59. Read Story »
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Henderson County Business
Black Forest opens downtown on Friday
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When George Ettwein opens the doors of the second Black Forest restaurant on Friday night, he will celebrate a homecoming. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Sierra Nevada's Taproom and Restaurant opens next week
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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. will open the Taproom and Restaurant at its brewery in Mills River next week. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Sierra Nevada
Henderson County News
New restaurant offers variety menu
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A new restaurant on Asheville Highway will serve both Mexican and Italian fare when it opens this fall. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
Rooftop restaurant inches toward opening
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Bobby Rogers knows that people want to know when his Main Street restaurant will open and what kind of food it will serve. Read Story »
Flat Rock Business
Flat Rock gets a nighttime spot
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FLAT ROCK — Dustin and Shannon Zlacki took a leap into the restaurant business after selling their home and moving here from Pittsburgh last year. Read Story »
Tags: Flat Rock | Little Rainbow Row | restaurants
Hendersonville Business
Historic board OKs restaurant work
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The Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission last week approved work on the new Renzo's Fine Italian Ristorante that includes a new awning and three new ground floor windows with awnings on the south wall facing Fifth Avenue East. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: City wades into sidewalk rules
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With the advent of sturdier barriers around outdoor dining tables, the city of Hendersonville is wading into a study of the sidewalk space and considering city code changes. Read Story »
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Flat Rock Business
RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Season's chef creates award-winning dishes
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Although she loves the art of cooking now, Michelle Bailey is not one of those chefs born to the range. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Renzo promises authentic Italian
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Sitting at a corner table at the former Mrs. G & Me restaurant, Renzo Maietto can scarcely contain his enthusiasm for his new venture, Renzo's Ristorante. Read Story »
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Henderson County Business
RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: We all scream ...
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While Hendersonville has plenty of ice cream and frozen yogurt offerings, the sweet treats are now available at ice cream shops in Mills River and Etowah, too. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: What does it take?
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In Hendersonville, you can blink your eyes and miss a restaurant closing. Not to worry. Blink again and a new dining spot pops up to replace the old. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
Fatz Cafe marks a peachy birthday
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Fatz Cafe is going back to its peach roots to celebrate its 25th birthday. Read Story »
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Henderson County Business
Bojangles planned, hotel eyed on Upward Road
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Declaring that "the economic environment for new investment is awakening," developers plan to resurrect an Upward Road-I-26 interchange project that will start with a Bojangles and could include a hotel, one other restaurant and retail shops. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Upward Road widening | land-use planning
Hendersonville Business
Main Street getting Cal-Mex restaurant
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Sol y Luna, the popular California-style Mexican restaurant in Laurel Park Village, is opening a second location in the former Cypress Cellar space below Main Street downtown. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
New restaurant coming to Flight space downtown
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The old Flight restaurant property will reopen later this summer serving New American cuisine in a renovated space with a new bar. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
Cypress Cellar closing; burgers, subs coming to Harris-Teeter strip
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Cypress Cellar, the Southern Louisiana restaurant that has been serving jambalaya, crawfish etouffee and gumbo below Main Street for 18 years, is closing next week. Read Story »
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Hendersonville News
Ask Matt ... about rooftop restaurant downtown
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The Lightning's intrepid researcher answers readers' questions. Read Story »
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Henderson County Business
Crossroads Grille opens in Horse Shoe
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HORSE SHOE — Growing up, James Wilson learned to cook because his older brothers wanted to eat. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Horse Shoe
Flat Rock Business
Dean's Deli set to reopen Monday
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FLAT ROCK — Dean's Deli is scheduled to reopen Monday after a renovation by the new owners. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Village of Flat Rock | Dean's Deli
Flat Rock Business
Local chef picked for NC competition
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Chef Michelle Bailey and the Highland Lake Inn have been selected to compete in the annual "Got To Be NC" dining competition, Fire on the Rock. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
Moose Cafe coming to Walmart shopping center
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Moose Café, a breakfast-lunch-and-supper restaurant that specializes in a traditional Southern menu of cathead biscuits, sawmill gravy, buttermilk fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, collard greens and other country-style favorites, is coming to Hendersonville. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | retail | Highlands Square shopping center
Hendersonville Business
Mean Mr. Mustard's moving across town
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Mean Mr. Mustard's, the Beatles-themed breakfast and lunch café, has closed its doors at Fourth Avenue downtown and plans to reopen at Busy Bend in the 605 Kanuga Road space last occupied by Nib's Coffee Café. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
Sushi restaurant opens in Brookdale Square
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Jennifer To and her husband, Xuan Tang, searched for four years for a place in the mountains for a second sushi restaurant. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Spartanburg Highway
Henderson County Business
Coming attractions: Rooftop dining, El Paso III, cafes
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Rooftop dining downtown, a bar and grill run by the owners of the El Paso Mexican restaurants, a café on Chadwick Avenue and a soup and sandwich shop in Saluda are all getting ready to open. Read Story »
Tags: Saluda | restaurants | Historic Downtown Hendersonville
Hendersonville Life
WTZQ kicks off music showcase at Moe's BBQ
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Moe's Original BBQ and WTZQ AM-1600 are launching a new singer/songwriter showcase the third Thursday of every month from 8 to 9 p.m. upstairs at Moe's in downtown Hendersonville. Read Story »
Tags: Music | restaurants | Historic Downtown Hendersonville
Hendersonville Business
Frozen yogurt shop coming to Main Street
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Frozen yogurt is coming to Hendersonville's Main Street. Read Story »
Hendersonville Business
Mother Butter's is '"Cheers" with meatloaf'
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Suni McMath says everyone has a memory of meals their grandmother made "and you knew she loved you.""We're trying to bring that menu back for people," she says. Read Story »
Henderson County Business
'Chef Showcase' on WTZQ will highlight restaurants
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Hendersonville radio station WTZQ AM-1600 is highlighting area restaurants with a new on-air segment called "Chef Showcase." Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | WTZQ | radio
Hendersonville Business
Mo' space: Smokin' hot Moe's expanding upstairs and outside
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Dave Rice and his partner, Erik Chandler, had long known that a weekend festival was likely to bring a big flock of diners into their new Main Street restaurant, Moe's Original Bar-B-Que. Read Story »
Tags: Festivals | restaurants | Garden Jubilee | Historic Downtown Hendersonville
Henderson County News
Contest rewards local food at restaurants
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A new program from the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is encouraging chefs to dig into locally grown products this summer. Read Story »
Tags: farming | restaurants
Hendersonville Business
Got Q? Yes we do!
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Hendersonville's barbecue options are expanding. Read Story »
Henderson County News
Rebranded Green Room adds music, dinner
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Ben and Sue Green decided they could not wait until the work on the 500 and 600 block of North Main Street is done. They have announced the renaming — and rebranding — of the former Living Room Coffee House and Café. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | Main Street makeover projects
Hendersonville Business
A tribute to Shipman, frozen custard shop opens
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Richie Burlett's grandfather, Clif Shipman, had a dream. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | retail
Henderson County Business
Creditor fight blocks restaurant plan for Neill's Flight property
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A Miami architect and builder wants to open an upscale Italian restaurant in the former Flight Wood Grill property if a sale of the property is approved in bankruptcy court. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | Sam Neill | Tom Fazio | TJF Enterprises
Hendersonville Business
New restaurant opens in old Pro's space
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A Brevard restaurant owner has opened Mike's Pizza and Pasta in the old Pro's Italian Dining location at 803 Spartanburg Highway. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Spartanburg Highway
Henderson County Business
YEAR IN REVIEW: Restaurants bring risk and reward
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The restaurant business is never easy. Add a long recession and anemic recovery and it gets even tougher. Read Story »
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Flat Rock Life
Just Vino event benefit disAbilities council
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FLAT ROCK — Patrons can enjoy wine, beer and treats for $20 during the Henderson County Mayors' Advocacy Council for People with disAbilities Wine Tasting Fundraiser at 7 Friday evening. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Mayors Advocacy Council for People with disAbilities
Hendersonville Business
Florida restaurateur to reopen Bluewater Seafood
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A couple from South Florida plans to reopen the Bluewater Seafood restaurant on Kanuga Road. Read Story »
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Henderson County News
Kelsey's reopens to positive reviews
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With a kitchen and wait staff of more than 25 lining either side of the entrance outside, the new owners of Kesley's cut the ribbon for the restaurant's grand opening and admitted dozens of invited guests for a free dinner on Tuesday night. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Kelsey's restaurant | Mills River Family Restaurant
Hendersonville Business
Roula's owners face bad check charges in two states
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Roula's Country Kitchen closed abruptly last week after its owners were charged with felony bad checks. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
Bluewater Seafood closes
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Bluewater Seafood, which offered an upscale menu of seafood and wine in an old two-story house on Kanuga Road for the past decade 10 years, became the latest victim of a slow economy that has battered local restaurants. Read Story »
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North Carolina Business
Asheville restaurants win 'Best Dish' honors
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Three Asheville restaurants won top honors in the Best Dish in North Carolina competition, which showcases restaurants using local ingredients. Read Story »
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Hendersonville Business
Chef brings unique background to new Square Root
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You can't blame the Wilson family for thinking that opening a second Square Root was meant to be. Read Story »
Hendersonville Business
Mills River partners to reopen Kelsey's
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Kelsey's, a popular Spartanburg Highway restaurant that closed in the summer of 2011 after many years, will reopen later this year under new owners. Read Story »
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Henderson County Opinion
LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Striving to serve fickle diners
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A visitor from South Carolina drove up to the Tractor Shed on Labor Day weekend, unaware that it had gone out of business. She was shocked to learn that it had closed. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | retail
Hendersonville Business
Tractor Shed closes, owner plans antique pawn shop
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The Tractor Shed, a barbecue restaurant with a country décor, a model train running around the ceiling and a devoted following among local diners and tourists, has closed. Read Story »
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Mills River Business
New restaurant drawing crowds in Mills River
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MILLS RIVER — When Bradley Johnson and Nancy Waycaster opened Nancy Lynn's Diner and Pizzeria last Monday, they thought they had prepared. One thing they hadn't predicted was the crowds. Read Story »
Tags: Mills River | restaurants
Hendersonville Business
Square One restaurant closes
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Square One, a popular lunch and dinner spot in the revived 100 block of South Main Street south of the Historic Courthouse, has closed. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | downtown Hendersonville
Mills River Business
Mills River's DogTown closes
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MILLS RIVER — Restaurants are a doggone hard business. Read Story »
Tags: Mills River | restaurants
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