Rocks and Water
In Western NC’s skittish entrepreneurial scene, where bistros and breweries pop up like privet bloom but often don’t last the season, the independent coffee…
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Say Cheeze
The happy success of vegan Sanctuary Brewing Company in Hendersonville proves that the meat- and dairy-free lifestyle, along with its goals of animal advocacy,…
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Hopping in a New Direction
The boxy neoclassical hotel holding down the corner of Third Avenue and Church Street has a chin-out look, like it’s never going to budge….
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Friday Night Lights
There’s a stagey little archway — something like a wedding gazebo, but with a neoclassical flourish — that separates the front room of The…
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Brooks Tavern: rich pub food and original ambience
It feels like an old-style bar car on an Amtrak train, minus the cigarette smoke — one long, narrow room chugging forward with…
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Quelle Surprise
Dat’s Cajun Café is hiding the best desserts in Hendersonville. They don’t do beignets, the de rigueur treat offered these days at so many…
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Boon Choo is an Alluring Blend of Flavor and Convenience
Sudajit Chubthaisong grew up in the countryside in northeastern Thailand, where, she says, her family ate the fresh vegetables they grew in their garden,…
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Buried Treasure
Like any upscale-casual restaurant promoting local food culture, the Old Orchard Tavern offers a list of small plates. Except they’re not small. At all….
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Rural Flavor
In late summer, driving through Fruitland and Edneyville is an exercise in languid suspense. Most of the apple trees, in their long, low rows,…
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Stirring Up Serenity
Red fringe drapery and a low-key zen simmer have long set the scene inside Lime Leaf Thai Fusion, a deceptively narrow storefront on Main…
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