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America’s No. 1 Fine-Dining Restaurant Is Hiding In A Tiny North Carolina Mountain Town

A lasagna with more than twenty layers of house-made pasta gets finished with vodka sauce right at your table. It often sells out every night. I can’t imagine leaving that off my order. That lasagna lives in a restaurant Tripadvisor just named the top fine-dining spot in the entire...

Highlands, NC · 2d
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TravelHost

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22-Year-Old Southern Culinary Staple Shuts Down Next Week

The chef-owners are retiring, and anyone holding a reservation after next week is out of luck.

Asheville, NC · 3d

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We Ranked The 10 Best Breakfast Restaurants In Asheville, North Carolina And Here Is Who Made The Cut

One breakfast spot here hands you a free cup of coffee while you wait for a table. Another greets you with scratch-made biscuits and apple butter before you even order. I love that kind of hospitality. This mountain city in North Carolina takes its mornings seriously. One cafe grows produce...

Asheville, NC · 2d
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All Winter Long, Buncombe County Locals Warm Up At These 6 Comfort Food Diners

When the mountain air turns cold in Buncombe County, a plate of hot food and a bottomless cup of coffee start to look like the best plan of the day. From downtown Asheville to Weaverville and Arden, the county has a strong lineup of diners that keep things simple, filling, and friendly.

Buncombe County, NC · 3d
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This South Carolina Amish Market Has Prices So Low, People Drive Hours To Shop There

There’s a store in Seneca, South Carolina that has quietly convinced people from three different states to rearrange their entire weekend around a grocery run. Hochstetler’s Country Store is the kind of place that makes you question every shopping decision you’ve ever made, and it does it with a smile and a shelf full of fresh-baked bread.

Seneca, SC · 6d

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Locals Can’t Get Enough Of This Mountain Restaurant Hiding In North Carolina

There are places you stumble upon by accident, and then there are places that feel like the mountains themselves have been keeping a delicious secret from you. Louise’s Kitchen in Black Mountain, North Carolina is firmly in the second category, and once you find it, you’ll wonder how it stayed hidden from you for this long.

Black Mountain, NC · 4d

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This North Carolina Country Market Sells Amish Goods In Bulk Like A Costco Without The Membership Card

Somewhere along a winding mountain road in Haywood County, there is a small country store that people plan whole weekends around. Shoppers leave with canning tomatoes by the box, dried beans by the bag, and a bakery haul they swear they will share. No card is checked at the door,...

Haywood County, NC · 23h

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We Found 10 North Carolina Breakfast Spots That Make A Cold Morning Feel Special

One North Carolina diner on my list never locks its doors, not even at 3 AM. It serves scratch comfort food around the clock in a space styled like an old railroad car. Then I learned another spot hands out free coffee while you wait for a table. Free coffee for waiting?

Asheville, NC · 15h

Asheville Citizen-Times

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Asheville restaurants open Thanksgiving Day, offering take-home meals

ASHEVILLE - Take a load off on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, and enjoy a festive, gourmet meal at an Asheville restaurant. Many casual-to-fine dining establishments across the area will be open, though some may have limited holiday hours and special menus. If you're hosting at home or visiting someone else's and want a dish to add to the spread, catering menus offer a great option. Take a look at these holiday menus and plan to dine at a restaurant where you can break bread and share what you're most grateful for. Make a reservation soon, as seats are likely to fill up, and place your preorders for take-home meals before the businesses' deadlines. This list will be updated. Send your business's Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day restaurant and catering details and event information to tkennell@citizentimes.com. Restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in Asheville Bargello Bargello at Kimpton Hotel Arras, 7 Patton Ave., will serve an Italian-and-Mediterranean-inspired, four-course, family-style prix fixe menu from 12-8 p.m. Nov. 26 featuring Thanksgiving classics, including turkey, stuffing, potatoes and more, for $99 for adults and $49 for children. RSVP via OpenTable or bargelloavl.com Capella on 9 Capella on

Asheville, NC · 1d

Food & Wine

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He Skipped School to Eat Street Food — Then Built a James Beard Award-Winning Restaurant

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 30 of Tinfoil Swans, a podcast from Food & Wine. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Listen and follow on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. On this episode. Meherwan Irani used to skip school for street food. Now the chef behind the James Beard...

Asheville, NC · 1d

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Hendersonville Green Drinks to Examine Data Center Development November 12th

Hendersonville Green Drinks will focus on data center development during a November 12th program at The Local Table. The gathering, titled “Data Centers – Risks and Best Practices,” will take place at 1307 7th Avenue East in Hendersonville. Megan Kimball will examine the environmental impacts of data...

Hendersonville, NC · 2d

Tryon Daily Bulletin

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Taste of NC celebrates Tryon’s wine heritage

MILL SPRING—Long before the Tryon Foothills appeared on a wine label, Tryon grapes had already made a name for themselves.  In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, growers packed […]

Polk County, NC · 22h

Spartanburg Herald-Journal

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3 Spartanburg County restaurants fail October inspections

Three Spartanburg County food establishments fell below the "78" score threshold for a "C" rating in October 2026 restaurant inspection reports, according to the South Carolina Department of Agriculture . Inspectors conducted routine inspections throughout the month and ordered follow-up inspections for establishments that received failing grades. In our coverage of food inspections around Spartanburg County, we categorize violations into two types: priority and priority foundation. Priority violations are those that pose the highest risk of causing foodborne illness and identify contributing factors that could lead to illness. A priority foundation violation is a contributing factor to illness. Here is a snapshot of the establishments that fell below a "78" grade during October inspections: JOY CRAB CAJUN SEAFOOD Location: 1935 E. Main St., Spartanburg During a routine inspection in October, SCDA identified numerous out-of-compliance violations, including priority and priority foundation violations. Some of the most notable violations were: Employees were observed removing gloves, putting the same gloves back on, using cell phones, and returning to food preparation without washing their hands. Inspectors found spray bottles without labels, cans of Raid stored throughout the facility, and a tube of grease stored with food items. Multiple dead bugs were observed in a

Spartanburg County, SC · 2d

The Coconut Mama

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South Carolina neighborhood loses Piggly Wiggly as food bank sees more demand

South Carolina has lost another longtime neighborhood grocery store, following a separate Piggly Wiggly closing announcement in Myrtle Beach in October. The Piggly Wiggly at 1160 South Main Street in…

Greenwood, SC · 22h

FOX Carolina

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‘A heartbreaking decision’: Greenville restaurant permanently closes its doors

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Ottaray Raw Bar & Taphouse announced Sunday that it is permanently closing its doors due to slow business. The owners said that things did not turn out as they envisioned; however, they are proud of what they created. The owners thanked the staff, guests,...

Greenville, SC · 1d

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This Secret South Carolina Mennonite Store Is Filled With Fresh Bread, Pies, And Old-Fashioned Pantry Finds

At this South Carolina bakery, work has been known to start in the middle of the night. While most of Abbeville is still asleep, the bakers can already be at work on sourdough and pound cakes. The sourdough reportedly comes from a starter kept going for decades. Then there’s a...

Abbeville, SC · 5d

WSPA 7News

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Spartanburg County restaurant announces closure

A locally-owned restaurant will close its doors for good next week.

Spartanburg County, SC · 2d

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This South Carolina Mexican Restaurant Claims To Be The Upstate’s Original Birria Spot

The birria here braises for eight to ten hours before it ever meets a tortilla. That’s a full workday for one pot of beef. I can’t imagine a better reason to cancel lunch plans with anyone else. The slow simmer also creates consommé, a rich broth made for...

Greenville, SC · 1d

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Grab A Seat At The Bar, Then Watch Your Steak Get Cut At This Classic South Carolina Steakhouse

Picture a server walking up to your table with a big slab of raw beef and slicing your steak right in front of you. That is a normal Tuesday night at The Peddler Steak House in downtown Spartanburg. With a spoken menu, a salad you build with a pencil, and...

Spartanburg, SC · 3d

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These 8 South Carolina Steakhouses Make Dinner Worth Planning Around

One Greenville steakhouse serves its steaks inside a century-old stone building set in the woods. Yes, a stone building. That detail hooked me right away. Then I learned that a steakhouse in another city hosts a Sunday gospel brunch, and another carves meat right at your table. South Carolina takes...

South Carolina · 2d