Asheville Area Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving 2014

We know many of you will be spending Thanksgiving at a family member or friend’s home eating dinner, watching football, taking a nap, the usual Turkey Day traditions. However, for our guests and anyone traveling to the Asheville area for a getaway next week, never fear, there are plenty of restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2014.

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Creative Mountain Food Tours begin in June in Black Mountain

Louise’s Kitchen, a stop on the Ultimate Foodie Tour and Pub and Grub Crawl

It’s a common scenario: You find a terrific little vacation spot with several great restaurants and they all look awesome, and you know that they add so much to the area in terms of history and culture, which you’d love to experience. Black Mountain, North Carolina, is one such place. Problem is, you don’t have time to try them all before you head home. Well, let’s solve that problem, shall we?

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2014 Asheville Beer Week is May 23-31

Wicked Weed Brewing in Asheville [photo credit: boabeerblog]

We’re told that Asheville, NC, has more breweries per capita than any other city in the United States. And we believe it. Currently, there are 16 craft breweries (and counting), and Asheville has something like 80,000 residents, so there is plenty of brew for Ashevillians and visitors alike. Favorites of ours include the Black Mocha Stout from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, Green Man IPA from Green Man Brewery in Asheville, and the GFY Scotch Ale from Lookout Brewing Company in Black Mountain. And we love so many others as well.

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2014 Black Mountain Tailgate Market Season Opening is May 3

[photo credit: BM Tailgate Market Facebook Page]

Many people who visit the mountains of North Carolina have “go to a farmers’ market” on their list of things to do. And for good reason: an abundance of small, family-owned farms are in the mountains, many of them organic, and many of them make their items available for sale at local tailgate markets. Seriously, what’s better than farm fresh strawberries, tomatoes and other fruits and veggies, beautiful cut flowers, and delicious local honey?

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2014 Dine To Be Kind Event

The 11th annual Dine To Be Kind event, where participating local restaurants donate a portion of their sales (including take-out and bar tab) to the Asheville Humane Society and its Animal Compassion Network Department, will take place Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Just another reason to support our local restaurants, coffee shops and taverns – they are awesome supporters of lifesaving programs for pets-in-need. Have we mentioned how much we love living in an area that loves animals?

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Inn on Mill Creek Deneen Pottery Mugs Have Arrived

Inn on Mill Creek mugs from Deneen Pottery
Very exciting news! Our Inn on Mill Creek mugs arrived earlier this month, and they look beautiful! When you stay at the Inn on Mill Creek B&B, you can now sip your coffee or tea from a 12 oz. forest green or chocolate brown marble glaze footed mug or a 12 oz. Abby style cinnamon or sand colored mug.
Abby style mug

The stoneware mugs were each handcrafted from scratch by Deneen Pottery right here in the USA, and feature original custom-made artwork depicting the Inn on Mill Creek. Each piece is created by hand, lead free, and durable enough to be oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe. And did we mention, they are beautiful.

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Recipe: Cherry Chocolate Snickerdoodles

Cherry Chocolate Snickerdoodles from the Inn on Mill Creek B&B

We had a lot of fun being part of the Visions of Sugar Plums Christmas Cookie Tour for the third year in a row. The Christmas Cookie tour is a public tour of B&Bs and Inns in and around Black Mountain, NC, and funds raised from ticket sales are donated to charity. As is our tradition, we chose a chocolate-based cookie for the Inn on Mill Creek’s 2013 cookie. Enjoy!

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Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving in Asheville and Black Mountain

Carmel’s, one of several local restaurants open for Thanksgiving 2013
[Photo Credit: Carmel’s of Asheville]

Coming to the Asheville/Black Mountain area for Thanksgiving this year? If you want a great meal without having to cook, leave the hard part to fantastic chefs and support a local business in the process: Check out this list of restaurants that are confirmed open on Thanksgiving, November 28, 2013, and let us know if we can help with making a reservation. We’ll update if we receive word that more Thanksgiving dining options are available and will add to the list.

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Folk Art Center and Pisgah Inn Reopen

The Folk Art Center off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville

The Asheville, North Carolina, area was hit with some hard news earlier this month when the Folk Art Center and the Pisgah Inn and Restaurant both closed as a result of the federal government shutdown. Both are located along the Blue Ridge Parkway, and are popular places for our guests and other visitors to see, especially during the beautiful fall season. The Pisgah Inn’s restaurant serves a fantastic lunch and dinner and is the perfect stop when traveling south on the Parkway to see fall foliage and hike at Mt. Pisgah and Graveyard Fields, while the Folk Art Center is a great destination for viewing regional art and craftwork while traveling the Parkway north toward the fall colors and hiking trails around Craggy Gardens and Mt. Mitchell State Park.

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