Black Mountain Lodging & Dining
In addition to providing award winning lodging in Black Mountain, NC, The Red Rocker Inn is the recipient of the “Best of Show” 2014, 2016, and 2017 and “Best Dessert” 2013 and 2015 awards at the “Rock the Taste” Chamber of Commerce sponsored restaurant showcase event in Black Mountain. This unique restaurant is also a multi-time winner of TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence.
Come for a visit and you’ll agree that a dinner at The Red Rocker Inn is an experience unmatched by any in the region. The exceptional casual fine-dining fare is enhanced by the beautiful homey setting of our Victorian mansion and is served with love and care. We take pride in choosing the finest quality ingredients in all our selections, including our homemade desserts.
Your experience may begin with any of our tantalizing appetizers such as homemade flatbread with brie, figs, and caramelized onions. Or try the award-winning smoked trout croquettes. You might order homemade soup or salad of the day, all served with hot buttermilk biscuits and homemade apple butter. All entrees are specially prepared to order and served with two freshly-prepared sides of your choice.
Our ingredients are the freshest available, many are locally sourced. The Red Rocker Inn is ideal for any occasion whether it is a special celebration or an any-day night out. Bring a large group or just the two of you. It will be an evening you won’t soon forget. Just be sure to come hungry and save room for dessert.
Foothills specializes in local and pasture-raised meats, handmade deli meats, dry-aged beef and heritage pork.
Since 2002, we’ve remained dedicated to the highest quality of sustainable, ethical meat and service, working closely with small farms we know and trust. From our butcher shop to our butcher bar restaurant and nationally famous food trucks, our team serves Asheville, Black Mountain and the surrounding areas with delicious food for the whole family.
We offer custom-cut and handcrafted products sourced only from local, pasture-raised meats while adhering to a whole animal philosophy that directly benefits our farmers.
Bright & airy hub for steak, burgers & omelettes, plus a deli case for grab-&-go butcher cuts.
Phil’s Bar-B-Que Pit… has been providing a place for friends and family to gather & enjoy quality bar-b-que in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Phil’s Bar-B-Que uses only the choicest cuts of meat, rubbed with our special blend of seasoning & slowly smoked with hickory hardwoods, served with your choice of our five homemade bar-b-que sauces.
The Bush Farmhouse plays hopscotch with South African flavors, cuisine and drink. So what exactly is that? Well, like America, South Africa is a nation of immigrants. Europeans borrowed from, blended with local African cuisines, and vice versa. It’s glorious, flavorful cooking – made for lively tables, sharing and good cheer.
Chef and owner Mark Henegan has been in the restaurant industry for over 30 years. From his time at Il Buco in New York City he went on to open Madiba in Brooklyn in 1999 and then Madiba at MIST in Harlem in 2014. He has called North Carolina home since the early 2000s and have now created The Bush Farmhouse, his latest concept in South African inspired eating.
The Bush Marketplace…From house made sauces to local curiosities and fresh farm greens & vegetables, The Bush Farmhouse market highlights the best of Black Mountain and surrounds. The market is open daily and the Farmer’s market every second Saturday of the month.
Japanese restaurant serving sushi, teriyaki, bento boxes & sake in a relaxed space with a patio. Sake Sushi offers delicious dining and takeout to Black Mountain, NC. Sake Sushi is a cornerstone in the Black Mountain community and has been recognized for its outstanding Sushi cuisine, excellent service and friendly staff. Our Sushi restaurant is known for its modern interpretation of classic dishes and its insistence on only using high quality fresh ingredients.
Whether you are in the mood for one of the best steaks in Asheville, or its Wednesday Wing Night, we have the feast that you are looking for. Our grass-fed beef, pasture raised pork and local mountain trout are perfectly seasoned and seared over hickory wood. Local craft beer from 5 different breweries on tap, signature cocktails, oak aged wines and many choices of liquor for the discerning palate. The locals refer to us as “Asheville’s hidden gem”. What are you waiting for?
Bar Hours 4:30pm-11:00pm | Restaurant Hours 5:00pm-10:00pm
Conveniently Located inside the Holiday Inn Asheville-Biltmore East. In the center of it all. 9 miles from Black Mountain and 6 miles from downtown Asheville.
Four Sisters Bakery is happy to be part of the wonderful community in Black Mountain, and provide home baked goods to our neighbors and those visiting our wonderful town. Our connection to the Red Rocker Inn guarantees the quality that you have come to expect over the years.
When Dorothy and Krista met over the summer of 2018, they had two things in common right off the bat: the love of baking and being from families of four sisters. While not all the sisters work at the bakery, our sisters inspire us! The employees you will meet at the bakery may not all be biological sisters, but we are all adopted sisters in this life – as we like to say.
Now Seven Sisters Tap Room and grill, We are a bar and restaurant with 15 rotating taps, a full bar, gourmet hotdogs, and beer brines wings.
Creative comfort food fare offered for breakfast & lunch in a cozy, homespun cafe & bakery.
Milton’s Black Mountain inside The Monte Vista Hotel is open for dine-in and takeaway service! Our dining room and bar are open for dinner currently Wednesday through Sunday for dinner from 5pm to 9pm.
As part of the remodeled lobby and dining area of The Monte Vista Hotel, Milton’s Black Mountain offers a seasonal menu of regionally-inspired Southern food. Executive Chef Dennis Bernard’s goal is to share the allure of regionally inspired seed-to-fork dining to Western North Carolina tourists and locals alike. “Southern cooking is so much more than fried chicken or shrimp and grits,” he says. “I’m passionate about introducing our guests to contemporary Southern flavors.” Come enjoy a cocktail and experience our seasonal southern menu today.
Donuts, Coffee, Breakfast sandwiches ion Black Mountain NC
A restaurant inside a house? Yes! We are located inside a charming old house that was built in 1904. We have kept everything original to the house as much as possible, which means our space is very unique and smaller than most restaurants you’ve probably been to – our kitchen is smaller than most residential kitchens! With such limited space, we run things a bit differently to be sure that you have a great time here! We are counter-service with waitstaff, so you order and pay at the counter BEFORE finding a table where we will serve you! Having everyone order and pay first means that our limited number of tables are not held up waiting for orders to be taken or checks to be brought out, so even if we are very busy, there WILL be a table available by the time you have ordered. Operating this way, it is very rare that we should ever have to wait for a table to open. For this reason we ask that you please do not reserve tables while the rest of your party is in line.
A Stopover Where You Can Enjoy Delectable Dishes…Everything on our menu is fresh and cooked to order. We offer a little bit of something for everyone. You’ll find wings, burgers, tacos, salads, elegant entrees and more. Many of our dishes have a gluten free or vegan option. And don’t skip dessert! The peanut butter pie is decadent.
The Trailhead Operates on a “First Come, First Serve” Basis
To-Go Orders May Not be Available During Peak Business Hours, as We are Working Hard to Provide Quality Food and Beverages to Our Guests in the Dining Room and on the Patio
From our humble beginnings in 2012 as beer lovers with a home brew setup, some mason jars, and a lot of zany friends, a culture of absolute foolery and serious chillness grew. These days, we brew for fun and we brew for our community, and along the way we end up producing totally outstanding craft beer that we’re proud to share with you.
We are Nano brewers having fun and making great beers – one small batch at a time.
Small batch craft brews made with love here on the front porch of Western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Our little city in the clouds expects a lot out of our beer. In order to make sure we produce the best, we constantly experiment and explore new styles and perspectives. With creativity and tradition combined, we are working to bring you the tastes of a finely honed craft.
We work hard at finding the highest quality sustainable beans from around the world and our old-school, small-batch roaster is fired up every day to ensure that our coffee is at its peak flavor when it reaches your cup!
Hatched as a grand idea between sets at a late night gig, musicians and former band mates Andy Gibbon and Josh Gibbs decided they should provide the Asheville area with truly delicious, locally roasted, organic coffee.
After rolling up their sleeves and hammering out a solid plan, they settled on the cozy, yet world-class town of Black Mountain, North Carolina as their base of operations. From their coffee bar/roasting facility set up in an incredibly inviting 1950’s craftsman style home, they are now making their coffee available to the world!
A place to drink, dance, and eat, Guinguettes were a popular social gathering spot in 19th and 20th century Parisian suburbs.
We aim to continue this tradition here in Black Mountain, serving a unique combination of authentic French and Latin cuisine in a warm and worldly atmosphere.
Our made from scratch dishes source primarily local and organic ingredients and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
Bon appétit!
From obtaining our food products to hand-kneading dough, making bread daily and offering fresh food options, we focus on the ritual of taking life from the world around us and presenting it to you. This ritual of nourishment from farm to table is one that all Americans took part in until about 75 years ago.
To honor this tradition we follow a few simple rules as we prepare food for you. Whenever we can, we buy locally-grown, seasonal, organic produce and meats. We use farmers and farm cooperatives or family-run operations as our primary suppliers for our flowers, vegetables, fruits and herbs. We use feta and goat cheese from local creameries, brew Dynamite Roasting Company Coffee and carry local microbrews from around our region. We have a large garden that supplies us seasonally with fresh basil, edible flowers and herbs as well as greens, peppers, root vegetables and other produce. Every day we make homemade soups and breads for the day. You’ll also find homemade daily desserts from our FRESH chef’s and local confectioners’ creations. Each weekend we feature FRESH specials that highlight seasonal offerings from our local food purveyors and unique flavors of our chef’s culinary creativity.
At FRESH we offer an alternative to the processed food delivery system that has become the staple of the modern diet. Here, you will sit down to eat a meal together in the tradition of our parents and grandparents and taste the difference of food that is grown, artfully prepared and served by people who live right here and are part of our community.
Clean comfort foods sourced and prepared with respect. The menu evolves with the seasons and is crafted utilizing sustainable, humane, and local sources. Global flavors, local savors. Currently we are open for breakfast and lunch Tuesday-Friday 8am to 3pm and Saturdays from 9am-330 pm. As always, we only utilize locally sourced pastured eggs and meats.
Que Sera Restaurant enjoys serving locally grown produce along side fresh seafood. Customer service is our priority and we have nightly specials for your enjoyment. We also serve local brews on tap and boast a unique wine list that is a must try. We look forward to seeing you soon!
It feels these days that we are in a constant state of hurry. Almost every facet of our culture has an expedited version of it. We can buy shoes online and they arrive next day. Download a book instantaneously. Bills can be viewed and paid (or ignored) with the click of a button. Order a cheeseburger from a person on the other side of a machine and it’s ready in under two minutes (if the line is short enough). There are few aspects of our lives that have been untouched by this ever-present supply of immediate gratification.
So it is no great mystery that BBQ, the ritual of cooking with fire and smoke, is such a highly sought-after prize. It is the driving source of endless competitions, timeless arguments over what is right and what is wrong, and innumerable quests to find the “very best version.” It is a simple matter, putting a metal box or grate over some fire and letting smoke do its work. But there is more to bbq than just cooking meat. Wherever one finds it, behind that pulled pork, sliced brisket, and blistered sausages is a preparation that requires time, patience, and a tremendous amount of love. BBQ is untouched by the hurry of the world. Since the discovery of fire from our ancestors on down, very little has been touched and, as is the case with the best of it, the tradition has not been touched at all. What was once necessity has become the ultimate luxury. One can sit down at a bar or outside a shack or in their very own homes and enjoy a feast that took half a day to cook, a week to prepare, and a millennium to perfect.
Combining fire and smoke with the very best ingredients the vast American landscape has to offer is time well spent. We believe that true hospitality begins with inviting strangers to sit around a fire, true cooking requires love, and the truest and very best things in life are still worth waiting for.
Mac’s Burgers and Cheesesteaks is about serving delicious and fresh, hand-made burgers, freshly grilled cheesesteaks with delicious sides.
Just about everyone loves a burger, but what makes a truly great burger is subjective. Some people prefer a classic griddled thin patty, others settle for nothing less than a gourmet cheeseburger on brioche. We take the stand that no one’s wrong in this fight — at Mac’s you find generous handcrafted hamburgers and cheeseburgers that come in any number of combinations, including the Mac Burger topped with chili, cheese and slaw.
Biscuits & gravy, meatloaf & other American classics served in old-school surrounds with a patio. The Black Bear Tavern is in Black Mountain, NC in the village of Cheshire. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner full liquor Bar, real cooking.
Pepperoni’s is committed to preparing the highest quality pizza, pasta, subs, salads & wings in the industry at an affordable price to our customers. We strive to provide our customers with a high level of service in a clean and comfortable environment. We are involved in the community by sponsoring local events and activities as well as offer delivery service within the area.
Okie Dokies Smokehouse is a good ole bbq and rib joint where you can still get a great home cooked meal without breaking the bank.
It all started back in 1999 when we began working out of a little red trailer serving bbq at local festivals, on the roadside, and for private parties.
Over the next eight years, we just kept growing and growing until we realized we needed something bigger than our little red trailer.
Maybe you’ve seen us at places like
Shindig on the Green, the Lake Eden Arts Festival, Downtown after 5 or one of the many other local festivals around town.
Maybe you saw us on WLOS News 13 Carolina Kitchen sharing some of our secrets!
Or maybe, you read how Citizen-Times correspondant Rick McDaniel said Okie Dokies has some of the best bbq and ribs you’ll find around these parts.
Our Swannanoa place is the talk of the town!
And our little red trailer is back on the road again in Candler and Burnsville with expansion in mind!
Wherever you see us, make sure you stop for some award winning bbq and say Hey!
Come on out to our place for some
Swannanoa Swine Dining!
Black Mountain Golf Course is located at the foot of the beautiful Black Mountain Range in Western North Carolina. The 6,215yd par 71 course has a front nine originally designed by Donald Ross and is home to the famous 747yd, par 6 17th hole, at one time the longest hole in the world.
Black Mountain Golf Course is a unique, fun and down to earth golfing experience. Established back in 1929, the course is surrounded by some of North Carolina’s most spectacular mountain views. The course is located in the heart of historic Black Mountain just seventeen miles east of Asheville. Check in at the pro shop, warm up your short game on the practice green, and enjoy a break at the turn or after the round at the Green Tee Grille.
Black Mountain NC breakfast and lunch
Coach House Seafood and Steak is a family owned and operated restaurant. We pride ourselves in providing ample portions of quality seafood at reasonable prices. Bringing the sea to the mountains, the Coach House is open for lunch and dinner for indoor dining. We offer broiled as well as fried items, steaks and chicken – our fried salt and pepper catfish is the crowd favorite! Come experience what locals call their best kept secret.
Thirteen Pennies Café is housed inside the Mountain Home Thrift Store. It
offers breakfast and lunch items while providing training and hands-on job experience for youth in the culinary arts training track of Black Mountain Home for Children’s Apprenticeship Program. The café is named for the first financial gift made to the ministry in 1904.
The café offers Black Mountain Home Roast coffee along with breakfast and lunch items such as loaded biscuits, French toast, sandwiches, paninis, and amazing baked goods. The café’s signature coffee, a Honduras roast, is a single-origin, direct trade, specialty grade coffee grown at elevation with an excellent cupping score of 86. Coffee sales benefit our kids at BMH as well as an orphanage in Honduras where the coffee is grown. Double your impact!
Hours: Tue-Fri 7 am to 4 pm; Sat 10 am to 4 pm
We think the world is a better place with wings, a burger cooked to the right temperature, and a sandwich with house-made “anything they can think of” in it. Yes, the salads are good too. But it’s all about the rejuvenation of creativity and the soothing comfort that food provides when it’s made with the best intentions.
It was 2010, and the bar where I worked in Black Mountain was closing. The hardest part about it was not that I was losing a job; it was that I was losing my community gathering spot. My belief is that, above all else, community is what gives humans a sense of belonging and well-being, which leads to a solid sense of self. Community is what makes us whole. An important concept in urban design is what is known as the “Third Place.” Healthy communities are composed of First, Second, and Third Places. The First Place is your home — where you lay your head at night. The Second Place is your workplace — where you do the things you do. And the Third Place is where you form connections with others — where you can express your dreams, your thoughts, and your ideas with like-minded people. It is an anchoring spot for the community. For communities to be strong and healthy, the Third Place is vital.
Third Places are where people go because they know they will feel a sense of connection. In 2010, I was losing my Third Place. And I said to myself, “Well, if my community is losing a gathering place, I’m going to bring it back.” The Black Mountain Ale House opened on Feb 4, 2011. It was a bar built around community.
That community remains at the forefront. We have continued to grow around it, literally and figuratively, bringing in a larger kitchen and introducing a stronger variety of food offerings. Now renamed Black Mountain Kitchen + Ale House, we are a restaurant and bar — built around community.
The key ingredient to the menu is the table; not necessarily what’s on the plate. That’s why “kitchen” is such a fundamental word. The kitchen is the place that produces food to feed the body and delight the senses. The company is the reason for the kitchen in the first place.
Our guiding philosophy remains the same as it was back in February 2011: to provide a sense of community and belonging to every person who walks through the door. Some of the most meaningful life experiences happen in a conversation over a pint of beer or around a table breaking bread with others. Whether you’re having a beer with a friend or celebrating a special experience, or you’re here by yourself just to sit at the bar and be part of a community, we want you to feel like you’ve found your Third Place.
Cousins Cuban Cafe serves authentic Cuban cuisine and coffee to the Black Mountain community and all those that visit our beautiful town. We welcome all to experience a taste of what Cuban culture is all about–flavorful dishes, strong coffee, great conversations and where friends become part of our family. Bienvendios!
Our parents were born and raised in Cuba and unfortunately had to flee their beautiful homeland in 1960 when Castro’s communist regime came into power. They instilled in us their love for their Cuban culture and all that it encompassed–food, music, history, family.
As cousins, we grew up together in Miami, Florida enjoying our Cuban heritage. Destiny brought us all to North Carolina along with our desire to share this delicious and deeply loved cuisine with you. We are using family recipes that have been passed down through many generations.
The Café is more than a business to us–it is a tribute to our family members that cherished their Cuban culture and taught us what family & love is all about.
Calm mainstay offering Thai specialties in quaint surroundings with outdoor seating.
Doing it Dad’s Way Since 1990…Welcome to My Father’s Pizza & Pasta!
A family owned and operated restaurant serving Black Mountain since 1990, we offer mouthwatering fresh pizza, pasta, subs, salads, and a choice beer and wine selection. All of our sauces, dough, meatballs, hummus, and special house dressing are prized family recipes and we make them fresh daily in-house. We also offer gluten free options including pizza crusts, pasta, and beer, as well as lactose free vegan cheese. Our goal is to provide excellent quality and friendly service to our friends, neighbors, and visitors to the area. Savour views of the always beautiful Blue Ridge mountains from our patio, or sit inside and enjoy pleasant conversation and great food in our cozy dining room.
My Father’s Pizza sources as many of its products locally as possible, from produce to beer. Please let us know if you have suggestions or ideas on how we can support sustainable living and our local economy.
Our goal is simple: provide excellent quality and friendly service to our friends, neighbors, and visitors to the area. Your comments, compliments, and suggestions are encouraged.
Japanese street food and Astro and bubble teaBlack Mountain, NC
konnichiwa was born of a desire to bring customers a taste of modern-day Japanese street food. We want people to think outside the bento box, try cultural favorites that are being served at the hottest corner spots in Tokyo. Or, make your meal the way you want it, using the Creation Station format to construct a custom dish of your liking. You can look forward to a continuously expanding menu along with limited time specials that will allow us to flex our culinary muscles.
In addition to serving our Japanese street cuisine we would also like to introduce Astro Tea, our full-service bubble tea bar with an astronomical number of flavor combinations and mixtures.
Konnichiwa, ko-n-ni-chi-wa
こんばんは :
is used as a greeting in Japanese, meaning hello or good afternoon. So, “konnichiwa” Black Mountain!
Best Lunch in Black Mountain
Family-owned Southern nook since 1996 with lunch specials, homemade desserts & a dog-friendly patio. Come join us in a unique atmosphere for a delicious assortment of daily specials, many house-made soups, sandwiches, wraps, paninis, salads, decadent desserts and more! Full menu available for take-out. Family owned and operated since 1996.
Kilwin’s Chocolates, Fudge & Ice Cream opened in Black Mountain in May 2009 by Tom and Marcy Gallagher. This old-fashioned one-top confectionary shop has something for everyone: 8 flavors of hand-paddled fudge, 3 kinds of caramel corn, 3 kinds of brittle, chocolate-dipped treats, fine chocolates, caramel apples, pralines, gift boxes, sugar-free candy, cold and hot beverages, and 28 flavors of Original Recipe Ice Cream.
Many of these confections are made right in the store, and customers love watching the cook create them! You can get sundaes, malts, milkshakes, sodas and floats made from some of the best ice cream you’ve ever tasted! There’s also two flavors of sorbetto (a non-dairy ice cream treat), and a no-sugar-added ice cream.
Try a sample of the hand-paddled Mackinac Island Fudge or ice cream to help you choose your favorite flavor! Gift-giving is easy, with many choices and price points available.
Friendly staff, quality confections and a great selection all add up to a fun time at Kilwin’s!
Back in September of 2006, Ole & Elena Delatorre along with their 3 sons, Abraham, Alfredo and Daniel started renovating and old building that would become the family business. After 5 months of hard work it opened its doors to the public and was successful from day one. Thanks to the people of Black Mountain and all the visitors the business grew and expanded to a larger location in the same vicinity. Hard work, team work and dedication paid off.
People love brunch. People love bakeries. So we did both. Located in the picturesque town of Black Mountain, NC. Open Oven Brunch and Bakery is serving up food made right. Benedicts topped with white wine rosemary hollandaise on homemade sourdough English muffins to sandwiches served on Artisan bread with a side of house cut fries. We do our best to provide antibiotic and hormone free meats, wild caught seafood, and baked goods using whole grain flour. Wake up with coffee from Dynamite Roasting or turn it up a notch and try a mimosa! We have an outdoor patio for seasonal dining and offer carry out.
Catering: We have a space. Let’s talk and see if we can accommodate your event.
Chinese Restaurant in Black Mountain North Carolina
Four Sisters Bakery is happy to be part of the wonderful community in Black Mountain, and provide home baked goods to our neighbors and those visiting our wonderful town. Our connection to the Red Rocker Inn guarantees the quality that you have come to expect over the years.
When Dorothy and Krista met over the summer of 2018, they had two things in common right off the bat: the love of baking and being from families of four sisters. While not all the sisters work at the bakery, our sisters inspire us! The employees you will meet at the bakery may not all be biological sisters, but we are all adopted sisters in this life – as we like to say.
