Donuts, Coffee, Breakfast sandwiches ion Black Mountain NC

Imaginative American fare with a Mediterranean twist served in a trendy locale with whimsical decor.

Begin with a trendy location just 10 minutes from asheville, north carolina. Stir in a whimsical blend of artifacts and artful spaces. Season with provocative offerings of American, Greek and European Cuisine, coupled with an impressive wine list. Add a dash of funk and a smidgen of comfy cool. Top it off with owners who bring tremendous heart and skill to the table, treating you more like family than guests. Garnish with smiles all around. Reservations are recommended. Please Call 828.645.3309. CLOSED MONDAYS..

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!

At Moon Thai, we serve you the best of both worlds. Be it Thai or Japanese cusine, from Tom Yum Kung to the freshest Sashimi, with wide range of menus both authentic and contemporary served at our cozy place or right to your doorstep.

Relaxed operation offering a range of Japanese & Vietnamese eats such as noodles & soups.

Cam Ranh Bay has a healthy balance between fresh herbs and meats and a creative use of spices to give you high quality Japanese and Vietnamese food. Vietnamese food can be considered one of the healthiest cuisines worldwide. Please visit Cam Ranh Bay in Banner Elk, NC and enjoy many kinds of dishes such as special soups, spring rolls, lettuce wrapped chicken rolls, hibachi and teriyaki dishes served with fresh vegetables, sushi, etc. Whether you are dining in or carrying out we can offer you fast and delicious Hibachi-style dishes in a modern American way

Before we packed up and left our home in New York, we had been head chefs at two of the highest-rated restaurants in the Hamptons on the eastern end of Long Island, Robert’s in Watermill and World Pie in Bridgehampton.  Yet, all the while that we were running our respective kitchens, we kept a small fire burning for the dream of opening our own idea of a great restaurant someday.  Our plan was to find the most promising, picturesque town in the country, where the people were varied, smart, good-looking, and hungry for the kind of genuine culinary thing we do.

Hello, Weaverville.

If you recall, 2012 wasn’t the greatest year for risky business moves.  Back then, our hope was simply to survive.  But, in fact, we flourished.  And you made it happen.

Whether you are local or just visiting, a weekly regular or an occasional diner, we thank you for your patronage.  We also salute the unique community of area farmers and artisans who supply us with the freshest local ingredients–all the sustainable essentials needed to keep Glass Onion fulfilling the promise we made to customers from the start:  To provide simple, delicious meals (lunch & dinner), made strictly with the freshest, prime-quality ingredients, expertly prepared (that’s us), promptly served, and courteously priced.

Buon Appetito.

Eddie & Natalie

Mexican Restaurant in Andrews NC.

Welcome to Monte Alban Mexican Restaurant. We are a family style restaurant with the best tasting Mexican food. We strive to make you feel at home. Our food is prepared fresh, to order. Come dine with us, stay a while and get to know our friendly staff. We want you to enjoy your meal and your service at Monte Alban.

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.

Pizza, sandwiches & Italian entrees in a casual, booth-lined dining room with a bar.

Snug, charming spot featuring sandwiches & salads, along with pies & frozen prepared entrees to go. Whether a gourmet lunch, a delectable sweet treat, or custom catering, Eat Crow is your one stop shop for good food in the High Country.

he Red Onion is a local business that was established in 1985 by Danny and Suzette Mauney. Our restaurant is located right across the street from Appalachian State and we serve lunch and dinner seven days a week. We have been a part of the community for almost thirty years and believe that there’s no place quite like Boone!

Many of our special and entree menu items are made with local foods grown by the executive chef and other local farms. Red Onion features a lunch menu, large children’s menu and, during the summer months, a covered open-air patio for dining.  For your health and dining pleasure, our entire restaurant is smoke-free.

Prime Selections
Sophisticated Ambiance
Craft & Import Beers
Extensive Wine List
Seasonal Specialties

At The Cardinal, we are committed to providing classic American road food with the freshest ingredients available. Both our menu and cocktail list feature an eclectic mix of hand crafted food and beverages; all prepared in house with an attention to taste and presentation. Our staff works hard to make sure that not only is your experience pleasurable, but that you have fun while you are with us.

Chinese Restaurant in Black Mountain North Carolina

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.

Counter-service chain offering egg sandwiches, soups, salads, baked goods & a variety of bagels. Einstein Bros. Bagels located at 191 Main Street West, Banner Elk, NC proudly serves gourmet bagels baked fresh in store every day and delicious egg sandwiches, signature lunch sandwiches, piping hot coffee, cookies, muffins, juices, smoothies and more. Come in for your morning coffee and bagel, pick up a bagel box for the office, or let us cater your next special event or office meeting.

At Café Violette, Chef Kyle Martin has created a menu inspired by the Mediterranean coast of France. Food that is rooted in the tradition of French cuisine is often accompanied by the fresh flavors of the sea. This region is home to the oldest cities and ports in France and its food has been influenced by neighboring trading partners for centuries. The ingredients and spices from Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and North Africa can all be found in this area and are  incorporated into France’s rich culinary history.

Vintage Kava is a herbal tea lounge located in Weaverville, NC. Our menu consists of a variety of herbal teas like Kava, Kombucha, Yerba- Mate, and more! If you cannot find a drink that fits your needs, create your own from over 30 herbs to choose from.

Steaks, seafood & cocktails offered in a long-running restaurant with an old-school vibe.

Pepper’s Restaurant and Bar was established in 1975, serving the High Country its first taste of the highest quality deli sandwiches. From
its humble beginnings, Pepper’s Restaurant has expanded into a full-service restaurant and bar with a menu boasting Certified Angus Beef, wild caught seafood, savory pasta dishes, alongside Pepper’s Restaurant favorites like the famous Pepper’s French Onion Soup, Jean Lawsons, Fried Mushrooms, and Onion Rings!

Keeping with a tradition that Jack Pepper started in 1975, Pepper’s remains committed to minimizing its effects on the environment. Pepper’s was the first restaurant in Boone to go 100% smoke-free and the first to recycle all glass, plastic, cardboard, and aluminum. In 2013 Pepper’s adopted compostable take-out containers made from recycled sources! The Bar at Pepper’s is home to the best local beer selection in town! There is a careful selection of unique craft brews available from local breweries and the best in the industry. Pepper’s has all ABC permits and enjoys one of the areas best whiskey selections. Many fine wines are available, with the menu rotating regularly.

Please call ahead for parties of 6 or more! Doing so will significantly reduce your wait time. Pepper’s accepts reservations for parties of 5 or more.

Pepper’s Restaurant & Bar makes all food to order. This commitment to quality may increase wait times while we’re busy. We believe that its worth the wait! Please be patient with our staff as we are committed to serving the highest quality food with the best service.

We are located in the heart of the NC High Country. Specializing in Southwest Carribean Soulfood, we are proud to offer a variety of food to please all appetites. At Coyote Kitchen we offer antibiotic and hormone free meat options, eco-friendly ocean fishes, vegetarian and vegan dining options, savory daily specials, and flavors to die for! Browse our MENU to find out what all we have to offer. COYOTE KITCHEN is a family owned business located in Boone, NC.

This upscale eclectic gourmet Italian Bistro, is a combination of a visual and culinary celebration. Although the menu is Southern Italian cuisine, the sky’s the limit for special events and private parties. Accommodates up to 150 for sit down dinners and up to 180 for cocktails and buffet in the patio garden, wine room and main dining room. Catering is also available. Casual family-run eatery supplying Italian comfort food & pizza in an art-lined space with a patio.

Creative comfort food fare offered for breakfast & lunch in a cozy, homespun cafe & bakery.

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.

Italian, pizza and sandwiches

Dine in ….Carry out or Delivery. Summer Hours we have a beautiful outdoor patio weather permitting..

Black Mountain NC breakfast and lunch

Country-chic eatery for Southern classics, including skillet-fried chicken, pimento cheese & trout.

Welcome to Soba Sushi & Noodles… the best place in Weaverville to get seriously fresh sushi! All of our fish arrive fresh within hours of their catch, and our chefs are highly skilled professionals trained in the art of Japanese sushi and other Asian culinary specialties. We have a large selection of rolls, sushi, sashimi, and other dishes, including Pad Thai, Lo Mein, Teriyaki Dishes, and more. All are prepared fresh to order and are sure to please both your eyes and your palate!

We offer both dine-in and carry-out service at our Weaverville location. For the fastest carry-out service, please place your order online by clicking the button below. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Tim and Crystal Decker opened Smoky Mountain Bakers and Wood Fired Pizza in Roan Mountain, Tennessee in 2009. Family owned and operated, the couple took their artisan approach (refined for over a decade at their bakery in northern California) to create mouthwatering baked goods. Operating out of a renovated barn built in the mid-1900’s at the back of their property, Tim and Crystal offer a variety of specialty pastries made from scratch and fresh artisan breads and pizzas cooked in their wood fired brick oven, which was built by Tim with help from his sons and family friends.

Let’s just say, we saw this all-day breakfast thing years ago. We get that sometimes you want a burger or salad to start your day, an omelet for lunch, or brunch any day of the week. Here, you can have it all, whenever you want it. (Well, at least until we close.)

We also believe food should be both decadent and nutritious, uncompromisingly fresh, and served to order quickly with service that’s as satisfying as the menu. Sure, it’s a tall order, but it’s made us one of the fastest growing restaurants around.

Casual chain open 24/7 offering all-day breakfast, plus other hearty American eats.

Huddle House is the host of family and friends, brought together by good food served from the heart for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. From our first restaurant that opened nearly 60 years ago in Decatur, Georgia to each community we operate in today, that’s the simple idea that brings us together every day.

We’re a neighborhood diner that makes every meal fresh, hot, and cooked-to-order, whenever you want it.

Wood-lined spot with patios offering hearty comfort foods with coffee, smoothies & ice cream. The Banner Elk Café is an ultimate dining experience located in the heart of downtown Banner Elk. A charming café, rustic bistro and brand new tavern are rolled into one, providing guests an expansive menu with selections ranging from freshly made pastries to thick cuts of sirloin steak. Although our atmosphere is relaxed and inviting, we’re serious about providing fresh, perfectly seasoned fare throughout the day. Start your morning off right with a hearty breakfast and flavorful coffee from our full espresso bar. Hold a lunch meeting over classic sandwiches or healthy wraps. Or catch up with friends over pizza, pasta and our selection of creative cocktails and craft brews. Between live music, trivia nights and weekly events, Banner Elk Café is the place to “BE.”

Kitchens are often described as gathering places, the heart of a home. We like to think of The Speckled Trout in a similar sense. Located in downtown Blowing Rock— at the corner of Main Street and Highway 221—  is the newly renovated and reinvented restaurant and bottle shop. We explore the roots of Appalachian food and beverage culture, and re-create it in our kitchen by preserving and reviving ingredients of our local heritage. Menus are more than a list of ingredients; they show how people live and what they value. And as the seasons change, so does our menu.

To accompany the celebration of our regional dishes, our beverage program focuses on terroir-driven libations. The term terroir evokes a sense of place, and in our shop this is evident in everything we do. The bottle shop emphasizes traditions of fermentation practices by offering some of the best “home-grown” beers and ciders around. In addition, our wines highlight small producers from old world to new.

In the 1950s, The Speckled Trout was a place to stop and fill up your gas tank. Now, you can fill up on fresh mountain trout, soup beans and hoecakes, and wash it down with local farm beer or fresh rosé. Join us at The Speckled Trout for a taste of regional fare and warm hospitality that will keep y’all coming back!

Family-friendly chain serving classic Tex-Mex & American fare in a Southwestern-style setting

This farm to table restaurant in downtown Banner Elk is the newest creation of chef Nicole Palazzo. It features a rotating menu of fresh, seasonal local foods paired with local and regional wines in a slightly upscale atmosphere. Typical menu items range from steaks and seafood to chicken, beef and sushi. Particular favorites are the North Carolina rainbow trout, blackened chicken tacos and roasted beet salad with fried goat cheese.

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.

BBQ & Mexican eats are served in a rustic space with a lounge, where musicians perform nightly.

Woodlands Barbeque Restaurant in Blowing Rock NC is located just minutes South of the Blue Ridge Parkway on Highway 321 Bypass in Blowing Rock, NC, Woodlands Barbeque Restaurant specializes in North Carolina Barbeque Pork and Ribs, great food, nightly entertainment and catering. Our Restaurant’s Menu features barbecue beef, pork, chicken and ribs plus home style Mexican food. Family oriented with a rustic atmosphere. We cater to bus tours.

Dine In – Carry out/ Take out – Catering Service

Amazingly fresh and delicious! Perfect for lunch or dinner. Everything is cooked to order, takes roughly ten minutes. This is a take out only place. I was home in 10 minutes and the food was still hot and delicious. The staff is friendly. The order was correct. If you get Fajitas, you may want to order more tortillas because you only get two with the meal.

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!

come fuel your summer adventures with

the best pizza and ice cream around! we are here for ya…

live music is back on our stage!!

check out our music calendar for more info and

come on down, we’d love to see ya.

Pizza. Beer. Music.

The Manor House Estate was the elegant home of J. Luther Snyder, the most famous of Chetola’s owners. Snyder purchased Chetola Estate in 1926. Also known as “the Coca Cola King of the Carolinas,” Snyder’s wife held frequent celebrations and parties that were the talk of Blowing Rock in the 1930s and 1940s.

On July 28, 2012, Chetola officially opened Timberlake’s Restaurant in the historical building, with a menu inspired by world-renowned North Carolina artist and designer Bob Timberlake’s culinary favorites. The restaurant features three dining rooms, an intimate wine room and waterfront dining on the Patio. The charming and warmly outfitted Headwaters Pub is just inside Timberlake’s main entrance.

Bob Timberlake, who is known for creating things of exceptional artistry and imagination, used his deeply rooted love of food as the impetus behind the distinctive menu. From savory shrimp and salads of mountain-grown spinach, to pan-seared duck and roasted Carolina quail, each dish will be one worth savoring. Mouth-watering Angus bistro filets, seafood, poultry, vegetarian options and housemade desserts will also tempt palates of all tastes.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served daily, year-round in Timberlake’s Restaurant. In addition, you will find outstanding buffets on Mother’s Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and during special events such as Symphony by the Lake.

In the most surprising of places you find the most surprising of things. In the charming mountain town of Andrews, North Carolina, nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and guarding the entrance to the Nantahala Gorge, is the town’s first jail. It’s an old rock structure known as a Calaboose, and it is haunted with spirits. Heavenly craft-brewed beer and wine, to be exact.

For over 50 years, Dan’l Boone Inn has been serving Boone and the high country delicious homecooked meals, just like you remember at grandma’s house. Our family style meals begin with a salad in the summer and soup in the winter. Three meats and five vegetables are served along with biscuits, preserves, dessert and beverage. A full family style breakfast is served on Saturdays and Sundays.

Dan’l Boone Inn has recently been honored by both Southern Living Magazine and Our State Magazine for our country cuisine. The restaurant placed third in Southern Living in the reader’s choice awards for country cooking restaurants. We also won first place among readers of Our State Magazine for Family Dining/Country Cooking and third place under Best Restaurant in North Carolina.

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.

Established in 2005, Bistro Roca is a true neighborhood Restaurant located off the beaten path near Downtown Blowing Rock, NC where we welcome you warmly and serve satisfying foods that change with the seasons. It is a casual bistro to enjoy the company of friends and family while relaxing with easy cuisine and drink.

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.

Bojangles’ began in 1977 and saw an opportunity to develop a quick-service restaurant chain based on three attributes: a distinctive flavor profile; wholesome, high-quality products made from scratch; and a fun, festive restaurant design with fast, friendly service. Bojangles’ of Weaverville’s core menu is: distinctive, flavorful chicken made with a special blend of seasonings and served with hot, fresh buttermilk biscuits and one-of-a-kind fixin’s like Bojangles’ Dirty Rice and Bojangles’ Cajun Pintos. Bojangles’ light, buttery, made-from-scratch biscuits serve as the basis for the best breakfast in the industry. From biscuit sandwiches filled with mouthwatering items like spicy chicken filets, seasoned sausage or steak, country ham, eggs and cheese, to sweet biscuits like our Bo-Berry Biscuits, no one does breakfast like Bojangles’ of Weaverville. That’s why Bojangles’ serves breakfast all day, every day.

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.

Sunny Rock Eggs and Things is a breakfast and lunch diner that opened in July of 2015 in Blowing Rock, NC.

Whether you want a traiditonal breakfast or want to try something more eggciting, at Sunny Rock we have options for everyone! Sorry, we do not take reservations. Be sure to try out our freshly grinded Columbian coffee!

Delicious Barbecue You Will Want Again & Again!

At Holy Smokes Barbecue, we know how to do bbq right! Come in & try our signature Apple Butter BBQ sauce on a pulled pork sandwich. Or try a 1/2 pound of our smoked sausage plate. Either way, you can’t go wrong!

For you all who have come to Beech Mountain, North Carolina looking to walk on the wild side, you have to try our BBQ Wolfdog which is a hotdog that comes with pulled pork bbq & cheese!

Don’t forget the kids! We offer kids meals that include a main dish (hot dog, chicken tenders, pulled pork sandwich), a side, & a drink.

Awesome homecookin 7 days a week! Open Mon-Fri 6am-2pm, Sat 7am-11am, Sun 8am-2pm. All you can eat breakfast buffet for $9.95 on Sundays!

Opened in 2000 by Bernie & Joan Keele, the Keele’s spent their time making Storie Street Grille a hidden gem in the downtown village of Blowing Rock.

Storie Street Grille was purchased by Lela & Aaron Silver in 2018. We have spent the last few year’s building off the Keele’s success, while making it our own. Continuing the journey of a family run bistro that is focused on fresh local ingredients, NC spirits and exemplary service and hospitality.

No trip to Beech Mountain is complete without a visit to Fred’s. We’re your one-stop shopping spot with everything needed to make your visit complete. From groceries to clothing, ski rentals, firewood and  the deli with all your favorite beverages. We’ve got it waiting for you.

Welcome to Beech Mountain and Fred’s General Mercantile. We’re not only America’s highest General Mercantile at an elevation of 5049′, but we are located in Eastern America’s Highest Town at an elevation of 5506′.  Open 365 days a year, we are a store and a town devoted to serving the needs of visitors, skiers, snowboarders, summer folks, and locals alike.

Your vacation trip to the North Carolina High Country begins and ends at Fred’s. If you are of an age that you can remember how each small town or village always had a general store that served as the center of the community, you will especially enjoy our store with its vast variety of goods, for just about any need you may have. If you are younger and don’t remember about general stores, you too will enjoy visiting with us for the experience that a trip to Fred’s will bring to you.

FRED’S BACKSIDE DELI

Serving breakfasts, sandwiches, homemade soups and salads, beverages, including beer and wine, and freshly made desserts.  Enjoy your meal on the deck in our wooded “backyard”.  Serving breakfast from 7:30am to 11:00am and lunch from 11:00am to 3:00pm, every day, (828)387-4838.  Come see us!

Laid-back fixture with locally sourced, hickory-smoked BBQ dishes, plus regional wines & micro-brews. Serve food from local sources & be the source for local smiles.

We also offer a wide array of WNC microbrews and regional wines to pair with any plate. Pursue the pig. Beginners welcome.

The Pedalin’ Pig opened its Banner Elk location in 2014 bringing fresh gourmet flair to some smoky down south favorites. With an entrepreneur at the heart of the business, owner Ethan Anderson set his sights to the smokehouse on Highway 105 last spring. The concept was simple-combine gourmet ingredients with a splash of High Country style. The unique dining area is fit to sit 185 of your closest family, friends and sightseers. We offer cozy inside seating or enjoy the color of the season on our patio —and don’t worry, our parking lot has room for the party.

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.

Casual counter-serve chain for build-your-own sandwiches & salads, with health-conscious options.

Good Beer. Good Food. Good Times.

Good beer and good food go together. We’ve got a variety of beers on tap, specialty drinks, and the finest burgers and sandwiches around. Thirsty? Hungry? We’ve got you covered. Check out our menu here and start drooling.

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.

Open 7 days a week, we are here to serve you Monday – Friday 7am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm and on Sunday 9am to 5pm. There’s much to see here. So, take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about us. We hope you enjoy our site and take a moment to drop us a line.