Lost Restaurants of Asheville

by Nan K. Chase

Overview

Asheville has been a restaurant town for two centuries, since stagecoaches arrived bringing the first tourists. Neighborhood cafés and busy lunch counters, raucous roadhouses and white-linen dining rooms provided the backdrop for much of Asheville's development as a world-class foodie destination. Some, like the Stockyard Cafe and Three Brothers Restaurant, have vanished without a trace, while others, including the Art Deco S&W Cafeteria and the Woolworth soda fountain, are easy to spot because they have barely changed. Longtime residents will recognize recipes for Rabbit's apple cinnamon pork chops and High Tea Café's Eggnog Colbert. Author Nan K. Chase reveals the hidden history of Asheville's restaurants, including the struggles of desegregation and the decades when downtown Asheville was almost dead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467142311
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	12/02/2019
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,125,131
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Award-winning investigative reporter Nan K. Chase has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Miami Herald, as well as for magazines including Air & Space, Atlanta Magazine and Blue Ridge Country. She is the author of Asheville: A History and several other books. Nan is an avid gardener and shares her work @drinktheharvest.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 Gross Restaurant 13

2 Tingle's Cafe 18

3 Hot Shot Cafe 28

4 S&W Cafeteria 32

5 F.W. Woolworth Co. 40

6 Silver Dollar Cafe 44

7 Biltmore Plaza Recreation Center 48

8 The Ritz Restaurant 54

9 Paradise Restaurant 59

10 Tastee Diner 63

11 Peterson's Grill 69

12 Swiss Kitchen 73

13 Rabbit's 78

14 Hillbilly Rest-Runt 83

15 Bucks, Wink's and Babe Maloy's 87

16 Chez Paul 99

17 Blue Ribbon Grill 105

18 Stockyard Cafe 111

19 Three Brothers Restaurant 117

20 Bailey's Cafeteria and Dining Room 122

21 Biltmore Dairy Bar 127

22 Bavarian Cellar 132

23 High Tea Cafe 137

24 Stone Soup 145

25 The Windmill European Grill 152

26 Laurey's Gourmet Comfort Food 156

27 Magnolia's Raw Bar & Grille 162

28 Ristorante da Vincenzo 166

29 La Caterina Trattoria 171

30 Burgermeister's 176

Source Materials 181

Index 183

About the Author 189

Editorial Reviews

"That hard-working legacy runs through all of the successful restaurants of the past. Sit back and read a while. It's guaranteed to give you renewed appreciation for all the Asheville restaurant owners and staffs--past and present." The 828




The book's inclusion of social history lends weight to a topic that might have otherwise been forgettable. With it, Chase offers an interwoven and complex tale that is both unique to Asheville and reflective of the country at large.

But along with an honest look back, Lost Restaurants of Asheville is also a celebration of the city's culinary scene and the sense of community each former establishment created. Through this lens, the book reads as an extended toast to the entrepreneurial spirit and work ethic of Asheville's bakers, bartenders, owners and chefs -- past and present. Mountain Xpress


After reading this book, you will have a new appreciation for boththe past and the originalities that continue to define Asheville. Carolina Mountain Life


"Lost Restaurants of Asheville (The History Press, 2019) travels "from diners to fine dining" and covers an amazing range of eateries along the way, with many of them illustrated with archival photos, menus, and advertisements. Longtime Asheville residents and visitors will marvel at the level of detail and care Chase brought to this work, which will surely recast the city's food history to be both more expansive and inclusive." WNC Magazine

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