Hendersonville Restaurant Week is in full swing through Saturday, March 24th.
DYK: This is the first time Hendersonville has celebrated a restaurant week.
📍Restaurants are in Hendersonville, Mills River + Flat Rock.
💸 Prix fixe menus will be offered at participating restaurants. Lunch is priced at $10 or $15, dinner at $20, $30, or $35. Multiple choices are offered for each course.
🍽 Reservations are recommended. You can make them online via OpenTable on the Hendersonville Restaurant Week site or call the restaurant to book your seat at the table.
📷 Keep track of everything delicious you try on social media using #hendersonvillerw and tagging @hendersonvillerestaurantweek on Instagram.
🌼 Bonus: A portion of proceeds from the prix fixe menus will go to Dandelion, a restaurant in downtown Hendersonville (at 127 5th Ave. W.), which provides internships and job training for victims of violence.
In need of a real getaway from the “big city”? Here are some protips:
🚗 Arrive in style: An Uber from downtown Asheville to downtown Hendersonville will run you around $30-40.
🏨 Stay a while: If you really want to make a night (or a weekend) of it, rates for Hendersonville hotels start at around $70 for a double-occupancy room on Hotels.com. A few inns are also offering special deals, like discounted rates, free nights, or extra features like complimentary wine tastings, during the week. Airbnbs, like this adorable bungalow, cost an average of about $150 per night.
It all looks good, but here are four tasting menu combos we’d go for:
Restaurant week items at Flat Rock Wood Room. Photo: @emporiumofyum
Flat Rock Wood Room | Lunch | $15
Pear and Bleu Cheese Salad
Wood Room Brisket Stack Sandwich
Creme Brulee
Gnocchi at Never Blue. Photo: @emporiumofyum
Never Blue | Dinner | $20 (vegetarian option)
Gypsy Cheese
Beans and Rice
Gnocchi
Creme Brulee with Mermaid or Unicorn fudge
Green tomato stacker at The Dugout. Photo: @emporiumofyum
The Dugout | Dinner | $30
Fried Green Stacker
Seafood Linguini Pasta
Peanut Butter Magic Cake
Lamb Merguez at Postero. Photo: @posterohvl
Postero | Dinner | 3 courses for $35
Carrot Hummus
Lamb Merguez
Roasted Banana Ice Box Pie
We also got an exclusive scoop from Asheville-based food blogger Mali C. (@emporiumofyum), who got to preview Hendersonville Restaurant Week early, about what we should be most excited about. Her favorite overall? Postero. The most surprising (in a good way) of the menus? The Dugout.
What menus are you most excited to try? Let us know by sending us an e-mail (hello@avltoday.com) or catching up with over on Facebook, Twitter + Instagram.
