Restaurants near The Blowing Rock

9 restaurants available nearby

A photo of Casa Rustica Restaurant restaurant

1. Casa Rustica Restaurant

4.6

Exceptional(2063)

Price: Moderate

• Italian • Boone

Booked 24 times today

Casa Rustica is Boone"s authentic Italian restaurant since 1981. We offer a wide selection of entrees including fresh pastas, chicken, veal, seafood and steaks. Our nightly specials complement our menu and our homemade desserts are not to be missed. Visit the La Bouca Lounge where the menu offers original sandwiches and flat-bread pizzas. Casa Rustica provides a cozy atmosphere in a log cabin setting. Come for romantic fireside dining or bring the whole family and enjoy our friendly and prompt service.

2. The Gamekeeper

4.9

Exceptional(3202)

Price: Very Expensive

• American • Boone

Booked 8 times today

You haven't fully experienced the Blowing Rock, NC region until you've dined at The Gamekeeper. It's a true gourmet restaurant with an engaging blend of upscale elegance and mountain charm. Famous for an evolving menu that blends the traditional with the exotic, The Gamekeeper features a selection of perfectly prepared game plus a range of continental and American entrees. Acclaimed chef and owner Ken Gordon brings tremendous warmth and skill to the table treating you more as friends than guests. You'll experience a meal to remember that includes fine wines, decadent desserts, and a generous serving of personal attention. You'll leave happy and impressed with a desire to return soon!

3. The BEACON Butcher Bar

4.7

Exceptional(445)

Price: Expensive

• Contemporary Southern • Boone

Booked 13 times today

The Beacon Butcher Bar is a labor of love from Tina Houston, owner of Reid’s Café & Catering Co., established here in the High Country since 1999. The Beacon is located in the heart of Boone, NC adjacent to the iconic Water Wheel. Just as we value beautiful ingredients in our catering, The Beacon adheres to a similar message. In the kitchen, we value the fashion from scratch details as small as the aiolis and dressings we use, to the housemade desserts and pastries, cured and smoked meats, and naturally fermented pickles. Behind the bar, we strive for innovation and discovery from our unique and inspiring cocktails. We work within the seasons of the Blue Ridge to present a deliberate and thoughtful menu. We love the intentional, the specific, the well-cared-for. Respectively, our market offers a unique selection of local goods and treats. From our featured cloister honey to housemade single origin chocolates, we present the craft and exceptionality of local, artisanal talent.

4. Cupcrazed Cafe

3.8

Excellent(81)

Price: Moderate

• Café • Blowing Rock

Booked 2 times today

A quaint hidden breakfast, lunch, and dinner restaurant, tucked away in the heart of Blowing Rock. Patio that is dog friendly in a historic old house. Reservations are suggested for lunch on weekdays, and all times on weekends.

5. Red Onion Cafe

4.2

Awesome(521)

Price: Moderate

• Contemporary American • Boone

Booked 5 times today

A Boone Restaurant Offering Food to Feel Good About. One of the classic restaurants in Boone NC, the Red Onion Café opens daily at 11am and serves continuously into the evening. Across from Appalachian State University on Highway 321 near downtown Boone, the restaurant offers convenient dining for Appalachian football and basketball games and other campus events. The Red Onion Café is unique among Boone restaurants, offering a menu stocked with one-of-a-kind items such as the Artichoke Dip appetizer, our famous blond brownie - the Horace Cookie, weekly dinner specials, vegetarian meals, lunch specials, pasta, pizza, salads, a large children's menu and homemade desserts.

A photo of Purna Dining Hall at The Art of Living Retreat Center restaurant

6. Purna Dining Hall at The Art of Living Retreat Center

5.0

Exceptional(5)

Price: Moderate

• Vegetarian / Vegan • Boone

The Art of Living Retreat Center, a 381-acre mountaintop campus boasting spectacular views, has been dedicated to health and well-being since it opened in 2012. The Purna Dining Hall has provided thousands of guests with nourishing and nutritional vegetarian foods carefully and mindfully prepared and selected. We offer self-serve, buffet-style dining with a vegetarian menu that changes daily. Ayurvedic principles tell us to eat nature—real food grown by sun, soil, wind, and water that is full of nature’s prana, or life force. Chef Sean Sigmon and his staff know this, and they know that food prepared with love for the planet and for the person being fed is the best food. ⁠We grow a variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs right here in our own gardens, and the rest we source organic, seasonal, and local whenever we can. Join us at the Center for a nourishing meal—combined with the breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it’s a feast for the eyes and the belly.

A photo of Reid's Cafe and Catering restaurant

7. Reid's Cafe and Catering

4.8

Exceptional(524)

Price: Expensive

• American • Banner Elk

Booked 10 times today

Reid’s Cafe is located in beautiful Sugar Mountain, NC. We love the intentional, the specific, and the well-cared-for. We work closely with our local farms and purveyors to curate fresh, seasonal menus that feature regionally sourced meats, a rotation of fresh oysters and select seafood. All of our breads, pastas, and pastries are prepared in-house daily. Our Bar offers local beers, seasonal craft cocktails, and a well chosen wine selection. We are currently operating under all Covid-19 restrictions and following all CDC and local guidelines. The health and safety of our guests and our staff is our #1 priority. Outdoor reservations are by phone only. We look forward to seeing you.

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8. Primo at Sorrento's

4.3

Awesome(17)

Price: Expensive

• Italian • Banner Elk

Booked 2 times today

Formal bar and dining room located Downtown Banner Elk NC, inside Sorrento's Italian Bistro. Serving a unique yet traditional Italian menu with specialty chops and seafood as well as extraordinary pasta dishes in an upbeat formal dining setting.

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9. Americano Steak House & Wine Bar

4.7

Exceptional(534)

Price: Moderate

• Steak • Banner Elk

Booked 21 times today

The best award-winning steakhouse in the area! Worth the drive from Banner Elk (13 miles), Beech Mountain, Sugar Mountain (30 minute drive) , Johnson City or wherever you are. Americano Steak House is a local, veteran-owned restaurant featuring hand-cut steaks, fresh seafood, amazing salads, 1/2 pound steak-burgers, decadent desserts and the only full liquor bar in the East Tennessee mountains will over 100 wines by the bottle and glass.We kindly ask that you do not show up early for your reservation, but simply on time. We are a small, boutique steakhouse that focuses on exceptional food and incredible service in the mountains of East Tennessee and typically cannot seat guests earlier than their reserved time.While we have always discouraged them, our policy towards no shows/same day cancelations MUST be firm. No shows and same day cancellations are the plague of the industry and we ask of you to uphold your end of this commitment as we are thrilled to provide on our end.

Restaurants near The Blowing Rock

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9 restaurants available nearby

1. Casa Rustica Restaurant

2. The Gamekeeper

3. The BEACON Butcher Bar

4. Cupcrazed Cafe

5. Red Onion Cafe

6. Purna Dining Hall at The Art of Living Retreat Center

7. Reid's Cafe and Catering

8. Primo at Sorrento's

9. Americano Steak House & Wine Bar

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