Barbecue lovers, rejoice—but with restraint. Asheville’s 12 Bones Smokehouse is finally staying open for dinner, but only at its brand new Kingsport, Tenn., location. The restaurant, slated to open next month, represents a partnership between 12 Bones owners Tom Montgomery and Sabra Kelley and Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria owner Doug Beatty. “Doug has a fair amount of dealings in Kingsport,” Montgomery explains. “It’s kind of an up-and-coming downtown.” The Kingsport eatery will feature a similar menu to the much-adored Asheville joint, but will serve two meals a day, six days a week. Tennesseans have all the luck …
How sweet—and savory—it is. All sorts of chocolates, including chocolate-stuffed coconut tacos, mole empanadas and chocolate martinis will be featured at the third annual Chocolate Festival at the Grove Arcade this weekend. The event, which benefits the Buncombe County Medical Society Foundation’s Project Access, will also feature Cordon Bleu chef Martha Vining’s demonstrations of truffle making and cabernet-chocolate cake baking. The festival runs from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 2.
Two of the biggest trends in food—advance meal prep and 100 percent organic—are converging in the latest venture from South Asheville’s Earth Fare. Gourmet 2 Go offers scheduled meal-assembly sessions in which participants can prepare a week’s worth of all-natural and organic entrees. For more information, call 210-0100.
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