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Favorite High Country Restaurant
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Not necessarily a restaurant but there was the Red Dog Saloon in BR. Very cold brews......
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Several of you mentioned Hollies in BR. That brought back some great memories.
A group of us would visit Hollies on the first spring day it was actually warm enough to hang outside. Enjoying cheap pitchers of Miller Lite and sunshine was a great way to celebrate the return of warm weather after those long winters on the Mountain.
A group of us would visit Hollies on the first spring day it was actually warm enough to hang outside. Enjoying cheap pitchers of Miller Lite and sunshine was a great way to celebrate the return of warm weather after those long winters on the Mountain.
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Speaking of Hollies, my memory. The one on the right that is:
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Hate to admit it but the truth sets you free...Used to drink Boones Farm. Strawberry Hill in the 16oz bottles at Hollies...1973....I gag thinking about it now.
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To show how tastes change I like a good Cab with my meal at Joy Bistro.
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I too drank that drink back in the early 70s, the horror - the horror. My wife is part Italian, therefore, I drink much more sophisticated wine these days.
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Look at it like this: necessity and desperation met at Hollie's back then. You did what you had to do to get your buzz on and (possibly) get your cigarette on as well. So don't blame yourself.
Now, you're making up for your earlier transgressions by drinking better vinegar at classier joints.
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Exactly. I went in there looking for the potato cheese ranch fries and the menu was completely differentEastHallApp wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:16 pmIt was one of those bait-and-switches too, where at first they were just like "We're just changing the name, it's still the same place you love!" and then a little while later "We've made some exciting updates to the menu!"
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Since I seem to the gray-beard of this group, I gotta throw Antlers in BR into the discussion. It's a nice enough restaurant now but it was the most famous speakeasy in WNC back in my undergrad days. It was completely safe from "thuggery" and was "somehow" free from "enforcement." No worries except for the drive back to campus. NC troopers ruled 321 after dark.
Even so, thousands of App students made that round-trip over the years w/very few incidents. Devine intervention and/or good luck had to have been involved in keeping them/us free from the consequences of our risky behaviors. Some, however, were not so fortunate.
Even so, thousands of App students made that round-trip over the years w/very few incidents. Devine intervention and/or good luck had to have been involved in keeping them/us free from the consequences of our risky behaviors. Some, however, were not so fortunate.
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I shake my head and thank God for taking care of me on that 2 lane road.asu66 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:15 amSince I seem to the gray-beard of this group, I gotta throw Antlers in BR into the discussion. It's a nice enough restaurant now but it was the most famous speakeasy in WNC back in my undergrad days. It was completely safe from "thuggery" and was "somehow" free from "enforcement." No worries except for the drive back to campus. NC troopers ruled 321 after dark.
Even so, thousands of App students made that round-trip over the years w/very few incidents. Devine intervention and/or good luck had to have been involved in keeping them/us free from the consequences of our risky behaviors. Some, however, were not so fortunate.
Funny story. We would buy beer to take to Boone. You couldn’t buy cold beer in BR. We would take 1 beer out of the six-pack and hang the beer on the outside mirror and drive back to Boone. Cold beer on our arrival.
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This type of innovation almost brings tears to my eyes and makes me proud to be an American. I say to you, "Huzzah, sir!"Rekdiver wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:09 amI shake my head and thank God for taking care of me on that 2 lane road.asu66 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:15 amSince I seem to the gray-beard of this group, I gotta throw Antlers in BR into the discussion. It's a nice enough restaurant now but it was the most famous speakeasy in WNC back in my undergrad days. It was completely safe from "thuggery" and was "somehow" free from "enforcement." No worries except for the drive back to campus. NC troopers ruled 321 after dark.
Even so, thousands of App students made that round-trip over the years w/very few incidents. Devine intervention and/or good luck had to have been involved in keeping them/us free from the consequences of our risky behaviors. Some, however, were not so fortunate.
Funny story. We would buy beer to take to Boone. You couldn’t buy cold beer in BR. We would take 1 beer out of the six-pack and hang the beer on the outside mirror and drive back to Boone. Cold beer on our arrival.
If a European heard you hung 5 beers on the side mirror and drove home, they'd say, "This is proof that you people are fools."
My response: "Unique problems require unique solutions. And embracing this level of innovation is PRECISELY why Americans have walked on the Moon and you haven't."
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I’ve thought many times how much better my GPA would have been had it not been for beer consumption. Hollies was the destination on Friday afternoon. Many of us scheduled classes so that we would be done early on Friday so that we could get to Hollies and grab one of the precious seats at the table. Freshman year in ‘82 still had Fletchers and PB Scott’s- also Friday destinations. I know that those places absolutely didn’t qualify as restaurants and that was their ultimate demise. Those of us who were financially challenged had short lists of restaurants. The rallying cry for Fletchers- “get drunk for $5” on Friday night nickel or quarter night.
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If I would have drank less then I would have graduated in 4 years, that would have taken away those extra semesters/summers of fun.
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I had a professor who lived off of Diamond Ranch and would talk about how crazy that route back from BR was after a few beers.
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It was, however, after a few trips it was pretty routine, LOL:NO.2 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:34 pmI had a professor who lived off of Diamond Ranch and would talk about how crazy that route back from BR was after a few beers.
From Blowing Rock take 221 toward Avery County.
Make right toward Shulls Mill Road and go under Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge then
Bear to the right onto Flannery Fork Road, Trout Lake will be on your left shortly.
Eventually Flannery Fork Road turns into Winkler's Creek Road.
Make left onto Russ Cornett Road (it's curvy) eventually you'll come Popular Grove Road (make right).
Popular Grove Road takes you to Hwy 105 South just before 105 extension.
From there you're on you own.