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    The Blind Mule

    4.5 (42 reviews)
    Open 5:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    Cosmo
    Kathryn S.

    First time at this place. Great service We tried the watermelon salad, Short ribs and trout! All excellent. Gus was our server! We skipped dessert. Too full!

    Mascot!
    Jimmy P.

    If you are looking for a unique, cozy dining experience, this place is fantastic. The regular menu is well designed and has a lot of variety, but the daily specials are what should out during my visit. I had the Focaccia Bread appetizer, Blackened Salmon Salad, Chocolate Cake and a double espresso. Most items are farm to table and have a GF preparation option. We sat at the bar, spoke to the owner and were treated like royalty from the moment we stepped into the restaurant. The service and quality of food, the attention to detail and casual atmosphere will have me coming back on a regular basis. You do not want to miss this jewel in downtown Brevard. Reservations are highly recommended for all open hours of operation.

    West African stew
    Jeff H.

    A fairly new addition to the Asheville area with an impressive chef that cooks up variations of comfort food. The West African peanut stew was some of the best I've had and I'm from Charleston! It's a great restaurant, but doesn't have a ton of seating, so on a weekend or in the summer, I'd go in between meals or make a reservation. The service was a little slow at first, but she made up for it in the end. And the deserts were absolutely beautiful and delicious !

    Menu 6/16
    Diane S.

    Dinner tonight was wonderful! I had the short ribs. The tomato sauce was rich and the goat cheese added an incredible flavor level to this. Love the farm to table approach. I shared the menu but you can expect it to change seasonally. Great atmosphere.

    Bourbon Pecan Pie
    Ann Marie D.

    We could not be more excited for The Blind Mule to be apart of the Brevard dining scene! When we discovered there was a new place in town, we made reservations pronto! I called to make a reservation, but they are also on Resy!!! (Hey, other Brevard dining establishments- get on board!!) We had a reservation for 7:30 on a Saturday night, and we arrived our table was not ready, as the diners at our table were enjoying themselves so much! This was a great sign in my opinion! They took us to the bar where we enjoyed a drink while we waited for our table. This interlude allowed us time to chat with the proprietor, and what a lovely lady/family/story. I had a glass of Prosecco and then wanted a Chardonnay to accompany my meal- they were so kind as to bring me a sample of the two they offered by the glass. Food: Duck fat fries- delicious potato wedges with chunks of pulled duck. Brisket Empanada, delicious and stuffed with meat, cheese and caramelized onion. Chicken & Portabello strudel, another exceptional savory pastry dish. Airline Chicken so flavorful, I just for some reason adore this cut of chicken- and always get tickled when I can order it! This was the most traditional dish we had, and it was lovely. We were too late and missed out on the Elk Pot Pie special! All the large tapas style entrees were excellent! For dessert we had the pecan pie and chocolate cake - both were very good!!! I cannot wait to go back and try more menu items, and see what specials they will have next!!

    Chicken and Egg Shakshuka
    Debra T.

    Another lovely dining experience at The Blind Mule! We love the ambiance of this downtown treasure. Olivia was charming and attentive to every detail. The food was amazing! I had the Rock Shrimp Gnocchi and my husband had the Chicken and Egg Shakshuka.... delicious! We are so glad The Blind Mule has joined the Brevard dining scene

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    Wood & Vine

    Wood & Vine

    4.0
    (27 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    Wood & Vine is an upscale restaurant where dining is an experience. There's a long bar with plenty…read moreof drink options. Tables were limited and should be booked in advance. I made a table booking for me and my mother for a happy-hour meal after arriving in Brevard. We elected to have their early-bird set meal that includes a salad, a pizza to share, and a dessert. I'm a fan of their French pots de creme dessert. We're staying at the historic Pisgah Inn, so we have another drive ahead of us.

    val. girl. was the food cost on a single pizza really worth embarrassing yourself and your…read moreemployees on your patio on a busy saturday night? let me set the scene... my friends joined my son and i last minute in brevard to attend the bela fleck concert last night. we met up at wood & vine, as it is a pretty easy meetup spot with a diverse menu. my friends were immediately appalled by the prices, but they were good sports, especially since she was in the mood for vegan cheese pizza. so here's our order. for me? wings and wedge- $32. classic order, no complaints. for him? picante pizza- $27. he wasn't thrilled about the flat-bread-size of the pizza at that price, but i assured him he could have some of my wings. for her? the margarita pizza with vegan cheese- $24 and not sure if there was an up charge for the vegan cheese. my son absolutely loves this friend and was dead set on sharing a pizza with her. we told our waitress they would share the pie, but asked if we could get a side of pepperonis for him. she obliged, and i will say that this is where the trouble began. i'll totally blame my boy- he was bouncing around saying "half cheese! half pepperoni!" over and over again. did my son confuse the waitress? most definitely. but i didn't realize it until right before our food came out. "i'm so sorry. they already put the pepperoni on half of the pizza, is that going to be okay?" of course! my friend is vegetarian and dairy-free she wasn't going to throw a fit. we assure her that's fine and she goes back inside to confirm. at this point, the patio has completely filled up with tables. my son is bouncing around demanding his pizza quite loudly, which is not polite or allowed while we are dining out. since there was so much going on, he was having a hard time using his listening ears, so i took him out front to explain to him- once again- that we do not berate or make demands of waitstaff. once he's calmed down, we return to find our friends looking quite puzzled by the three pizzas now on our table instead of the two we ordered. i ask "what's this?" they shake their heads and say they don't know what happened. now since i was not at the table at the time, i am not at liberty to say what happened during this interaction. i'm sure they protested that there was one pizza too many. i feel like the waitress probably apologized and offered to take a pizza off the table. my friends most likely were thinking it would go to waste (they hate food waste they are sustainable farmers) and said something along the lines of, "no! it's fine don't worry we'll eat it." again, i am paraphrasing since i was not present for this interaction. anyways, when our waitress gives my friend the check at the end of our meal, he immediately sees that there are three pizzas on the check and kindly reminds her we only ordered two. this is where things start to take a turn for the worse... cause she's gone a long time and when she returns, she does not look happy about the interaction she is about to have. she sighs and says "chef said since you accepted the pizza you need to pay for it." i interject- "absolutely not. i wasn't even here when the food was dropped. we are not paying another $30 for a pizza we didn't order." what happened next i can only describe as absolutely insane. after a long while, our waitress comes back looking absolutely defeated. "well, they made me say it was my fault, but she took it off your check." and hands my friend the updated bill. "thank you," i reply, "but is absolutely not your fault." enter val gerdes. chef and owner of wood & vine. she has left her station on the line at 7pm on a saturday night to come and confront us herself. "it absolutely isn't her fault," val agrees with me, "so tell me why you would accept a third pizza and eat said pizza and then not expect to pay for it." girl. are your margins that narrow? you can't cover the food cost of a half cheese half pepperoni pizza mistake that YOU made? how much loss is that? maybe $7? i went blind with rage at this point. i have worked with many chefs far more pretentious than you with ACTUAL credentials to back it up and never in their lives would they embarrass/debase themselves the way you did on your patio last night. did it feel good? did you feel powerful? did you go back to the line and gloat? what's it like to feel so insecure? how does it feel to know that your waitstaff hate you because you don't have their backs? yeah. maybe our waitress did mess up with our order. but you girl, you messed up with your life choices. i said i wouldn't be back. val, you said that would be great. i'm glad we agree. so now im going to make it my mission to let everyone know what a silly little loser you are by recommending MUCH better places to eat in the brevard area. all in all- i would recommend avoiding val gerdes and her restaurant at all costs. val- grow up. and have a great day 0/5 stars

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    Point Lookout Vineyards

    Point Lookout Vineyards

    4.1
    (136 reviews)
    26.4 mi
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    You will be wowed just driving up, through the vineyards. As you pull up to the top you see just…read morehow gorgeous the views are. We technically arrived 10 minutes before they opened and just soaked up the views. Finally we meandered inside. Point Lookout Vineyards is the winery, but Top of the World is the meadery. John selected 5 wines & 1 mead for a flight & i went 5 meads with one wine as my flight. We grabbed a glass of water & picked out our seat. We also spring for a 10 inch pepperoni pizza since it was lunch time. 1st- skip the pizza. IMO it didn't match the caliber of the experience in its entirety. Too much like a tostinos frozen pizza. The wine and meads were stellar. I started with Sweet Carolina Girl, a mid- sweet blended red that was bold in flavor, with that rich fruit. Very luscious. Next up, the Orange Blossom Mead, exactly as expected. Velvety mouth feel, bright flavor. The Beguile was next, a raspberry mead- at first sip, I was hesitant to like it. I went around the tasting and came back and liked it much more after the second sip. The Masala surprised me, a Chai tea mead, I'm not usually a fan of Chai tea but I was intrigued by the description. The clove and ginger with the cardamom was delightful. Mimi's Apple Pie was also very yummy, I honestly stay away from most "apple pie" flavors, because it usually never does it justice. This was an exception. Finishing this mead in bourbon barrels sealed the deal. Last & not at all the least was Sting, the classic orange blossom mead fermented with juniper berries, finished in a gin barrel. Startling on the palette. A very unique flavor profile for mead & I loved it! Overall, I absolutely loved my experience! We bought 3 bottles! Sting Mead, the Masala Chai Tea Mead & the Sweet Carolina Girl wine.

    Everything was wonderful! The wines, the food, and especially the views!! The folks that worked…read morethere were very knowledgeable about the wines, as well as being very friendly. Would definitely recommend Point Lookout Vineyards.

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