Asheville food bites: Krispy Kreme on Patton, farmhouse fête, wine dinner, food convention
ASHEVILLE - Rumors of a doughnut shop's closing squashed; French immersion dinner in the Southern Appalachian Mountains; dinner and wine pairing celebrating the fall season; and a meeting of the minds to reduce food waste and increase sustainable solutions.
The future of Krispy Kreme
In May, social media users reacted to a real estate website listing the sale of property that included Krispy Kreme at 960 Patton Ave.
The Citizen Times reached out to Krispy Kreme for a response regarding rumors of its sale and eventual closure.
“We continue to serve our loyal guests in the Asheville community and have no plans to close our 960 Patton Ave. shop. The building is for sale by the owner,” corporate spokesperson Cassie Williams said via email.
Commercial broker Jason Burk, of Whitney Commercial Real Estate Services, explained that Krispy Kreme, as well as the neighboring Tropical Gardens Mini Golf, had leases in place and that the sale of real estate was common.
Tropical Gardens Mini Golf owner/operator Mark Zimmerman told the Citizen Times in an email that the local, family-owned recreational center, which has been open for 25 years, would not be closed, or sold.
Krispy Kreme’s lease was to expire on Oct. 31. The doughnut shop’s red light will continue to illuminate Patton Avenue for the foreseeable future.
On Oct. 18, Burk confirmed that the doughnut chain has renewed their lease at the Patton Avenue site for the next five years.
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French food to table farm dinner
The Quintessential Table's upcoming dining event, French Farmhouse Dinner, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 4 at an elegant farmhouse enriched by French ambiance on a mountainside farm in Madison County.
Host Susi Gott Séguret, a dual citizen of France and the United States, will bring French flavors and culture to the Southern Appalachians in this latest culinary experience “without the price of international airfare.”
A multi-course menu of French food with wine pairings will be offered, and guests may learn and engage in French conversation, jokes and tongue twisters while listening to French background music.
The cost is $150 per person and $250 per couple. The venue’s address will be provided to ticketholders.
French Farmhouse Dinners series are often presented on the first Saturday of the month. To purchase tickets, visit quintessentialtable.com or call 828-656-2929.
Séguret has authored and edited cookbooks and culinary literature, including “Appalachian Appetite: Recipes from the Heart of America.”
Autumn Harvest Wine Dinner
The Market Place’s Autumn Harvest Wine Dinner, in collaboration with Haw River Wine Man and Metro Wines, will begin with a wine reception at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the restaurant’s intimate downtown Mezzanine Wine Loft, 20 Wall St.
The four-course dinner will be served with wine pairings from the import professional and local bottle shop.
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William Dissen, award-winning chef and restaurateur, said in a news release that the menu will give guests "a foray into the heart of the Fall season paired alongside some of the best Old World wines.”
The menu will begin with wood-roasted North Carolina oysters and end with a pecan tart.
The second course features slow-roasted acorn squash served with farro piccolo, braised rainbow chard and miso parmesan crema. The entrée will be maitake rubbed beef short rib with flowering cauliflower, marigold and cabernet jus.
Cost is $125 per person, plus tax and gratuity. To purchase a ticket, visit opentable.com or marketplace-restaurant.com.
Sustainability summit
Food Waste Solutions WNC will present the WNC Food Waste Solutions Summit from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at Mission Health/A-B Tech Conference Center, 16 Fernihurst Drive.
The convention will address topics including public policy solutions, food access and equity, food waste and climate change.
Presenters and panelists include N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Elizabeth Biser, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, Natural Resources Defense Council, Biltmore Estate, 12 Baskets, Food Connection, DirtCraft Living Soils and Compost Now.
A networking gathering will follow at Devil’s Foot Beverage Co.’s The Mule taproom, 131 Sweeten Creek Road.
Registration cost is on a sliding scale and includes snacks, beverages and a chef-made zero-waste lunch. Volunteer and work-trade opportunities are available to increase accessibility.
Sign up for the Food Waste Solutions WNC newsletter at wncfoodwaste.org and follow on social media at @wncfoodwaste. For more about the event fiscal sponsor, Bountiful Cities, visit bountifulcities.org.
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Tiana Kennell is the food and dining reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA Today Network. Email her at tkennell@citizentimes.com or follow her on Instagram @PrincessOfPage. Please support this type of journalism with a subscription to the Citizen Times.
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