Located in historic Saluda, with outdoor dining available as well as live music on Thursday and Saturday night, The Purple Onion features a variety of ethnically inspired dishes with an emphasis on the Mediterranean’s simple and healthful cuisine. The menu offers pizzas, pasta, seafood, vegetarian and meat dishes using locally raised trout and organic locally grown produce when available, antibiotic and hormone free meats and poultry. Fresh locally roasted coffee and espresso are available as well as a selection of fine wines and beers including biodynamic and organic selections.
Restaurants
Hendersonville and the Western North Carolina area attract some of the best culinary minds in the world which leads to remarkable dining experiences. We have your guide to all area restaurants.
Hannah Flanagan’s Irish Pub located on Main Street in downtown Hendersonville, NC offers outside dining, daily drink specials & delicious Irish Pub food!
Specializing in barbecue from the slow pit smoker and pizza from the Italian wood-fired oven.
Critics from Southern Living to The New York Times are salivating over this new twist on Southern cuisine. Dine inside the charming restaurant or amid the vibrant street life on the sidewalk while enjoying the distinctive beer and wine list. Breakfast entrees always available, and dining until 11 p..m. on weekends. Our goal is to deliver a 10 on our Scale-of-Full-Flavor-Awesomeness, add several heaping helpings of fun, and be true to our internal credo: A Tupelo Honey experience should be a thousand times better than ordinary. A million times more delicious than you imagined. And worth coming back to for seconds, time and time again. South location at 1829 Hendersonville Road, also located downtown at 12 College St.
Lance and Cindy have partnered together to bring their talents to Hendersonville to provide a fine dining experience with a casual ambience. As chefs at Brandy’s on Main we prepare every dish to order. We always try to have your food out of the kitchen in a short time, but we will never compromise your food by rushing the order.
No matter what time of day or what day of the week you find yourself craving some pizza, chances are, we’re open! Enjoy our gourmet pizza pies for lunch or dinner seven days a week, open from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm.
Daddy D’s Suber Soulfood is a restaurant known best for its country cooking. Doris Young and David Suber are owners of this business. Their father (Daddy D) is the reason this wonderful business came about.
You know those great little places you find on the best road trips? This is one of them. Drop in for a tasty appetizer, big fat burger, wrap, a sandwich of your choice or a crispy salad. Eat inside or on the deck overlooking the Rocky Broad River. Or, if you’re going hiking in Chimney Rock Park, pick up a picnic to go. Located in the heart of Chimney Rock Village next to the Park entrance, 18 miles from downtown Hendersonville on Hwy. 64 East. Catering. Beer and wine available. Open all year.
Folksy BBQ hot spot serving smoked meats by the pound & platter in down-home surroundings. Melanie Talbot started Green River BBQ in 1984 with just a small dining room. The restaurant has evolved into what you see now!
Fork Lore is a locally-owned independent Asheville restaurant featuring made-from-scratch cuisine. We source from local purveyors whenever we can and are proud to support our area farmers.
Black Rose Public House is an Irish pub located in downtown Hendersonville. We offer a variety of American and Irish sandwiches and entrees, as well as daily drink specials, a full bar, and 36 hand-picked taps.
Indulge in some of the best Cali-Mex style cuisine in the area. Devour our delicious menu options that include some classics, such as burritos and fajitas, along with a mix of other fresh items. Get authentic margaritas and more from our bar, as well as free chips and bean dip with every meal.