- Asheville Times
The popular downtown eatery will open a larger restaurant in the former Stir Fry Café building at 1829 Hendersonville Road in south Asheville by mid January or early February, owner Steve Frabitore said today.
The original restaurant at 12 College St. will remain, he said.
“You will walk in and immediately recognize that it’s Tupelo Honey Café,” Frabitore said of the new site.
The second store will offer the same “made-from-scratch Southern cuisine” menu that made the downtown restaurant popular among residents and visitors. But the larger facility – 150 seats compared with the 62 downtown - will enable the restaurant to take reservations and accommodate large groups.
“What we get asked constantly is ‘will you take reservations’ and ‘can you accommodate a larger number of people,’” Frabitore said. “The answer there is yes. This fills a lot of the wish-lists of our customers.”
The new site will offer “a gorgeous outdoor patio, full bar and big family tables” among other amenities, he said.
About 70 new jobs will be created by the opening, Frabitore said.
He said he’s hired Asheville firms Glazer Architects and Ambiance Interiors to remodel the building.