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Another haunt bites the dust

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Re: Another haunt bites the dust

Unread post by BeauFoster » Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:55 pm

The Rock wrote:
Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:23 pm
There are plenty of people who miss Klondike, and plenty who don't miss it at all...
I miss Klondike. I met my wife there.
Give 'em hell!

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Re: Another haunt bites the dust

Unread post by Bootsy » Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:00 pm

AppWyo wrote:
Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:45 pm
The Rock wrote:
Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:23 pm
There are plenty of people who miss Klondike, and plenty who don't miss it at all...
It did not matter if was day or night, no matter how cold it was, it always seemed like someone was outside drinking.
Few truer statements have ever been made, sir.
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Unread post by appgrad2010 » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:09 am

Ah Klondike, home of the bow tie guys after football games and girls in summer dresses ha!

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Re: Another haunt bites the dust

Unread post by canes_mj » Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:39 am

I grew up in Boone. Many of you predate my time there but I was there before New Market Center was built (the Old Homestead was there) and when the baseball field was in the middle of town near Hardees. I like most of the changes. The new good places far outnumber the places lost in my subjective taste...most of the places mentioned that shut down I never cared for.....for every Woodlands that I'll miss there's been a Murphy's that is a good riddance..... Mellow, Vidalia, Ransom, Lost province, Booneshine, AMB, Bagelry, Horton Hotel, Melanie's, Local, Proper, Peppers, Black Cat, Peddler, Casa Rustica, Los/Dos, Basil!!...all of these are existing gems or upgrades from what was there before.

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Unread post by AtlAppMan » Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:24 am

Most restaurants, everywhere, have a shelf life. It is not surprising that most will come and go. I see it where I live and certainly Boone is no exception. Some are just as well as they were not special anyway, others you really hate seeing go. Just down the road toward Spruce Pine was Beam's where I had my wedding rehearsal dinner. Great family owned Chinese food, some of best I have ever had, ever. Years ago driving back by saw they were closed and it broke my heart. I assumed as the parents who started it got old there was no one else to continue to run place. I figured Sollecito's fit into that same situation. BTW, he was so cool singing his songs. I loved that place and hated to hear when it went away.

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Unread post by eggers76 » Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:29 am

Went to Beams a couple of times back in the 70’s. Great Chinese food there back then.

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Unread post by Cro-Magnon App » Fri Feb 04, 2022 1:56 pm

Who misses Holly’s Tavern? Not me. Rough place late on Satiddy night.

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Unread post by AtlAppMan » Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:26 pm

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Fri Feb 04, 2022 1:56 pm
Who misses Holly’s Tavern? Not me. Rough place late on Satiddy night.
You mean the girls didn't look better at closing time? :)

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Unread post by PoplarHillApp » Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:40 pm

The State Line Tavern was pretty rough at times “back in the day”.

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Unread post by PoplarHillApp » Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:42 pm

eggers76 wrote:
Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:29 am
Went to Beams a couple of times back in the 70’s. Great Chinese food there back then.
Beam’s was my Grandfather’s restaurant. I rolled many a wonton and egg roll in my youth!

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Unread post by 1ASU78 » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:57 pm

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LOL. People posting about all the “old” hole in the wall joints. In the “old days” when many of us were in school, there was no alcohol in Boone. There were no old joints. Each generation of Mountaineers will have their version of what makes Boone a special place. And it will continue to be a special place.
Speedys Pizza, Yogi’s, Big E, Antlers, Library Club. Gone. Remember when McDonalds came to town? Highway Robbery is still there.

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Unread post by Cro-Magnon App » Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:42 pm

I went in the old Antlers not too long ago. Boca Raton now, a restaurant, redesigned.

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Unread post by mike87 » Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:54 am

Cro-Magnon App wrote:
Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:42 pm
I went in the old Antlers not too long ago. Boca Raton now, a restaurant, redesigned.
Bistro Roca. :lol: But about as far from the old Antlers as Boca Raton is from Blowing Rock. You won't get a PBR draft in that establishment now!

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Unread post by appbud » Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:23 pm

Bought a many a PBR at Antlers back in the day!

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Unread post by mikeyosef » Tue Feb 08, 2022 2:22 pm

mike87 wrote:
Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:54 am
Cro-Magnon App wrote:
Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:42 pm
I went in the old Antlers not too long ago. Boca Raton now, a restaurant, redesigned.
Bistro Roca. :lol: But about as far from the old Antlers as Boca Raton is from Blowing Rock. You won't get a PBR draft in that establishment now!
Yeah, great restaurant, nothing like Antlers but you can still catch a wiff of the beer soaked floors from time to time; they'll never get that smell out of there. I know exactly were my crew and I used to sit and I can see those nickel draft cups stacked on our table half-way to the ceiling, like it was yesterday

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Unread post by Blackshirt68 » Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:07 pm

Antlers, Library Club, Hollys, The Cheese Shop. Such was the ‘60s.

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Unread post by Blackshirt68 » Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:02 am

Just remembered “The Speakeasy” .75 a shot of some undisclosed bourbon.

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Re: Another haunt bites the dust

Unread post by fjblair » Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:12 am

AtlAppMan wrote:
Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:24 am
Most restaurants, everywhere, have a shelf life. It is not surprising that most will come and go. I see it where I live and certainly Boone is no exception. Some are just as well as they were not special anyway, others you really hate seeing go. Just down the road toward Spruce Pine was Beam's where I had my wedding rehearsal dinner. Great family owned Chinese food, some of best I have ever had, ever. Years ago driving back by saw they were closed and it broke my heart. I assumed as the parents who started it got old there was no one else to continue to run place. I figured Sollecito's fit into that same situation. BTW, he was so cool singing his songs. I loved that place and hated to hear when it went away.
Beam's! To this day that is the best Chinese food I have ever eaten. For whatever reason I was thinking about Beam's last week.

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Re: Another haunt bites the dust

Unread post by fjblair » Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:14 am

PoplarHillApp wrote:
Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:42 pm
eggers76 wrote:
Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:29 am
Went to Beams a couple of times back in the 70’s. Great Chinese food there back then.
Beam’s was my Grandfather’s restaurant. I rolled many a wonton and egg roll in my youth!
I was just bragging on your Grandpa's place in the post above, it was the best.

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Re: Another haunt bites the dust

Unread post by PoplarHillApp » Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:39 am

fjblair wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:14 am
PoplarHillApp wrote:
Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:42 pm
eggers76 wrote:
Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:29 am
Went to Beams a couple of times back in the 70’s. Great Chinese food there back then.
Beam’s was my Grandfather’s restaurant. I rolled many a wonton and egg roll in my youth!
I was just bragging on your Grandpa's place in the post above, it was the best.
Thank you, fjblair.

Beam's Restaurant was certainly a huge part of my childhood growing up in Avery County. I agree it was the best, very unique, and there won't be another place like it for sure. Everything was homemade from scratch and fresh, and my grandfather hand-cut the steaks every day.
During the summer and fall, most of the vegetables that were served came from the big garden that you passed by on the way in. Unfortunately my uncle-in-law, Richard, who was the Chinese chef passed away a couple of years ago. The restaurant operated for a total of 73 years from inception (the Chinese menu was added around 1970). I could probably write a pretty good book about the restaurant and it's history.

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