Weaverville
ABC permit ‘completes’ Stoney Knob Café
By Marilyn Payne Stoney Knob Café is serving
mixed drinks since receiving its ABC permit Tursday (June 17). Te restaurant has already received good reactions to the addition of a mixed-drink menu. “It’s definitely affected us in a
positive way,” said Yotty Dermas, chef-owner of the Merrimon Av- enue restaurant. “We had people coming in for Sunday brunch and getting Bloody Marys with their meals. Everyone seemed to really like it.” As the first restaurant to sell
mixed drinks since Weaverville voters passed the mixed drink ref- erendum in May, Stoney Knob Café provides the same alcoholic beverages as many restaurants in Asheville, but with a more conve- nient location. “It’s good because people don’t
have to go to Asheville to get their mixed drinks now, they can just
stay here in Weaverville,” Der- mas said. “We got some word out, but it’ll be more word of mouth. I think that [serving mixed drinks] is a good thing for both us and the customers.” In addition to the reaction from
customers, Stoney Knob Café em- ployees are happy about the addi- tion to the restaurant. “It feels good to get on the bar
really quickly. We wanted to do it in a timely manner and we feel like we did,” Dermas said. “It’s fun and exciting, and the wait staff is really excited about it too. We should be full-force with the new bar by the weekend, so it’s definitely a change, but a good change though.” Te posted ABC permit is not
the only physical change that the restaurant will show off. Te Red Room has new copper shelving for its liquor display. “Te first room to left has al-
ways had our beer and wine bar, but we’re converting it to house the liquor too,” Dermas said. “We
have custom made shelving for the liquor and you can see it. It looks really nice.” Since Stoney Knob Café intro-
duced a new menu a month ago, it will not be doing so again to ac- commodate foods incorporating li- quor, but Dermas still sees the use as an added perk. “Te permit is great because we
can also cook with the liquor,” he said. “Tere are many vodka and brandy sauces, all kinds of stuff out there that you can be creative with. It really just completes the restau- rant for us – we’re no longer limited to just beer and wine.” Te restaurant at Reems Creek
Golf Club and El Chapala Mexican Restaurant are other Weaverville establishments that have applied for a license. Not all Weaverville restaurant
owners are jumping on board with mixed-drink sales. Matt Danford of Blue Mountain Pizza said before the May vote his establishment will continue to sell beer and wine only.
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