I was heading to the Trailhead Bar and noticed this place was literally across the street so I stopped in. Downstairs in a building, the decor looked fairly neutral. Friendly bartender, nice beers on tap with a definite focus on local, but only one Pisgah on tap, which was disappointing. Didn’t eat and didn’t catch the prices. Street parking was easy to find early on a Tuesday.

A good bar, but they said they do lunch...and had 2 items on the menu. To their credit, the menu gets a little more extensive after 3:00 (and one of the two items looked good), but when you’re advising as an ale house with lunch and dinner in the local beer promo handout, you should really have more than 2 items to choose from. 18 beers on tap though, with a lot of NC brews.

Great place to hang out! Cami is an amazing bartender!

Had to add these guys to the database. Great little pub in Black Mountain that also has pretty good pub food offerings, nothing spectacular but solid for a bar. Lots of flat screens, soccer always on, great people. They focus on local brews from NC, Pisgah/Green Man/Duck Rabbit/Highland/FrenchBroad/ usually have dales and some seasonals to name a few.