Winter Dining in the Boone Area—
Urban Diversity and Quality, Without the Urban!
The Boone Area is a top-notch winter destination where it's easy to spend a week over Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other Holiday and find plenty of great restaurants open for memorable meals with family and friends. Check out our list of restaurants ready to serve you on Thanksgiving 2011.
For more than a century, the Boone Area’s classic resort towns and spectacular setting have been enticing adventurers and upscale vacationers alike. Food is a key part of the High Country's appeal—especially in winter when appetites are tempted by cold weather outdoor activities. Luckily, the culinary choices are almost endless.
Options range from sushi to barbecue, spa cuisine to bistro fare, tapas to authentic pub food. There’s also down-home family-style fare, modern mountain cuisine and game, Mexican eateries, steakhouses, vegetarian dishes, and many restaurants feature locally-grown produce, wines, cheeses, meats, and more (see below).
For any palate, there is a wealth of award-winning and widely-praised dining in the Boone Area.
Select from the restaurant categories below:
American Cafes & Coffee Shops Fast Food Mexican Asian Casual Dining Fine Dining Seafood Bakeries / Delis Catering Ice Cream Shops Steakhouses Barbecue Family Dining Italian Vegetarian
"Fastest-Growing Small Town"
In January 2012, Forbes named Boone
# 4 among "America's Fastest-Growing Small Towns."
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Boone Named to
"The 10 Best Places to
Retire in 2012"
by U.S. News & World Report.
Read the article.
Top Destination Spa
Westglow Resort & Spa ranks second
in Travel & Leisure's September 2011 "Top Destination Spas."
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Sierra Magazine calls Appalachian State one of the Top 20 "Coolest Schools" in a Sept./Oct. 2011 ranking based on green categories.
The Boone Area is the perfect place to savor the most popular unit of the National Park System. Explore the Blue Ridge Parkway!