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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine: American, Other
Price: price3
Rating Criteria
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: I ordered wild boar gnochhi, which included shredded meat, locally foraged mushrooms, and potato and ricotta based dumplings - a real treat!
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
Comments: From the Chop Shop next door, a whole animal, local-farm-focused butchery.
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
Yes
Comments: The night we visited, the menu offered duck breast with chicken fried duck liver.
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
Comments: Ask about the specific dish. For example, chicken was fried in chicken fat. But recipes vary, may include Canola.
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
Comments: "Local, bison-based bone broth, steeped in-house for 48 hours..."
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
Comments: Ask about the specific mix; some Canola is used; ask for what you want.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
Yes
Comments: From the other next-door neighbor, City Bakery.
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
No
Comments: But, hoping to add soon.
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
Yes
Comments: Not a lot, a "red tape" issue.
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Yes
Comments: And working to expand further.
Rating Created by:
Janna Gower
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Location & Contact
Just north of downtown
94 Charlotte Street
Asheville, NC
94 Charlotte Street
Asheville, NC
Bone and Broth, in Asheville, NC, is a committed real-foods restaurant, with slow simmered bone broth, roasted marrow, and a host of other options for Weston Price oriented food lovers. Head chef Cate Smedley is a long-time fermentation specialist. At the same time, it’s a small restaurant, and daily offerings will depend on availability and customer demand. Sadly there was no marrow at our visit; likely we could have requested this had we called far enough ahead. Do ask your server about specific fats and oils; it varies by dish. Whether you’re local or just visiting for a few days, this is a warm and inviting spot, well worth checking out. Several chapter members enjoyed a meal together for this review.