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Close view of sorghum-lacquered meatloaf slices showing the cure and glaze

The Filling Station MeatloafAncestor: Diner meatloaf & mashed

House-cured Berkshire pork and dry-aged chuck, pressed and sliced like a terrine, lacquered with sorghum and black pepper. Charred-onion jus, stone-ground grits. You will want the pan drippings — they come in a little pitcher.

SupperGFSourwood Gap Farm (Madison Co.) · Stone gristmill (Buncombe Co.)

$28

Detail of crisp fried-chicken crust over the corn waffle with pickled turnips

Bird & WaffleAncestor: Chicken & waffles

Sweet-tea-brined pastured chicken, fried in leaf lard, set on a Jimmy Red corn waffle pressed thin as a pedestal. Spiced sorghum, bread-and-butter turnips, a dust of sumac. Eat it with your hands; we'll bring extra napkins without being asked.

SupperPastured poultry farm (Yancey Co.) · Stone gristmill (Buncombe Co.)

$26

Steam rising from the opened rabbit pot pie with thyme velouté

Rabbit & Dumplin's Pot PieAncestor: Chicken pot pie

Cider-braised rabbit under a leaf-lard crust with rolled dumplin's where you expect them least. Root-cellar vegetables, thyme velouté. The crust is stamped with our marquee arrow, because we couldn't help ourselves.

SupperMarket garden (Buncombe Co.) · Laurel Fork Dairy (Watauga Co.)

$31

Close view of a single deviled egg with glistening trout roe

Deviled Eggs & Trout RoeAncestor: Church-picnic deviled eggs

Pepper-vinegar mousse piped back into the whites, smoked Cane River trout roe on top, chive blossoms from the back lot. Four to a plate. Nobody has ever ordered them once.

To StartGFVeg optionCane River Trout Co. (Yancey Co.)

$14

Detail of benne seeds on a griddled biscuit with ham draped over

Benne Biscuits & HamAncestor: Biscuits and country ham

Benne-seed biscuits split and griddled, 18-month country ham shaved to lace, red-eye butter whipped with our own coffee. The biscuit recipe is Maren's grandmother's; the nerve to serve it at supper is ours.

To StartCountry ham smokehouse (Yancey Co.) · Laurel Fork Dairy (Watauga Co.)

$16

Golden cornmeal crust detail with pickled-ramp tartar alongside

Cornmeal Catfish, Hominy & GreensAncestor: Friday fish fry

Jimmy Red cornmeal crust on Cane River catfish, pot-likker greens, hominy cream, pickled-ramp tartar. Served on butcher paper over the plate, the way a fish fry ought to be — the plate underneath is just manners.

SupperCane River Trout Co. (Yancey Co.) · Stone gristmill (Buncombe Co.) · Market garden (Buncombe Co.)

$27

Cross-section of the patty melt showing dry-aged beef and melted cheddar layers

The Two-Lane Patty MeltAncestor: Roadside patty melt

Dry-aged chuck smashed thin, aged Ashe County cheddar, sorghum onions cooked past reason, rye griddled in beef fat. Cut on the diagonal, held with a marquee pick. The best thing we make that we almost didn't put on the menu.

SupperSourwood Gap Farm (Madison Co.) · Laurel Fork Dairy (Watauga Co.)

$24

The pie counter case with whole chess pies under warm light

Chess Pie, Burnt HoneyAncestor: The diner pie counter

Buttermilk chess pie from the counter case, torched burnt-honey meringue, benne brittle. The counter holds six pies a night; when the case is empty, it's empty. Check the marquee on your way in.

The Pie CounterVegLaurel Fork Dairy (Watauga Co.) · Market garden (Buncombe Co.)

$12