hopekelly's blog

New Property Is NOW OPEN

Hello we hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. We have acquired what was formerly call New River Inn & Cabins last year and we are excited to announce that the motel is NOW OPEN. That property will be listed omn this website with the other rooms. The Main House the rooms are named as the new property (Annex) will be numbered.

We look forward to seeing all the new changes and challenges that are coming with this expansion.

See you soon

Closing Out 2023

As 2023 is coming to a close we want to thank all of our wonderful customers for your support this past year. The Restaurant is hitting its 1 year reopening anniversary Dec. 29th although some of the crew has changed we are even better than ever. This year we welcomed our son to the world Holden River and it has been better than we could have ever imagined. We know we still have lots of ideas that we want to bring to the Inn & Restaurant and we know that all of yall will be exciting to hear whats next on our list.

Wine Pairing Dinners

Hello we have hosted 2 wine pairing dinners and both have been beyond what we expected. You can mark your calendars to the last Wednesday of each month for this event. We will have chef created meals tat is perfectly prepared to each wine. Come join us and relax and listen to Holden Bare play. Social hour starts at 5pm with Wine and Music dinner is served at 6pm with 5 courses. See you there we look forward to meeting you.

Introducing our New Executive Chef

We are so excited to introduce our new executive Chef Ian
Chef Ian has worked,trained and been mentored by the Top chefs in the country . He brings a whole new level of Fine Dining with Delicious Daily Specials in addition to an awsome Dinner and Brunch Menu, which He likes to change every so often.
come by and meet Him , He enjoys talking with people , and explaining His delightful creations.

We are open for Dinner Wednesday thru Saturday 5:00 -9:00 pm

and Brunch Saturday and Sunday 11:00-3:00

New Owners

Hello , we Would like to say hello and to say that we are so excited to be part of Ashe county. We love this area and the beautiful mountains and all that it has to offer.. We Want to welcome you to come by and say hello, My wife Hope Kelly is there to greet you when you come by to say hello. Check out our fine dining and the wonderful people and staff that visit and work here. We have lots of events planned and you can book a night or a book a weekend, a corporate party, birthday party's, wedding venues and so much more .