Fork Lore - Asheville

I stopped by tonight hoping to enjoy a good meal and some cocktails. A big shoutout to my server Michael for guiding me in the right direction with my meal, and to the bartender, I raise my glass to you for the perfectly crafted cocktails. It was such a fantastic evening with an attentive team.

Usually, you all have an amazing hamburger. I'm a previous customer with door dash delivery to our business. Today's order was not good. Ordered the bacon cheeseburger and sweet potato fries. Requested the burger be cooked well done. The burger arrived medium rare. Had to reheat in the microwave 2 times to get it cooked. Please read the instructions provided by the customer for their food preference.

Incredible breakfast! Unfortunately, did not have time for a dinner, but the menu looked great! The Salmon spread sounds amazing and judging by the cheese grits with breakfast, the shrimp and grits are probably up there as well. The Benedict at breakfast was easily the best I?ve ever had trumping OG dishes from New Orleans themselves!

I have published the following on my FB page and it deserves to be here too. Cudos for excellent staff, in and out of the kitchen. Bravo! So this is a first one for us, we ate every meal of this trip in the same restaurant and we do it again tomorrow. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, phenomenal. More thoughts, it's in our hotel! We had a late lunch. Just a simple bacon cheeseburger and a south-fried chicken sandwich. A bite is all you need to know that this place is special. There is really good food and there is really good food, which is perfectly balanced exactly the right amount of everything that if put together *Koch Kuss*. I just remember eating this, maybe four or five times in my life, and always in very expensive fine restaurants. We had to try again. We were not hungry for dinner, so we went to breakfast. WOW. Again, perfection that is difficult to describe. Seriously, it was raised breakfast, with the same ingredients we all use to make breakfast. The kitchen is full of well-trained magicians! Dinner again. Hit it from the park with a black eye Pea Hummus and homemade corn chips, a perfectly dressed Arugula salad and Lee had Chef special, beef tips and Gravy on Basmati rice with mushrooms and Shishito peppers tonight. I can't get enough of this place. I want to hug everyone in the kitchen. Go back for the broken egg sandwich on perfectly roasted sourdough bread tomorrow morning. Or maybe the eggs benedict. If I'm back in Asheville, I'll get a meal, no matter where I'm staying. It is only 4 miles from the airport, located in Hilton at Biltmore Park. I wish we had room for Dessert!

Don't let this open restaurant within the hotel fool you to believe sub par, it is legit. Everything is freshly made and hot! The Buffalo cauliflower is an awesome healthy appetizer but makes you feel indulged (sorry no picture, it's gone) Burgers are well seasoned and fresh off of the grill and the sweet potato fries are the best I've ever had. Unlike the soggy ones from other busy restaurants, the fries are crispy and gees how could they keep the temperature hot and maintain the crisp just pairing next to the burger on an open plate? Wish we had ordered another on the side! The waitress is the best and most professional hostess who recommended my salmon to be blackened, paired with grilled asparagus and freshly made, tasty mashed potatoes you get two free sides. The freshly grilled half lemon served with the plate I devoured the whole plate in no time. The bar tender is wonderful and fun!!! (Sunday night Memorial Day weekend) Both bartender and waitress served our dinners at the same time, it's as if you would expect from a 5 star Michelin starred restaurant. We normally don't order dessert but got the Reese's chocolate pie. The peanut butter filling with whipped cream and Reese's pieces were a treat to share with competitiveness. If you hate to be on wait lists at fancy restaurants, don't miss Fork Lore, it's a gem!