Places to Visit in the Hickory Nut Gorge

It's still a fun store with an olde
timey mountain image...just twice
the size! The store still includes
antique showcases, seed bins,
and a 1950s coke cooler, selling
"all of what you need, and most
of what you want." Penny candy,
fudge, jelly bellies, cookware,
charming decorative items, iron &
tinware. Mountain books. Way too
much to list!

Frankendons Gifts moved into
Bubba's old location. A great
place to sit down and take a
break and have a coffee, tea or
drink with a wide variety of
delicious sweets.

Medina's Village
Bistro is new on
Main Street. This
full-service
restaurant and carry
out serves
Breakfast from
7:30-11 am and
lunch from 11 to
5pm.

Capture that ole time charm with
vintage linens, quilts & kitchen
ware. Plus, The Hickory Nut carries
over a 1000 different signs.

The Hickory Nut has tens of thousands of gifts and
antiques in its 5000 sq.ft. building set on Lake Lure end of
Main Street. One could spend a whole day looking at the
incredible array: rustic furniture, antiques, old bottles,
cast iron statues, banks, door stops, etc., all sorts of old
fashioned and new glass pieces, giant collection of salt &
pepper shakers, lampshades, baskets & animals made of
birch, a wide selection of soybean, clean burning 100-hour
candles, vintage tools, kitchen utencils and furniture.
Section after section of wonderful gift and home decor
items plus their home-grown culinary herbs & plants.

Bob, Shari & Max are
co-owners of The
Hickory Nut with Bob
raising the plants, Max
making the rustic
furniture, and Shari
running the store.
They've had the store
for 14 yrs. and have
been raising herb for
27 years.

Either eat in or
outside on the Old
Rock Cafe's
beautiful decks.
You can hear the
water on the river
and even step off
the deck and take a
stroll through the
beautifully
flowered path to
the river. The menu
has everything
from Salads to
Sandwiches, puls
appetizers, chicken
and wraps, and
kids' meals.