The Chef’s Table is more upscale, showcasing chef Nicole Palazzo’s eclectic farm-to-table flavors, while the Bayou Smokehouse offers laid-back Texas BBQ and Cajun cuisine.
Sorrento’s Italian Bistro is the largest, serving foodie-friendly fare in artfully decorated indoor and outdoor dining areas. Banner Elk Restaurantsīanner Elk doesn’t have the centralized historic downtown area you’ll find in many of the small towns in Western NC, including nearby towns like Burnsville and Boone.īut you will find small shopping centers such as The Village of Banner Elk, which is home to some of the best restaurants in town. READ MORE: The 20 Best Pumpkin Patches in the NC Mountains Sorrento’s Italian Bistro in The Village of Banner Elk 2. On our private tour, Rankin’s friendly dogs were a constant presence, and the baby goats were as engaging as they were adorable.Īfter your tour, make sure you check out their gift shop, which features clever branded merchandise as well as fresh honey from their beehives. Touring the farm is an absolute hoot for animal lovers, and can accommodate up to 12 people. Today her gorgeous estate is home to 21 alpacas, 2 llamas, 7 donkeys, 2 zebus (a humped species of Indian cows), 2 pot-bellied pigs (Laverne & Shirley) and countless fiber goats and chickens. What she did have was a love for animals, a fascination with Alpacas, and an entrepreneurial spirit. In fact, when owner Lee Rankin moved to Banner Elk in 2001, she had no farming experience whatsoever. Animal Engagement at Apple Hill FarmĪlthough it shares a name with one of the most popular NC apple orchards for apple-picking, Apple Hill is not that kind of farm.
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In addition to tours of the historic house, the Banner House Museum, open from June-October, offers a series of four youth workshops called “Elk Camp,” which focus on historic activities such as 19th century games and plant dyes.ĭesignated a Preserve America Community in March 2008.Alpaca & Llama Feeding Time at Apple Hill Farm 1. The tour begins at the Banner House Museum, one of the earliest houses in Banner Elk, which was recently purchased, renovated, and opened as a museum by the GBEHF. Both sites, as well as others, are visited in a two-mile walking tour of historic Banner Elk. The old village grocery has been reincarnated as a tourist information center, and a former cheese factory is now home to the Avery County Arts Council. Renovation of historic buildings has been a large part of this process.
Recently, the Greater Banner Elk Heritage Foundation (GBEHF) has worked to promote heritage tourism in a variety of ways. Other key employers in the town include Grace Hospital and Lees-McCrae College, a private, four-year institution founded in 1900.
By the beginning of the 20th century, tourism had become a major industry in Banner Elk, and remains so today. Banner established the first permanent settlement in what became known as “Banner’s Elk.” When the town incorporated in 1911, the name was changed to the current Banner Elk.Įarly settlers were largely self-sufficient, raising a variety of crops and cattle, and trading furs. The first inhabitants of Banner Elk were Cherokee Indians the first non-native settlers arrived in the area in 1825. Nestled in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina, Banner Elk (population 1,035) is a town dedicated to protecting and promoting its historic resources.
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