If you've ever watch Cheers, How I Met your Mother, or another show with a neighborhood bar, you've likely seen the connection that a location can have in a community. A family-friendly bar can become like a second home. One where you got to celebrate your wins and mourn your losses. One where the bartender knows your name and asks about your recent promotion. Where the server remembers your dog and notices your recent engagement.
George and Jeannie are local to North Asheville and they hoped to bring a location like that to the community. Through a global pandemic, they spent their time building and dreaming about what this place would be. Carefully choosing how it would look and feel. Building a menu they believed would bring joy to their neighbors.
They brought in their nephew to run the bar, their daughter to photograph it, and the whole family pitched in: early mornings and late nights. Truly a labor of love.
Now, just a few months in, The Village Porch is becoming exactly what they wanted: a local bar for local folks.
I have eaten here twice and found the service to be fine. The staff seem happy to wait on you. I am sure they are stretched thin, like most establishments. The atmosphere is great and the food is top notch.
I have eaten at this establishment multiple times since opening. The food is good but the service is horrible. All of the staff that works the bar spends their time attending to any clients that they feel will give a good tip if they are flirting and ignore everyone else that seems attached. The only exception is a breath of fresh air that recently started working the bar. Nikki is amazing, is attentive, responsive, hard working and recognizes everyone who eats at her bar. I've been to every kind of bar throughout this country and always set at the bar. She is one of the best bartenders I've ever had. I just found out she is leaving and I …
On Trivia night - 2 players at the bar using phones, most questions about celebrities or pop culture, nothing on sports, music, history or science ? nope, not for me....but great food and service ! Philly cheese-steak is awesome !