Natalie Byrnes and Eddie Hannibal.
Interview with Natalie Byrnes
Rapid River Magazine: Tell us a little about your restaurant and what you have to offer.
Natalie Byrnes: Our menu is primarily based on northern Italian cuisine very simply created dishes using the freshest ingredients available; we used global Italian to describe the cuisine allowing us to use other ingredients you may not see every day in Italian cuisine.
We have blackboard specials every day allowing us flexibility for what the farmers may bring us, as we don’t always know. The wine list is very simply created w/a choice for everyone.
RRM: The name comes from a Beatles’ song. What was special about that song and are you a huge Beatles’ fan? I am not a huge Beatles fan, but my father is; he is an excellent guitarist and when deciding on a name for the restaurant, this was his first choice.
RRM: What are a few of your favorite dishes?
NB: The Whole Black Sea is one of my favorite dishes. It is usually a black board special as it is not always available. On the menu, the wild boar Bolognese is my favorite pasta – a real Italian classic.
RRM: Tell us a little about your desserts and why they are so worth saving a little room for after a good meal.
NB: All of our desserts are made in house; we serve all of them with fresh whipped cream. One dessert that always stands out is the Pistachio Nougat. It is a very light dessert of whipped eggs and cream folded w/pistachio praline. Simple. Delicious.
RRM: Tell us a little about who you are and what drew you to Weaverville?
NB: You can get a good idea about who we are from our bio on line. What drew us to Weaverville was Change. We wanted a place we could join together, open a restaurant and be part of a community. We did not consider Asheville center, but looked in the surrounding towns.
We found Weaverville, an available restaurant and it really fit the bill. Weaverville is a growing town w/a lot of potential and its location to Asheville made sense.
The Glass Onion
18 N. Main St. , Weaverville, NC 28787
(828) 645-8866
glassonionchefs@hotmail.com
www.glassonionasheville.com
Open 7 Days a Week
Lunch: 11:30-3 p.m.; Dinner: 5-9 p.m.; Sunday Brunch 11:30-3 p.m.
