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We will be opening at 1 pm on Thursdays starting May 5th. Live Jazz starts at 2 pm!
We will be adjusting our hours starting May 5th to accommodate our Jazz Series. We will open at 1 pm. Jazz starts at 2 pm. Hope to see you there!
Jazz lineup announced for summer jazz series hosted by Jason DeCristofaro
Meet Sarah and Nick and their new kid’s focused events at the Canteen!

Nick and Sarah spend a lot of their professional career working with youth.
Pretty Little Goat will be celebrating with us on July 4th from 6 – 8 pm.
Pretty Little Goat will be celebrating with us on July 4th from 6 – 8 pm. We are excited!!! You may wish to bring a chair.
We are a pack it in pack it out public house striving for zero-waste. Bringing your own beverage container is welcomed and encouraged!
Spring Beer Tasting with Cicerone Mark: $15 April 9th from 3 – 4 pm
April 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Join us for our April beer tasting with Cicerone Mark! He is selecting 5 spring beverages for you to try. Mark has lots of experience leading tastings and owned a beer touring company. He is a hoot and we are excited to have …
Introducing a new Saturday evening music series: After Hours in the Listening Room with host Lillie Syracuse
We love the entertainers who share their time with us and our community. We crave diversity and we have been looking for ways to bring more of that into the Canteen. Lillie and her wife recently came to visit the Canteen …
Spring Planting Fest
Transylvania Shares and Moving to Conservers Spring Planting Festival at the Cedar Mountain Canteen
10771 Greenville Highway, Cedar Mountain, NC 28717
March 19th 2 – 4 pm
Let’s get ready for planting food! Transylvania Shares will be onsite with equipment from their library and expertise from their members to help you get …
Summer Jazz Series hosted by Jason Decristofaro Thursday afternoons from 2 – 4 pm
We are excited to announce a Thursday afternoon Jazz series hosted by Jason Decristofaro! Jason is hosting starting in May and will bring a variety of guests with him every Thursday from 2 – 4 pm. We are looking forward to enjoying jazz by the river. Thanks Jason!
The Gold Medal Winner in the most competitive category at The Great American Beer Festival has arrived!
DeadHead Tourbus DDH Hazy IPA was awarded the coveted GABF Gold Medal in the Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale category, the event’s most competitive. TourBus is a 6.8% ABV Hazy IPA brewed with Citra & Mosaic hops, providing dynamic, juicy, mimosa-like …
Celebrating Black History Month with NC black-owned breweries
Looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month?
Here are some beverages made by NC black-owned breweries.
John and I attended Blacktoberfest in Durham and met brewers from all over. We brought home a supply of beverages to share and look forward to introducing you to them.
Cheers!
New Music Series on Monday nights from 6 – 8 pm. Hosted by Owen Grooms! We are pretty excited!
We are super excited to announce a new Monday evening music series. Owen Grooms will be hosting every Monday from 6 – 8 pm. Here are a few words from Owen about the series:
I am very excited to be starting a weekly music series on Mondays from 6-8pm starting on …
Thank you for helping provide the firewood for our fire ring! Thank you!
We love providing a gathering spot for the community around our fire ring. There is something magical about sitting by the river and enjoying a fire.
Last year we used a small ring and it was not big enough. This year we built a bigger ring complete with a crane arm …
We are looking for an used NSF certified stainless steel table
When we opened the Canteen we focused on equipping and building it up with as much reused materials as possible. We still have that focus. Almost all of our upgrades have been done by reusing existing resources. We are currently looking for an used NSF certified stainless steel table. If …
Snow day!
Just a quick note to let you know we will be closed today because of the snow. Be safe. Have fun!
We are now serving pretzels made by Cedar Mountain’s local chef Val
The Canteen has had the pleasure of hosting Tin Roof Pizza food truck for years. She stops serving at the end of October and folks are always asking when she is coming back. We asked if she could make pretzels so that we could provide folks with her delicious treats …
We are now filling mason jar “growlers”
We have 14 beverages on draft and most are delivered by the local breweries themselves. We absolutely love our local breweries and appreciate their service out to us. Many of their beverages are only available in draft and many of you have asked if we fill growlers. We looked into …
Sycamore Flats Band on New Years Eve and a community potluck. What a hoot!
We are super excited to host a New Year’s Eve celebration. Sycamore Flats will be playing on New Year’s Eve from 6 – 8 pm.
Sycamore Flats offers an immersive acoustic band sound blending traditional country songs with exciting new energy that will have everyone on their feet dancing and asking …
A tour of Riverbend Malt House
John and I are casually studying to become certified Cicerones. One of the recommendations for studying was to visit a malt house and sample malts using a hot steep method. We had an appointment in Asheville on December 7th so we contacted Riverbend Malt and scheduled a tour. …
Better Bottles Beer Tasting
We have so many beverages folks have been asking if we would host tastings. Sure!
We will host our first tasting Saturday December 11th from 3 – 4 pm. We will taste 4 of our top end bottled beverages. The fee is $20 and space is limited. Reservations are recommended. Wine …
New Release: Pleb Urban Winery in Asheville releases new non-alcoholic Sparkling Verjus
We are always looking for interesting non-alcoholic beverages and Pleb Urban Winery in Asheville just released a Sparkling Verjus that caught our eye. They describe it as:
Perfect for cocktails or drink by itself! Tart, with notes of raspberry and cranberry. It is as complex as a wine without the alcohol. …
Events
Events are held rain or shine. In event of rain, events are held indoors.
We strive to waste nothing. Want to help? Bring your own glass/cup. It is that simple.
We are pet friendly. Well behaved dogs on leash are welcome in our garden. We are a zero-waste, pack-it-in, pack-it-out public house. Please be prepared to take your waste with you.


















