A new seafood-and-steak ship is getting ready
to dock on Blowing Rock Road in Boone.
Port Christopher’s Seafood and Steak will weigh anchor in
the former location of Baxter’s Smokehouse on April 9.
The eatery will feature a lunch and dinner menu that will feature
a 60- to 70-item salad bar, fresh seafood, including oysters and
crab cakes, steaks, a renovated bar with a new offering of beers,
and a few familiar faces from the Boone restaurant scene.
Jeff Austin, son of Mountain House owner Betty Austin, will helm
the ship as co-owner. According to reliable sources, Austin has
been involved in the restaurant business since before he could
walk.
The restaurant is named in memory of Jeff’s brother, Chris,
a musician who died in 1991, when a plane carrying seven of country
singer Reba McEntire’s band members crashed, killing everyone
on board.
Port Christopher’s Seafood and Steak is located at 1934 Blowing
Rock Road in Boone. For more information, call (828) 268-9977.
Three-Year Stretch
They know it was you, Fredo.
The staff of the downtown pizzeria, named Capone’s Pizza
& Bar after the legendary Chicagoland gangster, knows their
customers as well as their own menu.
Co-owner Pete Shurba insists it’s the familiar faces of
his long-time employees (Nancy Hanes, Nicole Taweel and Lorenzo
DeLeon) and the flexibility of a menu lengthier than a hood’s
rap sheet.
“It doesn’t seem like three years, I’ll tell
you that,” Shurba said.
In true Capone style, Shurba and fellow owner Chris Staggs plan
to party like it’s 1929 – only with different music
and a restaurant riddled with anachronisms.
Though the pizzeria originally opened in March 2005, the anniversary
celebration will take place April 5. Throughout the day, Capone’s
will offer a meal special, as well as plenty of bootlegged loot,
including T-shirts, baseball caps and other giveaways.
Music from area band Tidal will start around 8 p.m.
Capone’s Pizza & Bar is located at 454B W. King St.
in downtown Boone. For more information, call (828) 265-1886
or visit www.caponesboone.com on the Web.
Beat It
Got restaurant news? E-mail news editor Frank Ruggiero at frank@mountaintimes.com,
snail mail Mountain Times Publications, Attn: Frank Ruggiero,
474 Industrial Park Drive, Boone, N.C. 28607, or call (828)
264-NEWS and ask for Frank.
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