ASHVILLE, N.C.
The Omni Grove Park Inn in Ashville, N.C., has marked its 100th anniversary year with the completion of a resort-wide, $25 million transformation that welcomed major enhancements to public spaces, meeting spaces and guest rooms.
Among the highlights of the recently wrapped renovations:
EDISON, craft ales + kitchen, Sunset Cocktail Terrace
Named after frequent visitor Thomas Edison, EDISON, craft ales + kitchen offers expansive indoor and outdoor seating in combination with spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Menus showcase NC craft beers, small batch bourbons, hand-crafted cocktails, and regionally inspired food.
The menu is a collaboration between chefs and local partners to create signature dishes such as whole milk ricotta with sweet peas and mint pesto, chicken cracklins, Carolina scotch eggs, as well as chicken and sweet potato and thyme waffles, grilled head on prawns, and veal meatballs with toasted pine nuts, gorgonzola, and porcini mushrooms.
Adjacent to Sunset Terrace, the resort's popular chophouse, a new cocktail terrace was added to create additional seating for cocktails, small plates and sunsets over the Blue Ridge Mountains. No reservations are needed at the Sunset Cocktail Terrace but are recommended well in advance for dining on Sunset Terrace.
The classic chophouse features hand-cut steaks, seafood and regional favorites. Automatic gratuity has also been removed at the Sunset Terrace, as well as the award-winning artisanal buffet restaurant, Blue Ridge.
The Great Hall
Guests will be welcomed with an atmosphere of relaxed refinement with new Registration and Concierge desks, renovated original 36-foot-wide fireplaces and new columns featuring handcrafted Arts & Crafts wood panels by local artist, Rob Kleber of Earth in Home. The Great Hall Bar also has a new look, that blends into the historic yet comfortable feel of the Great Hall.
Vanderbilt Guest Rooms
The 167 guest rooms in the Vanderbilt Wing have all been renovated, including the exclusive Club Floor rooms..
Meeting and Event Space
Major enhancements will welcome group and meeting clientele. The resort's 55,000 square feet of versatile meeting space has been upgraded with new technology, carpeting, and new furnishings.
The Country Club venue has also been updated to meet the needs of the most imaginative meeting and wedding planners. The Country Club's outdoor space has even been expanded to accommodate anything from a Southern-style barbecue for 50 to a lavish black-tie wedding for 300.
Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains just minutes from downtown Asheville, N.C., the Omni Grove Park Inn is well suited for meetings and events, with 25 meeting rooms and two ballrooms totaling 55,000 square feet, including the Skyline Room and Mountain View Terrace.
