Hail Mary

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"A moment of silence for Tastee Diner, the gritty, tenacious 80-year-old institution in West Asheville, last owned by chef Steven Goff, who in September 2024 bid a simultaneously reluctant and relieved farewell to the business and Western North Carolina. In a comeback for the ages, Tastee general manager Kelly Gable picked up the ball and threw a Hail Mary, the name she chose for the everything-old-is-new-again restaurant she opened on January 29, 2025. The cocktail list has been refreshed, a new lunch/dinner menu rolled out, eight decades of grease scraped off the walls and replaced with forever young images of millennial icons — Britney, Spice Girls, Whitney, Shania, and more — collaged on tables. The two-patty smash burger all the way is the greasy queen; the Cubano, French dip, Brussels Josepine, and beef poutine are early hits." - Kay West