Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens Welcomes Community Back to Lake Lure with Grand Re-Opening Six Months After Hurricane Helene
The 2025 calendar for the restaurant, bar, coffeehouse, and music venue in Lake Lure, NC is packed with festivals, live performances, and a revamped food and beverage menu.
LAKE LURE, NC – Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens – a restaurant, bar, and event space in Lake Lure, North Carolina – will host its Grand Re-Opening throughout the entire weekend of March 28-30, 2025, marking the start of an exciting season. The Grand Reopening shifts the restaurant into a new phase for the spring and summer, including a full schedule of live music, expanded hours, and an innovative menu revamp. Here’s a preview of what to expect:
Extended Hours: Hours at Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens will expand to include Fridays, Saturday evenings, and Sunday afternoons. The restaurant and bar will be open Fridays 12-9pm, Saturdays 10am-9pm, and Sundays 10am-4pm.
Live Music: Starting March 28, local musicians will perform every day of the weekend, on Fridays from 5:30-8:30, Saturdays from 5:30-8:30, and Sundays from 11-2.
Expanded Food and Drink Offerings: From a full lineup of premium frozen cocktails and mocktails to fresh new food items, the Grey Hawk dining offerings will be more extensive than ever.
Reimagined Interior Design: The Grey Hawk building now boasts a fully cohesive interior design, with a brand new custom bar made in-house with reclaimed local wood slabs and floral patterns everywhere you look. In the month ahead an outdoor awning will be constructed to extend rainy day seating availability.
A Full Lineup of Festivals: Almost every month of 2025 features a special festival event planned – from a property-wide Easter Egg hunt to a June Pride Festival to two new music festivals in May and September. These will be special events that bring the community together, with local craft vendors, artists, and fun for all ages.
New Event Offerings: Grey Hawk will build on its successful special event series with new additions, including a twice-monthly outdoor yoga class on Saturday mornings; line-dancing nights starting in the summer; innovative wine-tasting, -pairing, and -purchasing events; and Bonfire Nights, which make use of a forested area in the back of the property.
On-Site Vegetable & Edible Flower Garden: Unique radial raised beds allow for lots of plant growth, including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, edible flowers, herbs, and more, perfect for strolling through with a cocktail or coffee.
A Beautiful Outdoor Oasis: The Grey Hawk property includes an extensive lawn, a creek with a small waterfall, a huge, hand-poured fountain, and beautiful landscaping with local and rare plants. Guests can enjoy the gardens, picnic on the lawn, and play newly-available family lawn games like cornhole and ladder ball.
Expanded Coffeehouse Offerings: The Hatchling Coffeehouse by Grey Hawk, an espresso bar and lounge located right next door at 102 Resort Lane, will now be open seven days of the week, from 8am-3pm Sundays through Thursdays and 8am-8pm Fridays and Saturdays. The coffee house will feature a new selection of grab-and-go food and snack items, plants and gifts for purchase, a Bottle Shop with accessible wine offerings, and more.
March 28 will be the first time that the business is restored to full capacity and programming in six months, ever since Hurricane Helene caused severe and heart-breaking destruction across Western North Carolina, devastating neighborhoods and resulting in loss of life and widespread loss of livelihood. The Grey Hawk property was mercifully not substantially damaged during the storm, although the region’s recovery process – including the rebuilding of nearby Chimney Rock Village, the long-term repair of a major travel artery connecting Lake Lure to Asheville, and the restoration of the lake itself – has led to logistical challenges and uncertainty about tourism prospects for 2025.
Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens is owned and operated by George Carter and Adam Polaski, who purchased the property one week before Hurricane Helene.
George Carter, co-owner of Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens, said:
“We are so thrilled to welcome the community back to Grey Hawk and back to Lake Lure after what has been a chaotic and unsettling time. Our team has poured our hearts into Grey Hawk, dreaming up exciting events and innovative food and drink options, and we can’t wait to share them. Even as we face a season where the public will be unable to use the lake itself, we are honored that Grey Hawk is becoming a destination in its own right and can be one element in Lake Lure’s recovery process.”
Adam Polaski, co-owner of Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens, said:
“We’ve heard loud and clear from community members that they are eager for a way to recapture the peace that Hurricane Helene stole from so many across our region. On the Grey Hawk team, we believe that coming together over delicious food, hand-crafted drinks, and awesome music in a relaxing environment can be very healing – and a lot of fun. That’s the spirit we’re bringing with us this spring and summer, and we are humbled and grateful to be here to entertain, serve, and delight.”
Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens is proud and grateful to be a recipient of a grant from the Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative, supported by Dogwood Health Trust and Appalachian Community Capital (ACC) in partnership with Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF).
Stay up to date on the latest events, menu items, and news from Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens on our website (www.greyhawklakelure.com), social media (@GreyHawkLakeLure on Instagram and Facebook), or via our email list, which you can join at www.greyhawklakelure.com/updates. For media inquiries or to cover an upcoming event, email Adam Polaski at info@greyhawklakelure.com.