Biltmore Village restaurant reopens after restoration of 130-year-old building following Helene’s devastation

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY HOMETOWN) — What does a year of rebuilding look like?  In Asheville’s historic Biltmore Village, it’s at a different stage at every turn you take.

“You know, it was pretty rough.  I don’t like to dwell on it, but it was the reality,” said Joe Scully, the co-owner of The Corner Kitchen.

While the flood water — high enough to swallow entire buildings — has receded, images of those early days are burned into Scully’s mind.

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“We came down from the hill through these buildings over here and could see The Corner Kitchen, but we had to walk through water to get to it on the first day,” he said. “It was crazy.”…

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