When you think of North Carolina’s mountain towns, your mind probably conjures images of hiking trails, craft breweries, and maybe some good old-fashioned barbecue, but definitely not a seafood gastropub honoring a 19th-century maritime hero.
Snap Dragon Bar & Kitchen in Burnsville is here to prove that the best surprises come from the most unexpected places.
Here’s something you don’t see every day: a restaurant in the Blue Ridge Mountains that’s basically a love letter to a sea captain who never saw these peaks in his lifetime.
Captain Otway Burns was a privateer during the War of 1812, which is a fancy way of saying he was a pirate with government permission…