Dining with a 100 year history backdrop

This weekend we dined at a fine establishment in town of Gastonia, NC. Webb Custom Kitchen.

Facade of the restaurant

This in a 100 year old building that once was a movie hall. Showed films from the era then fell into disrepair as did the town of Gastonia.

A local developer and banker got hold of it and reimagined this brick building and converted it into a wonderful capsule to showcase the era that was. Also serving American cuisine with some local southern fare the service is fairly warm but hit or miss in some other operational aspects.

Pricing is on the high side partly due to the environ and ambience they cater alongside the food itself. It is well thought out and decorated with memorabilia like film projectors and snips of celluloid to frame a light box or two. The upstairs are not handicap accessible but if you are able bodied it offers a view of the open kitchen as you dine on your meat and veggies.

It also runs a black and white period clip on the silver screen at one end of the building to add to the overall mood.

Worth visiting while also doing a quick stop at local park(s) where you can watch cormorants and geese flock in the reservoir.

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