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December 2009All photos & illustrations by Pat Johns
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Like other restored areas of the estate, development efforts are focused on commercial enterprises such as restaurants and gift shops which sell items branded with the Biltmore name. (The Antler Hill Village by the River Bend Farm will open in 2010 and will offer even more shopping. It was designed by the same firm that has built facilities for Sea World and Disney). |
The stable house originally held a carriage house in one wing and stables in the other wing. Male servants lived on the upper floor. |
Today the Courtyard Stables offer a bakery, ice cream parlor and sandwich shop with outdoor courtyard seating and the Stable Café which offers indoor seating for lunch and dinner. The rest of the stables facility contains gift shops with toys, candy and the ever-present Christmas and Biltmore-branded items. Continue the story . . . |
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