Maples Restaurant&tavern

The 850-acre, master-planned Blue Ridge Mountains resort and residential community (http://www.oldemill.net) boasts luxurious golf front and mountain-view condominium villas, manor homes, single-family cottages and stunning mountain estate homes, ranging in pricesfrom $200s to $1mms. Besides its striking setting, the projects authentic Mountain Craftsman style architecture sets it apart from other cookie cutter style mountain communities. Designed by one of the foremost architectural design firms, Garrell & Associates Olde Mill™s homes and villas work in strong concert with Olde Mills soft mountain topography and are accented by expert landscape design features created by Aaron Brown of Brown Landscaping. Olde Mills $12 million transformation is the vision of prominent Mid-Atlantic-area land developer and Virginia Tech graduate Norris Mitchell, who grew up on a farm 20 miles from Olde Mill. He is overseeing Olde Mills evolution into the type of perfect mountain designed club community with an array of amenities and an economic engine for the region for decades to come. Enhancements include completely redesigned dining and tavern facilities and the addition of Chef Ed Badgett, an acclaimed culinary maestro who came from an elite private club in Western North Carolina recreational area, newly renovated tennis courts, a fitness facility, and an indoor swimming pool with raised Jacuzzi (an outdoor pool is also planned, along with other additions). Olde Mills golf course is rated 4 stars by Golf Digest magazine (out of 5 possible). The championship golf courses extensive renovations were directed by third-generation Pinehurst residents Dan and Bradley Maples, the son and grandson of original designer Ellis Maples. Keeping the iconic layout reminiscent of the Golden Age of golfs Donald Ross classic designs the upgrades include aesthetic changes to several holes. Furthermore, the course™s back tee boxes were lengthened to 7,100 yards, while the other