LOCATION. LOCATION. LOCATION. It’s in the name and they have it – Trailside Brewing Company.
They’re in a historic, multi-building complex known as Lennox Station, located right – and I mean RIGHT – on the Ecusta Trail in Hendersonville’s Lennox Park Historic District.
Lennox Station co-owners “Dale Salvaggio-Bradshaw and Steve Bradshaw, Dr. Charlotte Riddle and Clement Riddle and Alisa and Bart Salvaggio raised their children together in Hendersonville and have been friends for over 20 years. The families are all lovers of the outdoors and consider the property the perfect location for their vision.” – Hendersonville Times-News, April 9th, 2022.
“The vision for the space includes a neighborhood grocery with locally-sourced meats and produce, a bakery and café, brewery and a restaurant.” – Hendersonville Times-News, April 9th, 2022.
The original building that houses Trailside Brewing was “built in 1915 and retains much of the character of the original structure. Lennox Station has been the home to the Freeze-Bacon Hosiery Mill, the Wing paper Box Company, and later, the first Hendersonville Lowes. Learn more fascinating history of Lennox Station.
Trailside’s interior Tasting Room is expansive, but somehow feels warm and welcoming. It’s cool that you can get an up close and personal view of the brew tanks right behind the counter.
We were wondering if it would get really loud with a lot of people inside, but even as the crowd built, the noise level didn’t. It’s probably similar when live music is playing.
There’s another huge open space adjacent to the main tap room/brewery that looks set up for overflow and/or private events. That’s just a guess on my part.
Just outside is plenty of patio space with a variety of seating options, including a killer Fire Pit. They’ve surrounded this space with fantastic planters that are full of flowers and lush greenery in growing months. I didn’t include an off-season picture because I couldn’t get past the barbed wire look of the empty vines.
Between us, we had a pint of Trail Hazer IPA and a 1/2 pint of Community Brew Stout. Both tasty. If you’re not feelin’ beer, they also serve up Wines, Prosecco, and Non-Alcoholic drinks. A food truck was parked right outside the side door, which seems to be a daily thing. Not sure, but I’m guessing this will continue even after the new Market and Cafe open.
Exciting news about the new Market and Cafe coming soon to Lennox Station in a following post. I was lucky enough to randomly run into and chat with the lovely couple that’s taking on this project. They gave me a peek at the plans for both the Market and Cafe and I can say with confidence, the entire project is going to be awesome!
Trailside Brewing Company
873 Lenox Park Dr
Hendersonville, NC 28739
Love your place!But I tried to listen to Izzy Hughes on Sunday and the poor acoustics made her sound like a screech owl! Don’t bother with live music indoors until you can give the artists the respect they deserve! Outdoors is good,weather permitting.
Hello Greg. Not sure the folks at Trailside Brewing will see your comment here? I’d suggest letting them know about the audio problems in person or on their FB page under the post about Sunday’s lineup.
Excited to see you went here! Funny I just the other day found them and put on my list to check them out and today I see you beat me to it.