What is there to do in Morganton?

Morganton is a small town, but we have a few little treasures, as well as a big local outdoors scene for hiking, rivers, lake James, and bicycling. Here are some of our favorite businesses

Coffee:

• Thornwell (right across the street from us, with a cute bookstore!)

• The Grind (within walking distance, also serves breakfast / lunch!)

• Little Guatemala (authentic Guatemalan coffee with a beautiful patio!)

Retail:

• Adventurebound books (used books!)

• Thornwell (new books in a cute cafe, right across the street from us!)

• Hot Box Vintage (vintage shop! Open thursday - Sunday)

• Green Eggs and Jam (record store and general weirdness, like an antique store but curated)

• The Pop Shop (skate shop!)

• Overmountain cycles (super cool bicycle shop that runs regular town biking events)

Food (check the hours because hours in Morganton can be sporadic):

• Moondog Pizza

• The Grind for cafe food and casual lunch / breakfast bagels

• Homers for late night Wednesday-Saturday

• Kin2kin (asian food right on the square)

• Food Matters (great deli sandwiches in the daytime)

• Mountain burrito (only open Friday to Sunday but good clean tacos and burritos!)

• There are usually food trucks on the square during lunch hours on weekdays!

Bars and brews:

• Homers (full bar)

• Fonta flora (great local craft beer, a must-stop Morganton place if you like beer!)

• Sidetracked (more beer!)

• Magnolia room (its a hotel bar right downtown, but with a seperate entrance. The locals hang there for fancy cocktails.