The café
Homemade plates, New York bagels — including lox and cream cheese — breakfast burritos, frittatas, crab cakes, and Sunday brunch. Macarons and mimosas make an appearance too.
Hot Springs · On the Appalachian Trail
Café, wine, and a market by the river.
Sarah and Keith Calloway’s Bridge Street shop is a place for homemade plates, a glass of wine, and carefully chosen provisions — indoors or out in the mountain air.
Since 2020
Back on Bridge Street, and glad to be home.
Vaste Rivière Provisions opened in 2020 as an upscale café, wine shop, and gourmet grocery at 158 Bridge Street in Hot Springs. After Hurricane Helene, Sarah and Keith Calloway kept serving the town from a temporary outpost, then returned to their original rooms on September 28, 2025.
When the 1950s Asheville hardwood floor buckled in the flood, they inlaid a river-pebble tile mosaic where the boards had lifted — a quiet mark of the river that gives the shop its name. The rooms now hold indoor and outdoor seating, a wine and craft-beer selection, homemade plates, and a grocery of frozen meats and seafood, sandwiches, coffee, and desserts.
In the back of the shop is Bugs and Brews, the county’s only fly shop. Keith Calloway builds custom bamboo rods, and guests can arrange guides and lessons with Curtis Wright in Weaverville.
Café & provisions
A little of Europe, a lot of the mountains.
A complete menu should come from the owners. This sample gathers what guests and local write-ups already mention.
The market
Gourmet cheeses, cured meats, tinned seafood, pastas, jams, fig salamis, take-and-bake, and a home, beauty, and pet section. Much of it is from North Carolina and the Appalachians, or imported from Italy and Spain.
Wine & beer
A considered selection of wine and craft beer, to enjoy in the room or carry down the street.
Coffee & dessert
Coffee, sweets, and in-house cakes by Stacy Jameson. A good reason to linger after a hike or a drive through the gorge.
Hours & place
158 Bridge Street, Hot Springs.
Come for a plate, a bottle, or a browse through the market. Outdoor seating is part of the welcome when the weather is kind.
| Monday – Wednesday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Thursday | 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. |
| Sunday | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
These hours follow a public ASAP listing. Other calendars have sometimes shown Thursday until 7 p.m., or a Monday opening. Please call before you make a special trip.
From guests
A 4.7-star table in Hot Springs.
The shop is rated around 4.7 stars across roughly 180 reviews. A few of the notes that come up often:
“The lox and cream cheese bagel was perfect, and the room feels like a small European café that somehow landed on the Trail.”
“We came for Sunday brunch — macarons, mimosas, and a breakfast burrito — and stayed to browse the conservas and cheeses.”
“Crab cakes and a frittata after a hike, then a bottle to take home. Thoughtful food in a beautiful space.”
These are short, faithful paraphrases of public reviews, written for this sample site.
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