Cafe & Bar

In the kitchen...

...we seek to combine heritage spice profiles with modern compositions and plating styles. Quality is our bottom line, and we seek to provide great food in a casual setting for our customers. We source food locally whenever possible, and we change our menu with the seasons. Here are a few words about our Co-Chefs, the Rowland brothers (they aren't actually brothers, but they do have the same last name).

Acquired from the North, Chef Liam Luttrell-Rowland (28) studied art, not culinary. He quickly picked his form of expression to be food however, and served as Sous chef under James Beard Nominee Jeremiah Reardon (Best Chef Northeast 2001) There he acquired a keen sense of presentation, attention to color, and elements of composition distinctive to northern contemporary dining. Liam has always worked with local food, and was one of two Cape Cod chefs picked to cook for Outstanding in the Field in 2009. He also has had the privilege of cooking for some of the great northern food critics: Ruth Reichl and Mark Bittman.

Acquired from the South, Chef Jason Rowland (42) brings tradition and flavor to the Magnetic Field kitchen. Jason has a degree in Culinary from AB-Tech. He has worked at some of the regions best restaurants, and while serving as Sous Chef for the Boathouse, cooked at the James Beard House in New York City. Jason has always worked with big flavors, focusing on artesian and heritage based recipes of Louisiana, Virginia and North Carolina. He has had the honor of cooking for some of the South’s great Chefs, including, on several occasions, James Beard Award-Winner Donald Link.

Behind the bar...

...we work hard to bring you faithful versions of classic cocktails, and a few new ones we thought of as well. We spend hours each week making fresh juices, cordials, syrups, grenadine, orgeat, drams and bitters to make your drink taste as good as it possibly can. Our bar manager Cynthia Turner looks forward to serving you your favorite cocktail, or introducing you to a new one!

Cynthia Turner is a New Orleans native who found herself behind a bar at the ripe age of 17. Her experience has grown from "point to it, I'll put it in a glass" to passionately pursuing cocktail history. Her technique is that of a methodical nature which only flourished during her stay with the renowned French 75 Bar in the French Quarter under the insightful instruction of Chris Hannah, widely considered to be one of the top bartenders in America. Stationed now at the Magnetic Field, her quest for knowledge of the craft continues in her family's new home Asheville, NC. She intensely believes this beer-town will quickly be turned to cocktail enthusiasts in no time.....

(Photo by Max Cooper for Mountain Xpress)

Here's a glance at our menus!

Dinner Menu 

Cocktail Menu

The Magnetic Field is open Monday-Thursday, 3:00 p.m.-Midnight and Friday-Saturday, 3:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.

We begin serving dinner at 5:00 daily. To hear the chef's specials of the evening call us at 828-257-4003.