BlogAsheville: New Asheville restaurant, Gan Shan Station, opens today

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BlogAsheville reports via Twitter that Asheville’s newest restaurant, Gan Shan Station, opens today (Sunday):

Gan Shan is at 143 Charlotte Street, in the former broken-down PB station. Pan-Asian menu, chef in the kitchen, independently owned.

More photos from Gan Shan Station on Instagram.

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  1. Luann January 7, 2015

    As a 25-year resident of the neighborhood, I’m so happy to see a good business going into this building, which has been an eyesore for a good 20 years at least. I can’t count the number of times I called the city to complain about head-high weeds on that lot, not to mention the graffiti and trash. It looks great now, and I wish them great success.

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  2. Foodie December 31, 2014

    I was lucky enough to try out Gan Shan the second night they were open and was not disappointed. The food was incredible and the service throughout the house was second to none. The atmosphere is warm and inviting with a perfect balance of old and new. Patrick and his team have done an amazing job breathing much needed new life into the Charlotte Street community and Gan Shan is certain to be a hub of activity and community for years to come.

    Not sure where the reader above is getting their information, however. I checked with the city and the state and there are very strict requirements for redevelopment of old buildings like this requiring a clean bill of health before they can be reused. There are many examples of buildings like this being reused such as the deli across the street, Mellow Mushroom, U-Joint, 12 Bones, and many others across the region. I too would be curious if the reader could cite credible sources supporting his or her claims or if their statements were based on uninformed supposition.

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  3. Jami December 30, 2014

    Is there a menu anywhere online?

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    1. Forest Davenport December 31, 2014

      There is one online now at their website

      http://www.ganshanstation.com

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      1. Jami January 6, 2015

        Thanks!

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  4. Matthew December 29, 2014

    A restaurant built on an unremeditated brownfield site? Yum.

    Great work, City of Asheville Permit Office.

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    1. Buster December 30, 2014

      That sounds terrible. Aren’t they required to have testing performed? Is there a standard that they should meet?

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    2. adam January 5, 2015

      The tanks were removed some years ago, so the lable ‘brownfield’ does not apply.

      Source: A lifetime resident of the neighborhood.

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  5. Matthew December 29, 2014

    Much like U Joint in West Asheville, I’m dying to know how putting a restaurant in an abandoned gas station made it through permitting without actually removing any of the contaminated soil on site. This is the classic definition of a unremeditated brownfield site. I don’t care how good the food is, I wouldn’t touch this place with a 10 foot pole. There is some really questionable stuff that makes it through city permitting…

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    1. Buster December 30, 2014

      A buddy of mine heard they passed something called a Phase 1&2 Environmental?
      He too was curious and looked into it. Looks like the tanks were out
      nearly 20 years ago and the state gave a green light? Got any leads or inside info?

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      1. Aquilla December 31, 2014

        Matthew, do your homework. I can confirm that the tanks were removed 12-15 years ago and that the environmental studies showed no soil contamination … hence no need to excavate soil. In addition, building analysis for lead and asbestos were negative. This does NOT fit the definition of an “unmediated brownfield site”, and the Asheville City permitting process HAS done its homework, unlike you. The certifications are on file with the City, if you would care to inspect them and modify your inaccuracies.

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      2. jtroop December 31, 2014

        I heard the same…. I thought that the remediation was what was keeping potential builders from developing the site. Turns out out it was extraordinary high real estate prices…. who would’ve guessed that in dumpy North Asheville.

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    2. Matthew = NumbNuts December 31, 2014

      Matthew, go back to being an un-informed hater somewhere else. The tanks were removed and all of the (strict) city environmental requirements were met, fool.

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    3. Doc Brown January 1, 2015

      Matthew – you may be interested in the tin foil hats I have for sale at the Woolworth Walk. They’re handcrafted, organic, and locally fermented in a pristine stand of old growth on national forest land that has been blessed by the NRDC and certified ‘Three Star Namaste’ by the city permitting office.

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    4. Julia Hill January 1, 2015

      I know! I always love when chefs drag my food through the dirt on site before cooking it. It’s a shame Mr Shan can’t offer that option.

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  6. weavervilleman December 29, 2014

    BP Gas station. Not PB lol.

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    1. native December 29, 2014

      Actually, it was a Gulf station.

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  7. jtroop December 29, 2014

    Hooray! Way to go, Patrick!!

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