“Our mission is to create value for our community, our guests, and our team by executing experience-driven hospitality with excellence.”

Hospitality begins with people.

We believe that attracting and hiring the best people sets our family of businesses apart.

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Garden & Gun

Finalist for the South’s Best Steak house. March 2025.

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Hickory Metro Destination Guide

A Hospitality Legacy. 2021-2022 Destination Guide.

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Business North Carolina

2019 Trail Blazers in North Carolina

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Garden & Gun

25 Outstanding Restaurants Worth the Drive. August 2022.

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Hickory Daily Record

The steaks remain the same at the Charolais, but there’s a new bar, new look. November 2020

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Foothills Digest.

Foothills Digest. Standard Oyster Company. Fall 2017.

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City of Hickory Business. Well Crafted. Awards.

Entreprenuer of the Year. Zackary Cranford. November 2021.

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Asheville Lifestyle

Hickory Hustle. October 2016.

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Hurricane Relief Dinner

12 Local Chefs unite with Cranford Hospitality to raise Hurricane Relief funds for the NCRLA Foundation.

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North Carolina Weekend

PBS “North Carolina Weekend” Show visits Cranford Hospitality in Season 20 Episode 23.

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