tonight we haddinnerat an amazing restaurant in statesville, risto's. my husband and i have been privileged to travel throughout the world and love fine dining, so to be in a small-town atmosphere such as statesville and have one of the most lovely dinners of our lives was quite unexpected. when i wanted to change something a little bit on the menu, they were so accommodating....but i gave the chef complete control and the outcome was marvelous. when the dish finally arrived it was beautifully prepared and absolutely sensational! then we ordered homemade dessert. normally a restaurant offers one homemade dessert and the others are brought in. not risto's, every single dessert on the menu… all six of them were made fresh. then we learned all the food in the restaurant is farm to table and served straight from local ingredients. please please please, give them a try it was so good. although we live in charlotte we will be back anytime we're in the area :-)