A former bartender, Kevin Bise operates a full bar at his Glade Spring restaurant Tavern 13, offering an assortment of high-end liquor, beer and wine.
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Kevin Bise uses a smoking box that sits on the bar counter to give drinks a distinctive smoky aroma and flavor. He simply sets a glass-filled drink in the box, closes the lid and places it over pre-lit smoldering wood chips.
Carolyn R. Wilson/For the Smyth County News & Messenger
Restaurant owner Kevin Bise is a fireman and paramedic who serves as a deputy chief of the Glade Spring Volunteer Fire Department.
Carolyn R. Wilson/For the Smyth County News & Messenger
The outside door of Tavern 13, located at 139 Town Square Street in Glade Spring, is painted a hard-to-miss fire engine red as a tribute to the town’s fire fighters and other first responders.
Carolyn R. Wilson/For the Smyth County News & Messenger
Kevin Bise uses a smoking box that sits on the bar counter to give drinks a distinctive smoky aroma and flavor. He simply sets a glass-filled drink in the box, closes the lid and places it over pre-lit smoldering wood chips.
Carolyn R. Wilson/For the Smyth County News & Messenger
The outside door of Tavern 13, located at 139 Town Square Street in Glade Spring, is painted a hard-to-miss fire engine red as a tribute to the town’s fire fighters and other first responders.
Carolyn R. Wilson/For the Smyth County News & Messenger
