The Bluffs Restaurant will reopen May 27 on the Blue Ridge Parkway The Bluffs' new operator is Heritage Dining and Events, LLC, led by Sharon Pinney and Chef John Gamradt of Boone. The Bluffs, at Milepost 241 on the parkway, briefly reopened last August but closed after just five days of operation, in part because of issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Shana Whitehead and Bill Health of Muddy Creek Cafe in Winston-Salem and Sparta had signed on to operate the restaurant the year before and were on board through the renovation spearheaded by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, based in Winston-Salem.