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Asheville is Known for Amazing Cuisine
If you’re coming to Asheville, you better bring your appetite. The city is famous for great food, and local restaurants serve up their specialties in style.A Trip for the Taste Buds You can travel the globe just by exploring Asheville’s restaurant scene, from the exotic Japanese Wagyu filet served at Horizons restaurant in the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa to the Baja-style fish tacos at Mamacitas.In the mood for French cuisine? Try the smoked trout and goat cheese salad at... Read More »
Asheville Hosts Many Beer-Related Events
Many tourists to Asheville actually make visiting a microbrewery a priority, so it makes sense that the city hops to it when it comes to hosting beer-focused festivals and events.For example, more than 30 American breweries from throughout the nation showcase more than 100 different beers every mid-September at the Brewgrass Festival. The popular event takes place at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, with food and water vendors in attendance along with live entertainment provided by a lineup of... Read More »
Chocolate Shops in Asheville, NC Create Treasures
As aficionados know, there’s chocolate, and then there’s chocolate: The kind some swear is better than – well, you know. And fortunately, available right here in Asheville.
Indian Kulfi, Dragon’s Sigh, Ancient Pleasures, Canela Picante and Masala Chai may sound like exotic treasures – and they are. All are unique chocolate truffle flavors you’d be hard-pressed to find in an ordinary sweet shop, but are right at home in Asheville’s finest chocolate shops... Read More »
Asheville, NC Restaurant Scene Grows, Goes Greener
Known as "Foodtopia" for its impressive array of fine restaurants, commitment to locally grown ingredients and variety of food-related events and initiatives, Asheville soon may also lead the nation in green restaurants.
With 100,000 residents, the city already has an oversize devotion to culinary excellence and variety. It boasts more than 250 independent restaurants, 17 active farmers markets, longstanding support for the farm-to-table movement and a bevy of local farmers.
“We... Read More »
Asheville Tapped Again As Beer City USA
Asheville has refreshing answers to whatever "ales" you, thanks to 10 microbreweries doing business in the community.
In 2011 and for the third consecutive year, Asheville won the national title of Beer City USA as voted by readers of Examiner.com and organized by the Denver, Colo.-based Brewers Association.
“I was the first person to start a microbrewery in Asheville back in 1994 and never could have imagined that today there would be 10 microbreweries in a city of 70,000... Read More »
Four New Asheville, NC Restaurants
A city doesn’t call itself “Foodtopia" without having a vibrant dining scene, and Asheville restaurants helped the town live up to its nickname even in the worst economy. When things turned bad in 2009, it would have been understandable if many locally owned eateries simply turned off the ovens and closed their doors. Oddly enough, the exact opposite has happened. Asheville’s top independent restaurateurs have actually reinvigorated the city with an impressive selection... Read More »
Asheville Restaurants Serve Up Fare From All Corners of the Globe
An evening of dining at Tupelo Honey Café might start with an appetizer of honey chipotle wings with blue cheese dressing, followed by a seared salmon fillet for dinner. Or, you could try the eatery’s famous sweet potato pancakes and homemade hot chocolate.
Meanwhile, a visit to Mamacitas could include a meal of raging fajita burritos or a plate of Baja-style fish tacos with sautéed vegetables.
Or, you could dig into some butternut squash soup before enjoying seared ahi tuna or roasted... Read More »
Asheville Area Farmers and Tailgate Markets
Asheville City Market
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
April 18 – Dec. 19
161 S. Charlotte St.
French Broad Food Co-op Saturday Tailgate Market
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
April 12 – Oct. 25
90 Biltmore Ave.
North Asheville Tailgate Market
Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon
April 18 – Dec. 20
1 University Heights (near UNCA’s Owen Hall)
Riceville Tailgate Market
Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon
May 23 – Sept. 19
2251 Riceville Road
Wednesday Afternoon Downtown Tailgate Market
Wednesday, 2 – 6:30 p.m.
April 29 – Dec.... Read More »
Local Restaurateurs Rely on Homegrown Ingredients
From tomatoes to potatoes and corn to country ham, Asheville’s farmers and culinary artisans produce some of the best crops in the country. And when they take their products to local farmers markets and the back doors of independent restaurants in the area, everybody wins.
“Back in 2005 when we opened, chef Bill Klein went to the farmers markets and incorporated his finds into nightly specials,” says Treavis Taylor, who owns fig bistro with his wife, Traci. “He built relationships with the... Read More »
