ASHEVILLE

(includes Candler, Fairview, Flat Rock & Old Fort)

BAKERIES, COFFEE, ICE CREAM, JUICE & TEA
●Battlecat Coffee Bar – 373 Haywood Road (West Asheville); 828-713-3885; battlecatcoffeebar.com; try cafe miel.
●Farm & Sparrow – 110 Morgan Cove Road (Candler); 828-633-0584; farmandsparrow.com; bakery and patisserie.
●French Broad Chocolates – 10 South Lexington Avenue; 828-252-4181; frenchbroadchocolates.com; dessert cafe and chocolatier.
●Hole – 168 Haywood Road (West Asheville); 828-774-5667; facebook.com/holedoughnuts; doughnuts.
●Nourish & Flourish – 347 Depot Street, #201; 828-255-2770; nourishflourishnow.com; juice bar.
●Short Street Cakes – 225 Haywood Road (West Asheville); 828-505-4822; shortstreetcakes.com; everything made 100% from scratch.



BARS & NIGHTCLUBS
●Asheville Brewing Co. – 77 Coxe Avenue; 828-255-4077; ashevillebrewing.com; has chain-ish feel.
●Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar – 1 Battle Square; 828-252-0020; batteryparkbookexchange.com; not place for shabby paperbacks, more like never-read, leather-bound Dickens.
●Green Man Brewing Co. – 23 Buxton Avenue; 828-252-5502; greenmanbrewing.com; micro-brewery; cask-conditioned beers.
●Grey Eagle – 185 Clingman Avenue; 828-232-5800; thegreyeagle.com; old warehouse; now bar & taqueria.
●Magnetic Field – 372 Depot Street; 828-674-2036; themagneticfield.com; multi-use performance space with bar and café.
●Mothlight – 701 Haywood Road; 828-252-5433; themothlight.com; small club with great bar in former furniture store.
●Orange Peel – 101 Biltmore Avenue; 828-398-1837; theorangepeel.net.
●Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge – 7 Rankin Avenue; 828-254-4993; rankinvault.com; late-night cheeseburger worth special trip.
●Sazerac – 29 Broadway Street; 828-376-0031; ashevillesazerac.com; swanky downtown bar.
●Sovereign Remedies – 29 North Market Street, 105; 828-919-9518; sovereignremedies.com; proper cocktails and liquid remedies, as well as lunch and dinner, locally sourced almost.
●Urban Orchard Cider Co. – 210 Haywood Road (West Asheville); 828-774-5151; urbanorchardcider.com; 22 types cider.
●Wedge Brewing Co. – 125B Roberts Street; 828-505-2792; wedgebrewing.com.
●Wicked Weed Funkatorium – 91 Biltmore Avenue; 828-575-9599; wickedweedbrewing.com; brewery.



HOTELS
●Aloft – 51 Biltmore Avenue (West Asheville); 828-232-2838; aloftashevilledowntown.com.
●Grand Bohemian Hotel – 11 Boston Way; 828-505-2949 or 888-717-8756; bohemianhotelasheville.com; sumptuous yet affordable.
●Grove Park Inn – 290 Macon Avenue; 828-252-2711 or 800-438-5800; groveparkinn.com; Craftsman-era architecture; best to enjoy for meal or even just Bloody Mary, rather than stay.
●Hotel Indigo – 151 Haywood Street; 828-239-0239 or 877-846-3446; hotelindigo.com; midpriced, contemporary design.
●Inn on Biltmore Estate – 1 Antler Hill Road; 828-225-1600 or 800-411-3812; biltmore.com; on 8K acre private estate.



RESTAURANTS
●Admiral – 400 Haywood Road; 828-252-2541; theadmiralnc.com; in cinder-block structure; looks like dump; French bistro-style food.
●All Souls Pizza – 175 Clingman Avenue; 828-254-0169; allsoulspizza.com.
●Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co. – 675 Merrimon Avenue; 828-254-1281; ashevillebrewing.com; has arcade, bar, and movie theater.
●Biscuit Head – 733 Haywood Road (Biltmore); 828-333-5145; biscuitheads.com; breakfast-lunch cafe.
●Bistro – 1 Lodge Street (at Biltmore Estate); 828-225-6230; biltmore.com.
●Chai Pani – 22 Battery Park Avenue; 828-254-4003; chaipani.net; fresh, cilantro-strewn takes on Indian food; for late-afternoon snacks, try bhel puri (chickpea noodles and puffed rice with fresh tamarind chutney), nimbu pani (lemonade), or “salty limeade.”
●Cucina24 – 24 Wall Street; 828-254-6170; cucina24restaurant.com.
●Curate Tapas Bar – 11 Biltmore Avenue; 828-239-2946; curatetapasbar.com; more locavore nonsense; chef trained at El Bulli.
●Early Girl Eatery – 8 Wall Street; 828-259-9292; earlygirleatery.com; morning, afternoon & night; captures Asheville.
●Fig – 18 Brook Street; 828-277-0889; figbistro.com; among area’s best restaurants.
●Homegrown – 371 Merrimon Avenue; 828-232-4340; slowfoodrightquick.com; local food cooked by local people; try chicken biscuit with honey.
●King James Public House – 94 Charlotte Street; 828-252-2412; kingjamespublichouse.com; gastro-pub & restaurant.
●Magnetic Field – 372 Depot Street; 828-674-2036; themagneticfield.com; multi-use performance space with bar and café.
●Rhubarb – 7 Southwest Pack Square; 828-785-1503; rhubarbasheville.com; best described as lakehouse-chic; American; chef is former James Beard winner.
●Table – 48 College Street; 828-254-8980; tableasheville.com.
●12 Bones Smokehouse – 5 Riverside Drive; 828-253-4499; 12bones.com; barvecue; lines out door; President Obama is repeat customer.
●Universal Joint – 784 Haywood Road; 828-505-7262; ujointbar.com/asheville.html; try Steinbeck Burger.
●White Duck Taco Shop – 1 Roberts Street, #101; 828-258-1660; whiteducktacoshop.com; try grilled fish tacos with Sangria.



SERVICES
●Bike Barn – 1 Lodge Street (on Biltmore Estate, in Antler Hill Barn on 2^nd floor); 828-225-1333; biltmore.com; bicycle rentals; 22 miles of trails on property.



SHOPPING
●Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar – 1 Battle Square; 828-252-0020; batteryparkbookexchange.com; not place for shabby paperbacks, more like never-read, leather-bound Dickens.
●Curve Studios – 6, 9 & 12 Riverside Drive; 828-388-3526; curvestudiosnc.com; ceramics.
●French Broad Chocolates – 10 South Lexington Avenue; 828-252-4181; frenchbroadchocolates.com; dessert cafe and chocolatier.
●Harvest Records – 415 Haywood Road; 828-258-2999; harvest-records.com; from vintage psych to alt-country; vinyl heaven.
●Southern Highland Craft Guilds – 382 Blue Ridge Parkway (at Folk Art Center: Milepost); 828-298-7928; southernhighlandguild.org.
●Villagers – 278 Haywood Road (West Asheville); 828-215-9569; forvillagers.com; homewares.



SIGHTS & SITES
●Biltmore – 1 Lodge Street; 828-225-1333 or 800-411-3812; biltmore.com; large private estate & tourist attraction; Châteauesque-styled mansion built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889-95; largest privately owned house in US; still owned by Vanderbilt descendants; among most prominent remaining Gilded Age structures; in 2007, ranked 8^th by American Institute of Architects.
●Black Mountain College – 375 Lake Eden Road; blackmountaincollege.org; intellectual utopia that closed in late 1950s; now Christian boys’ camp but can visit and enjoy Bauhaus-inspired architecture and Jean Charlot murals.
●Navitat Canopy Adventures – 242 Poverty Branch Road (Barnardsville); 828-626-3700; navitat.com; zip-line; best way to see fall foliage.
●George Washington Carver Edible Park – 30 George Washington Carver Avenue; take outdoor stairway behind Pack’s Tavern, go left on Marjorie Street, cross pedestrian bridge (by corner of Davidson and Marjorie).
●Hickory Nut Gap – 57 Sugar Hollow Road (Fairview); 828-628-1027; hickorynutgapfarm.com; arrange tour of this working farm.
●Pack Square Park – Pack Square; 828-252-2300 (conservancy); packsquarepark.org; interactive fountain, public sculpture, and small amphitheater.
●Peaceful Valley Farm – 1200 Pine Cove Road (Old Fort); 828-668-7411; buyappalachian.org/listing/peaceful-valley-farm; working museum; includes sorghum molasses mill, antique tractors, hit-n-miss engines, pottery, wood turning, farm animals, heirloom vegetables, blacksmith shop, and stone grist mill; call for appointments.
●Carl Sandburg Farm & Home – 81 Carl Sandburg Lane (Flat Rock); 828-693-4178; nps.gov/carl; open to public.
●Thomas Wolfe Home – 52 North Market Street; 828-253-8304; wolfememorial.com; open to public.
●Troy & Sons – 12 Old Charlotte Highway; 828-575-2000; troyandsons.com; moonshine maker; arrange tour in advance.