Guidebook for Asheville

Arlene
Guidebook for Asheville

Essentials

This local chain has both regular and organic selections, with a super salad bar!
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Ingles Market
1865 Hendersonville Rd
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This local chain has both regular and organic selections, with a super salad bar!
Great selection of organic foods, plus a buffet and eating area.
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Earth Fare
66 Westgate Pkwy
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Great selection of organic foods, plus a buffet and eating area.

Food Scene

The best guacamole you'll ever taste, prepared fresh at your table.
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Papa's & Beer
17 Tunnel Rd
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The best guacamole you'll ever taste, prepared fresh at your table.
Rumored to have the best shakes/malts in Asheville. Their burgers are pretty good too.
French Fryz
2109 Hendersonville Rd
Rumored to have the best shakes/malts in Asheville. Their burgers are pretty good too.
Certified "green" organic restaurant; yummy selections. Open 8am - 7pm.
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Green Sage Café South
1800 Hendersonville Rd
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Certified "green" organic restaurant; yummy selections. Open 8am - 7pm.
Korean fare in a classically simple setting.
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Stone Bowl Korean Restaurant
1987 Hendersonville Rd
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Korean fare in a classically simple setting.
Authentic East Indian cuisine - one of my favorites!
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Cinnamon Kitchen Indian Cuisine
1838 Hendersonville Rd
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Authentic East Indian cuisine - one of my favorites!
Located in Biltmore Park, you can enjoy a sumptuous meal before or after exploring the shops.
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P.F. Chang's
26 Schenck Pkwy
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Located in Biltmore Park, you can enjoy a sumptuous meal before or after exploring the shops.
What's not to like? Great reviews.
Carolina Mountain Bakery
1950 Hendersonville Rd
What's not to like? Great reviews.
Iannucci's Pizzeria and Italian
1981 Hendersonville Rd
Great Pizza!
Reputed to be among the best for BBQ, and sister to the 12 Bones that President Obama frequents on his visits to Asheville.
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12 Bones Smokehouse SOUTH
2350 Hendersonville Rd
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Reputed to be among the best for BBQ, and sister to the 12 Bones that President Obama frequents on his visits to Asheville.
Cali-Mex cuisine and bar with a 92% approval rating.
Sol Y Luna
1636 Hendersonville Rd
Cali-Mex cuisine and bar with a 92% approval rating.
Great selection of paninis and soups.
Panera Bread
1843 Hendersonville Rd
Great selection of paninis and soups.
Great place to watch the world go by as you enjoy one of their 80+ local brews. Food's good too!
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Wicked Weed Brewing Pub
91 Biltmore Ave
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Great place to watch the world go by as you enjoy one of their 80+ local brews. Food's good too!
No visit to Asheville is complete without checking out this unique bar/restaurant, with great pizza besides!
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Mellow Mushroom
50 Broadway St
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No visit to Asheville is complete without checking out this unique bar/restaurant, with great pizza besides!
Awesome food and right downtown.
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Mayfel's
22 College St
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Awesome food and right downtown.
This little shops features both savoury and sweet crepes, yummm.
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Twisted Crepe
62 Haywood St
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This little shops features both savoury and sweet crepes, yummm.
Chocolate!
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French Broad Chocolate Lounge
10 S Pack Square
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Chocolate!
French comfort food, elegantly served.
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Bouchon
62 N Lexington Ave
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French comfort food, elegantly served.
You should at least step inside to see the lovely stonework and art displays. This is a hotel/bar/restaurant.
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Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville, Autograph Collection
11 Boston Way
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You should at least step inside to see the lovely stonework and art displays. This is a hotel/bar/restaurant.
Wonderful tea house right downtown.
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Dobra Tea
78 N Lexington Ave
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Wonderful tea house right downtown.
Authentic and delicious Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. Owner Farouk Badr brings recipes from his homeland- allowing you to transport your senses to faraway lands. Serving lunch and dinner six days a week plus Saturday and Sunday brunch! Live music and bellydancing every Friday and Saturday night!
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Jerusalem Garden Café
78 Patton Ave
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Authentic and delicious Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. Owner Farouk Badr brings recipes from his homeland- allowing you to transport your senses to faraway lands. Serving lunch and dinner six days a week plus Saturday and Sunday brunch! Live music and bellydancing every Friday and Saturday night!
Known for farm to table cuisine; awesome hamburger, among other things!
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Farm Burger Asheville
10 Patton Ave
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Known for farm to table cuisine; awesome hamburger, among other things!
What's more awesome than enjoying a great cup of coffee with something sweet - in a double-decker bus downtown! A must see in Asheville. Bring CASH.
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Double D's Coffee & Desserts
41 Biltmore Ave
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What's more awesome than enjoying a great cup of coffee with something sweet - in a double-decker bus downtown! A must see in Asheville. Bring CASH.
Small cafe nestled in a corner of the River Arts District. Local hangout.
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Ultra Coffeebar
242 Clingman Ave Ext
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Small cafe nestled in a corner of the River Arts District. Local hangout.
Vegetarian/vegan for lunch. Food doesn't come quickly, but it's almost always worth it.
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Laughing Seed Cafe
40 Wall St
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Vegetarian/vegan for lunch. Food doesn't come quickly, but it's almost always worth it.
Moderatly priced, great views of square, right in the heart of downtown, and the foods always good.
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The Noodle Shop
3 SW Pack Sq
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Moderatly priced, great views of square, right in the heart of downtown, and the foods always good.

Arts & Culture

Just down the road if you've a hankering for a movie out.
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Carolina Cinemas
1640 Hendersonville Rd
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Just down the road if you've a hankering for a movie out.
An Asheville must-do! Friday evenings, weather permitting, experience the African-drumming circle that's been going since 2001. 6 - 10pm.
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Музей Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum
67 Patton Ave
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An Asheville must-do! Friday evenings, weather permitting, experience the African-drumming circle that's been going since 2001. 6 - 10pm.
For the more "artsy" films visit this lovely old downtown theater.
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Fine Arts Theater
36 Biltmore Ave
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For the more "artsy" films visit this lovely old downtown theater.
Tour the warehouses where dozens of local artists have their studios.
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Район Ривер Артс
3 River Arts Pl
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Tour the warehouses where dozens of local artists have their studios.
Nostalgia returns to one of Asheville's historic landmarks, "F.W. Woolworth," established in 1938 and restored in 2001 as an extensive local artist gallery. It now also boasts a fully operational Old Fashioned Soda Fountain built to resemble the original Woolworth Luncheonette.
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Прогулка по Улворт
25 Haywood St
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Nostalgia returns to one of Asheville's historic landmarks, "F.W. Woolworth," established in 1938 and restored in 2001 as an extensive local artist gallery. It now also boasts a fully operational Old Fashioned Soda Fountain built to resemble the original Woolworth Luncheonette.

Sightseeing

A lovely place to walk the trails.
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Северо-Каролинский арборетум
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way
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A lovely place to walk the trails.
This is a must see for a view of the many art forms from local artists, in a setting right off the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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The Folk Art Center (Southern Highland Craft Guild)
382 Blue Ridge Pkwy
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This is a must see for a view of the many art forms from local artists, in a setting right off the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Visitors are welcome at this moorish-looking cathedral right on the edge of Biltmore Village.
Cathedral of All Souls
9 Swan St
Visitors are welcome at this moorish-looking cathedral right on the edge of Biltmore Village.
At the Visitor Center, pick up a map for a walking tour of Asheville. Guides you to over a dozen historic spots, each marked with a plaque plus a piece of statuary. A great way to explore the town!
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Asheville Visitor Center
36 Montford Ave
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At the Visitor Center, pick up a map for a walking tour of Asheville. Guides you to over a dozen historic spots, each marked with a plaque plus a piece of statuary. A great way to explore the town!
"Completed in 1909, the Basilica of St. Lawrence D.M. is one of Asheville's architectural treasures and spiritual anchors. Designed by Rafael Gustavino and Richard Sharpe Smith, renowned architects on the Biltmore House, this Catholic church has the largest freestanding elliptical dome in the country. Located at 97 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, it is open daily from 6 AM to 9 PM. Designated as a pilgrimage site by the Diocese of Charlotte."
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Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
97 Haywood St
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"Completed in 1909, the Basilica of St. Lawrence D.M. is one of Asheville's architectural treasures and spiritual anchors. Designed by Rafael Gustavino and Richard Sharpe Smith, renowned architects on the Biltmore House, this Catholic church has the largest freestanding elliptical dome in the country. Located at 97 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, it is open daily from 6 AM to 9 PM. Designated as a pilgrimage site by the Diocese of Charlotte."
The bookstore itself is beautiful. Floor to ceiling books and open spaces and quiet nooks for socializing and reading. And the furniture is mixed and matched and very comfortable. PLUS dogs are welcome, and there's a champagne/wine/dessert bar. You can spend hours exploring.
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Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar
1 Page Ave
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The bookstore itself is beautiful. Floor to ceiling books and open spaces and quiet nooks for socializing and reading. And the furniture is mixed and matched and very comfortable. PLUS dogs are welcome, and there's a champagne/wine/dessert bar. You can spend hours exploring.
A 19th-century planned community with English ambience near the Biltmore Estate. Its charming outdoor setting presents a delightful assortment of shops proffering everything from yarns to antiques to jewelry
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Билтмор-Виллидж
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A 19th-century planned community with English ambience near the Biltmore Estate. Its charming outdoor setting presents a delightful assortment of shops proffering everything from yarns to antiques to jewelry
Historic elegance from an older era. Book a day at the spa and stay in the historic section of the inn, or just park and explore this stunningly beautiful stone hotel, located just north of Asheville.
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Grove Park Inn at Sammons Building station
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Historic elegance from an older era. Book a day at the spa and stay in the historic section of the inn, or just park and explore this stunningly beautiful stone hotel, located just north of Asheville.

Shopping

Great selection of name brand shoes, in sizes to fit most.
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Discount Shoes
1263 Brevard Rd
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Great selection of name brand shoes, in sizes to fit most.
Aside from a fine collection of drums, rattles, and other musical instruments, the owner has a marvelous collection of Tibetan music bowls and will give you a private concert if you've never heard one.
Skinny Beats Drum Shop
4 Eagle St
Aside from a fine collection of drums, rattles, and other musical instruments, the owner has a marvelous collection of Tibetan music bowls and will give you a private concert if you've never heard one.
For a great selection of lightly used clothing, jewelry, art pieces, etc.
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LuLu's Consignment Boutique
3699 Hendersonville Rd
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For a great selection of lightly used clothing, jewelry, art pieces, etc.
On the small size, but a great selection of used items, mostly clothing, in a bright and well-organized space.
Serendipity Consignment
2292 Hendersonville Rd
On the small size, but a great selection of used items, mostly clothing, in a bright and well-organized space.
Lots of specialty shops and art and fine craft galleries join with restaurants to create an easily walkable mall of sorts, right downtown.
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Grove Arcade
1 Page Ave
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Lots of specialty shops and art and fine craft galleries join with restaurants to create an easily walkable mall of sorts, right downtown.
Smiley’s Flea Market is located in Fletcher, North Carolina and is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year. This flea market, which has about 100,000 square feet of retail space, attracts hundreds of dealers and thousands of visitors from the Mid-Atlantic area. Smiley’s Flea Market features new and used merchandise as well as antiques, vintage collectibles, paintings, artwork, vintage pottery and glass.
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Smiley's Flea Market
5360 Hendersonville Rd
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Smiley’s Flea Market is located in Fletcher, North Carolina and is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year. This flea market, which has about 100,000 square feet of retail space, attracts hundreds of dealers and thousands of visitors from the Mid-Atlantic area. Smiley’s Flea Market features new and used merchandise as well as antiques, vintage collectibles, paintings, artwork, vintage pottery and glass.

Everything Else

This park runs for several miles along the French Broad River - great for bicycling or walking.
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Парк Френч-Брод-Ривер
508 Riverview Dr
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This park runs for several miles along the French Broad River - great for bicycling or walking.

Parks & Nature

Check out the arboretum at Warren Wilson College on the north side of town. Bonsai, trails with labeled native plants, and several original log cabins can be seen here.
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Warren Wilson College
701 Warren Wilson Rd
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Check out the arboretum at Warren Wilson College on the north side of town. Bonsai, trails with labeled native plants, and several original log cabins can be seen here.
Paths run along the French Broad River, under lovely old trees. There's also a track for jogging.
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Парк Кэрриер
220 Amboy Rd
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Paths run along the French Broad River, under lovely old trees. There's also a track for jogging.