Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project offers a $5 bonus to the first 50 SNAP/EBT customers at the downtown Asheville City Market. Here are the details from the press release: ASAP and Asheville City Market Downtown’s annual $5 for $5 EBT/SNAP promotion returns this summer. Usually held for four weeks in August, the program expands in 2013 […]
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New taco in town: The Local Taco is officially open on Lexington Avenue
The restaurant serves classic and creative tacos, plus margaritas and entree-sized salads, in the former Boca location.
Asheville artists organize a dinner/art show hybrid at Knife & Fork
Several Asheville potters and glass artists will prepare tableware for the dinner, and chef Nathan Allen will plate the courses with a focus on design.
The many lives of Hector Diaz
The turbulent story of Asheville’s most prolific restaurant owner.
Subway leaves downtown
The Battery Park Avenue sandwich shop is “relocating,” according to a sign in the window. The building is “potentially for lease,” according to FIRC Group, which owns the property, along with the Haywood Park Hotel building.
Ben’s Tune-Up gets running on Hilliard Avenue
The expansive indoor/outdoor restaurant opens Tuesday, June 25, with Japanese-style American eats, curiosities and a big chandelier.
Celebrate Juneteenth this weekend
The festival, observed nationwide, commemorates the end of slavery.
Out in the county: New food and seasonal favorites in Fairview
Mountain Mojo Coffee House and Looking Glass Creamery set up shop this spring.
Work hard, play hard: Green Opportunities celebrates its fifth anniversary with events
The next week offers four opportunities to engage with the nonprofit, which focuses on jobs training.
New restaurant, new owner at the Grove Park Inn
Grove Park Inn has a new owner — again. On June 12, Omni Hotels & Resorts announced it was buying the property, along with four other resorts in other states. “We want to make this as smooth of a transition as possible, so we're mostly excited to keep everything status quo,” says Anne Tramer, vice […]
Feeding America releases new study that shows 14.9 percent of WNC is at risk of hunger
MANNA FoodBank highlights WNC-focused results of Feeding America’s nationwide hunger study. A new study finds that more than 104,000 people in MANNA FoodBank’s 16 county service area – including 38,000 children – do not always know where they will find their next meal. In all, 14.9 percent of the population in Western North Carolina confronts […]
Grove Park Inn sold for the second time in about a year
Omni Hotels & Resorts, which owns about 60 properties in the U.S., announced this morning that it will purchase the historic property, along with four other resorts in California, Texas and Virginia. (Photo courtesy of the Grove Park Inn)
Snack mix: Some of the week’s restaurant and food news
Updates from One Love Jamaican, Dough, Pizza Pura and more.
Cucina24 launches a spirited late-night menu
Get kung pao cauliflower and decked out toasts for about $10 after 10 p.m.
Stay cool: Two new businesses bring specialty coolers to the streets
Visit Sugar & Snow Gelato near the Grove Arcade and Blue Blaze Soda at the French Broad Food Co-op tailgate market.
Rosetta’s Kitchen prepares to pour
The restaurant begins construction on an Asheville-style pub and cocktail project.
Plates for the Parkway starts today — eat out to raise funds and awareness for the scenic road
Plates for the Parkway kicks off today. Dine out at the restaurants below to raise funds for the Blue Ridge Parkway. At least 10 percent of proceeds from the restaurants below will be donated to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the National Park Service’s efforts to maintain the roadway. For more […]
Two new restaurants will open in former Taqueria Gonzalez space
The no-frills taco joint closed this week. Building owner Rob Foster will divide the space into two restaurants and several offices. Asheville Sandwich will lease one of the units. A deal with the owners of Nine Mile is in the works for the second restaurant space.
Asheville Breweries featured in Garden & Gun magazine
Nationally circulated Southern culture mag, Garden & Gun, features Asheville breweries in its June/July issue. Pick up a copy to read about Barley’s, the Brews Cruise, Highland Brewing, Wicked Weed, Lexington Avenue Brewery and Asheville Brewing, or check it out online. Here’s an excerpt from the piece: To say that downtown’s narrow streets are awash […]
Korean House to open downtown this summer
Chef Kristina Im co-owns Stone Bowl Korean in South Asheville. She’ll open Korean House with her brother, Jayson, and serve an array of traditional Korean dishes (including dolsot bibimbap, or stone bowls).
Ambrozia Bar and Bistro opens today in north Asheville
The restaurant offers surprising, tasteful dinners and a full bar in north Asheville.