Participating restaurants announced for Asheville Restaurant Week, Jan. 20-29

PRESS RELEASE from Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Asheville, NC (Jan. 12, 2014) – Thirty-nine Asheville area restaurants will be offering special menus in celebration of the town’s great food and drink during Asheville Restaurant Week January 20-29.  Asheville Restaurant Week is an opportunity for visitors and locals alike to enjoy the renowned cuisine this […]

Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn to offer free samples, specials for National Popcorn Day

PRESS RELEASE from Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn Friday, January 19, is National Popcorn Day! Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn wants to help Asheville celebrate! Poppy will be on location in downtown Asheville on Monday, January 19th from 12-2 pm and again from 5-7pm at the following locations: Corner of Biltmore Avenue and Patton Avenue in front of Bamba and the […]

Asheville Brewers Supply to sponsor French Broad Vignerons’ craft winemaking activities

PRESS RELEASE from the French Broad Vignerons As the French Broad Vignerons strive to expand and develop activities for craft winemakers, they are pleased to announce that they are being joined by Asheville Brewers Supply. Asheville Brewers Supply issued the following statement: With the arrival of 2015, new happenings are coming to Asheville Brewers Supply, […]

The Fresh Market holds reusable shopping bag design contest for kids

PRESS RELEASE from The Fresh Market The Fresh Market Announces Third Annual “Design Our Bag” Challenge in Support of No Kid Hungry Specialty Grocer Seeks Creative Children to Enter 2015 Reusable Shopping Bag Design Contest Monday 29 December, 2014 — Think you have what it takes to design The Fresh Market’s next reusable shopping bag? […]

A-B Tech student team to compete at American Culinary Federation Southeast Region Culinary Salon

A student team from A-B Tech’s culinary program will compete for the Southeast Student Team Championship at the American Culinary Federation’s Southeast Region Culinary Salon Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. A-B Tech has had a team make it to the national finals of the ACF competition more than any other […]

New Belgium announces local transport routes, schedules for brewing tanks

PRESS RELEASE from New Belgium Brewing MEDIA ALERT: New Belgium Brewhouse Vessels Arrive This is the latest information available from the transportation company hired by our Brewhouse vessel builders to deliver the vessels to 91 Craven Street. The logistics around loading and transporting the vessels will impact arrival times and dates. We will release additional […]

Asheville cooking instructor celebrates ‘made-from-scratch’ life

A recent story in Our State magazine by Durham, N.C., writer Christina Cooke focuses on the efforts of Asheville cooking instructor Barbara Swell to celebrate and preserve old-time recipes and cooking methods. Cooke also highlights Swell’s belief in the importance of gathering around a table and eating together without distraction. When she was a girl, Barbara […]

Mellow Mushroom releases 2015 collectible calendar

PRESS RELEASE from Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers Atlanta, Ga.—Dec. 10, 2014— Mellow Mushroom’s 2015 Calendar has arrived at participating stores at last. The annual calendar is a free gift to guests, available while supplies last at participating locations. The calendar is an artistic extravaganza guests can enjoy all year. Featuring a creative narrative and beautiful […]

Preview of Catawba Brewing’s new South Slope brewery

Catawba Brewing Co. announced today that construction has begun on its new property at 32 Banks Ave. in Asheville’s South Slope area. The new brewing facility and tasting room will be housed in the old Standard Paper building along with Vortex Doughnuts and soon-to-come businesses Buxton Hall Barbecue and the Public School bar. Catawba Brewing, […]

Small Bites: Downton Abbey in downtown Asheville

The new year will bring a fresh dinner theater experience to Asheville — one that will be of particular interest to fans of the British television series “Downton Abbey.” On Sunday evenings starting Jan. 4, downtown restaurant Lex 18 will offer live viewings of the popular BBC program while re-creating an aristocratic 1920s meal in […]

sweetFrog yogurt shop features Christmas choir performance, fundraiser

PRESS RELEASE from sweetFrog Enterprises sweetFrog Enterprises, named by The Daily Meal as America’s Best Frozen Yogurt, has has invited local choirs into locations nationwide to create a Christmas spectacle. On Tuesday, Dec. 16, each participating store will have a choir performing Christmas favorites, including Deck the Halls, at 6 p.m. Asheville’s sweetFrog location is […]

Delivery of New Belgium Brewing vessels may cause January street closures

PRESS RELEASE from New Belgium Brewing Asheville, NC, December 9, 2014 – New Belgium Brewing’s Brewhouse vessels start rolling into their new home on Craven Street in Asheville, NC, the second week in January. New Belgium’s 200 hectoliter Brewhouse system departed from GEA Brewery Systems (GEA) in Kitzingen, Germany in mid-November to arrive to the […]

Cheese Store of Asheville and Divine Wine offer class on holiday entertaining

PRESS RELEASE The Cheese Store of Asheville at Weinhaus Who:          The Cheese Store of Asheville and Divine Wine and Beer What:         Holiday Entertaining – Creating a Festive Cheese & Charcuterie Board Paired with Wine and Beer  When:       Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 p.m. Where:      Divine Wine and Beer, 1011 Tunnel Road, Asheville Tickets:     $25/ person Find […]

Oakley residents organize to discuss proposed apartment complex

People in the Oakley community are raising concerns about a new 300-plus-unit apartment complex planned for the East Asheville neighborhood, expressing worries about everything from potential traffic and safety issues to the fact that only 10 of the development’s planned residential units — which are nearly all rental properties — are designated as affordable housing.