Carolina Beer Guy: Asheville Tacos and Taps sets opening date

Posted on December 22, 2016December 22, 2016 by Tony Kiss

Asheville Tacos and Taps will offer food and growler bottles at a Merrimon Avenue drive-thru location.

Theater review: “The Santaland Diaries” at 35Below

Posted on December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 by Tony Kiss

Accomplished local actor Bradshaw Call, who has done the show here for three years now, has put his own scruffy, hipster mark on the piece.

Hops for the holidays: Gift ideas for Asheville beer fans

Posted on December 7, 2016December 8, 2016 by Tony Kiss

From holiday brews to books to shampoo, there are plenty of beercentric gifts available in all price ranges.

Theater review: 45th Annual Bernstein Family Christmas Spectacular at Magnetic Theatre

Posted on December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 by Tony Kiss

While holiday stage shows are often safe, family-friendly affairs, that’s not the case with this one. Leave the children at home, unless they are of drinking age and enjoy daring, edgy, R-rated and highly entertaining humor.

Carolina Beer Guy: UpCountry Brewing readies for grand opening

Posted on December 2, 2016December 2, 2016 by Tony Kiss

In the months since West Asheville’s old Altamont Brewing was sold and rebranded as UpCountry Brewing, many on the local beer scene have wondered what new owner John Cochran would do with the place. Cochran is one of the South’s pioneering craft brewery owners, having co-founded Terrapin Brewing of Athens, Ga., and helped build it into […]