PRESS RELEASE from Wicked Weed Brewing Asheville, NC — With the start of the World Cup on June 12, Wicked Weed Brewing will release a series of beers inspired by traditional ingredients and/or beer styles from countries around the world. Wicked Weed Head Brewer Luke Dickinson has worked for months to source ingredients from […]
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Beer and sub pairing at Metro Wines
PRESS RELEASE from Metro Wines Everyone knows the importance of wine and food pairing, but what about beer and food? Metro Wines is switching it up and will team up with Jersey Mike’s to host a beer and sub pairing on 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 12 at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St., Asheville. The cost […]
The Junction to host Southern-themed beer dinner with Catawba Brewing
PRESS RELEASE from The Junction Asheville, NC, June 5, 2014 — The Junction Restaurant & Bar in Asheville’s River Arts District will present “Double Wide in the Deep South,’ a summer beer dinner featuring Catawba Brewing Co. on Wednesday, June 18, at 7 p.m. Chef Chad Kelly and his team will create a five-course menu […]
Metro Wines to host TV personality Rachel Reenstra
PRESS RELEASE from Metro Wines Star of shows on ABC, Animal Planet and HGTV, Spokesperson and Stand Up Comic Rachel Reenstra will be making a surprise appearance at 7 p.m. Friday, June 6 at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St., Asheville. The 30-minute show offers two times the comedy in half the time. Cost is $10 for […]
Small bites: The return of Chef Hundertmark
Local restaurateur Michel Baudouin recently brought Asheville food-scene veteran Tres Hundertmark onboard as executive chef for his two Lexington Avenue eateries, Bouchon and Creperie Bouchon. Hundertmark, former vice president of Asheville Independent Restaurants and past executive chef of The Lobster Trap, has made Asheville his home on and off since the late 1980s, alternating with stints in […]
Local bars mix it up for Negroni Week
Decide for yourself who makes the best Negroni in town and help raise money for a good cause by hoisting a glass at some favorite Asheville cocktail spots this week. As part of Imbibe Magazine and Campari’s international Negroni Week celebration and fundraiser, MG Road, The Imperial Life, Table and Top of the Monk will join bars around the world in […]
Great American Cookout to visit Tryon
PRESS RELEASE from Kansas City Barbeque Society NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ah. Spring is in the air and cookout season is finally here! The Kansas City Barbeque Society’s own Great American Cookout is out on its eighth tour across the nation, bringing cooking demonstrations and delicious samples conveniently to 20 of the biggest contests and […]
Season’s at Highland Lake summer cooking class and lunch
PRESS RELEASE from Season’s at Highland Lake (May 30 2014 – Flat Rock, NC) – Fire on the Rock winner and Season’s at Highland Lake Executive Chef Michelle Bailey will share some of the expertise and inspiration that led her to becoming an award winning chef at the June cooking class at Season’s at […]
WLOS to host day-long food drive
PRESS RELEASE from Children First/Communities in Schools of Buncombe County WLOS will sponsor an all-day food drive for the second year in a row 4:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Carolina Furniture Concepts, 2617 Hendersonville Road (past Airport Road). All nonperishable food items and personal care products collected during this drive will benefit the Children First/Communities in Schools […]
Nona Mia and Highland Brewing Co. team up to support Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
PRESS RELEASE from Nona Mia Italian Kitchen West Asheville – May 24, 2014 – Nona Mia Italian Kitchen has teamed up with Highland Brewing to support the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.For one week, beginning Tuesday, May 27, Nona Mia will have exclusive access to Highland Brewing Co.’s latest release, Elevation Ale. This summer brown ale […]
Goodbye, Hi-Fi: Local café will close for good this summer
Two months after receiving news that they had lost their lease at the Downtown Market building, Hi-Fi Café co-owners Aaron Gibbs and Katie Baird have decided to permanently close their small eatery this summer. Despite previous plans to relocate, the two have decided to call it quits in Asheville. Gibbs and Baird say they learned […]
Whole-hog barbecue venture announced for South Slope
An ambitious, back-to-the-roots restaurant named Buxton Hall Barbecue will open this fall in the old Standard Paper Sales Company building at 32 Banks Ave. in South Slope — focusing on traditional, wood-smoked, whole-hog barbecue.
Small bites: Food news to go
The Center for the Study of the American South, in Chapel Hill will exhibit “Useful Work,” a collection of photographs taken by Asheville photographer Ken Abbot that capture the essence of Fairview’s simultaneously historic and progressive Hickory Nut Gap Farm. The show will feature 16 images selected from the project, which Abbot completed with funding he received from an N.C. Arts Council Artist’s Fellowship in 2006.
All in the family: Asheville’s brewery culture builds community
In a field flush with fresh grass and rimmed with friendly shade trees, a sizable crowd has gathered to watch local favorites The Secret B-Sides unleash some soulful tunes from an outdoor stage. It’s early on a Friday evening, and The Meadow is speckled with a patchwork quilt of picnic blankets harboring lawn chairs, food […]
Beer dinner and tap takeover at Rhubarb
PRESS RELEASE from Rhubarb Asheville, NC: Rhubarb is excited to partner with Mother Earth Brewing out of Kinston, N.C. for a beer dinner and tap takeover as part of Asheville Beer Week on Thursday, May 29, at 6:30 p.m. The dinner is five courses with pairings for $60, plus tax and gratuity. Dinner will include […]
Posana Café to host annual ASAP Growing Minds benefit
In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Posana Café will host its annual benefit dinner for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project‘s Growing Minds program 5-9 p.m. Thursday, May 22. Along with the regular menu, guests will be offered a separate menu special to the event that features dishes made entirely from local ingredients. One hundred […]
One World Brewing opens for business
After two private soft opening parties, One World Brewing opens to the public at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Asheville’s newest brewery and tasting room is a bit low-profile — located in the basement beneath Farm Burger, its entrance is via an unmarked door in the alley next to Salsa’s off Patton Avenue.
The Junction to host barbecue beer dinner
PRESS RELEASE from The Junction Restaurant & Bar Asheville, NC, May 13, 2014 — The Junction Restaurant & Bar in Asheville’s River Arts District is celebrating three successful years of business with a BBQ & Beer Bash 6-10 p.m. Tuesday, May 27. This official Asheville Beer Week event will feature Foothills Brewing, including a […]
Small bites: Food news to go
Biscuit Head is spreading the love. Soon Ashevilleans who don’t happen to live in on the west side will no longer have to drive to Haywood Road to get their cat-head biscuit on (yep, that means biscuits as big as your kitty’s noggin). As of June 1, owners Jason and Carolyn Roy are opening a second location near Mission Hospital in the Biltmore Avenue location previously occupied by the much-loved Tomato Jam Café.
A-B Tech culinary team moves on to national competition
Five culinary students from AB-Tech took home the American Culinary Federation’s (ACF) Southeast Region Student Team Championship from the 2014 ACF Southeast Regional Conference held April 26-29 in North Charleston, S.C. Team members Alex Harris, Caroline Williams, Ruth Solis, Jay O’Hannon and Kristina Costa had the highest overall score and received a silver medal at the […]
Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce hosts 14th Annual Rock the Taste
PRESS RELEASE from Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC (April 25, 2014)– The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce announces the 14th annual ROCK the Taste (formerly Taste of Black Mountain) on Thursday, May 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at White Horse Black Mountain. Enjoy great local food, desserts, chocolate, wine, beer, goat cheese and much […]