From the Usual to Avenue M As some of you know, Kathy Taylor and Les Doss sold the beloved Usual Suspects to another couple earlier this year. Taylor and Doss passed on the popular Merrimon Avenue bar and eatery by choice. It was time to step out of the business, they said, to perhaps do […]
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Local online As the manager of the West Asheville Tailgate Market for a number of years, Jim Gordon is familiar with the difficulties farmers face. "To get your produce to market and try to make a living doing it, well, it's tough,” he says. So when Gordon caught wind of an online tailgate market out […]
Talkin’ (frozen) turkey
The Blackbird flies
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Pho is coming The long-awaited Pho Fusion is finally opening at the Downtown Market on Saturday, Nov. 20. Owner and manager Jesse Lirette and chef Tru Phan promise the pho is really here this time. The opening of the eatery will mark the first Vietnamese restaurant in Asheville to date. "I did a little bit […]
The anarchist’s cookbook
Food news to go: area restaurant news in small bites.
Amber Arthur, owner of Izzy’s is headed to Brooklyn, Buchi has Fire on tap, Boca opens in mid-November on Lexington and more.
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Popular Pani Tiny Chai Pani is bursting with big news. First, the Indian street-food restaurant was mentioned in an October New York Times travel article, "36 Hours in Asheville, N.C.," that also mentioned The Admiral and Farm and Sparrow Bakery, among other local haunts. Asheville residents, the reporter wrote, "are particularly taken with a bright, […]
Moving and shaking
Hendersonville-Flat Rock Small Plate Crawl
Drive, creep, crawl and walk your way through the Hendersonville/Flat Rock area for a taste of more than 20 different restaurants Tuesday, Nov. 9 through Wednesday, Nov. 10.
On a roll
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Heads or tails The Admiral hosts a five-course wine dinner with the Appalachian Vintner on Sunday, Nov. 7. Chef Drew Maykuth (half of the Admiral's exec-chef duo that also includes Elliott Moss) not-so-jokingly dubbed the event "a snout-to-tail pig dinner with good wine" when Xpress spoke with him over the phone. "We've never really done […]
Food news to go: area restaurant news in small bites.
Halloween news, more new restaurants on the way and arguably the biggest, greasiest burger in town is on the horizon.
Makin’ whoopies, cooking the Tupelo way and more
Downtown Asheville gets even more sandwiches
The Sandwich Company has quietly opened on the ground floor of the BB&T building.
Hip Hop: The Hop opens second location in West Asheville
Greg and Ashley Garrison quietly opened their second location, the Hop West, last night. The grand opening celebration is planned for tomorrow.
— Photos by Jonathan Welch
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Back away from the pumpkin-spice latte I'm noticing an autumnal trend. People cannot stop talking about pumpkin-spice lattes. Most people, I'm sad to say, seem obsessed with the frothy Starbucks variation. I looked it up for you, folks. I’m sure you already know it's really not that good for you. But listen: One grande pumpkin-spice […]
A Southern sensibility
YWCA after-school kids learn to dig their veggies
Chef Brian Sonoskus of Tupelo Honey Café visited the YWCA Children’s Organic Garden to show the kids in the after-school program how to cook up a healthy feast and cuteness ensued. Video after the jump.
— Photo by Ami Worthen
Zombies invade Asheville!
Last night’s 4th annual Ashtoberfest Zombiewalk was a brain-gnawing success. More than 1,000 people showed up to shuffle and moan through the streets of downtown Asheville.
—Video by Matt Johnson
Food news to go: area restaurant news in small bites.
Neo Burrito expands, new businesses are a-popping on the west side of town, Posana has some booze news and much more.
Waking Life Espresso’s pumpkin latte, made with raw sugar and fresh-ground spices.
Photo by Jonathan Welch