The challenges of finding and maintaining kitchen help are not new to Asheville’s restaurant industry, but the problem seems to be growing for many local restaurateurs.
Beer Scout: The Whale Craft Beer Collective surfaces in West Asheville
The Whale will showcase world beers alongside esoteric local offerings with a focus on educating independent beer lovers looking to expand their horizons.
Small bites: The Great American Jerk Off returns
A competition at Ole Shakey’s Getaway highlights locally made beef jerky. Also, MetroWine celebrates the solar eclipse, Living Web Farm offers a class on homemade sauces, Hickory Nut Gap Farm leads a course in the art of sausage-making and Sovereign Remedies goes to the theater.
Quick dish: A Q+A with Sunil Patel of Patchwork Urban Farms
Farmer and chef Sunil Patel gets back to his cultural roots with his monthly Indian Supper events at Sovereign Remedies.
New market and café coming to Asheville’s Oakley neighborhood
A local farm has launched plans to turn a vacant lot on Fairview Road into a market and café, bringing much-needed food access and a social hub to one of Asheville’s food deserts.
Seasonal School of the Culinary Arts presents all-star lineup of chefs and authors
Now in its 13th year, Susi Gott Séguret’s globetrotting cooking school gets set to dish up a week of classes and meals featuring some of Western North Carolina’s most celebrated chefs.
Raising the roof: Asheville restaurants and bars take kitchen gardening up a notch
Rooftops offer businesses the opportunity to turn under-utilized space into blooming (and buzzing) food-production spots.
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Cybersecurity conference boosts Asheville’s IT profile
With a new, larger location and a host of experts from across the cybersecurity world, the 4th annual Asheville Bsides cybersecurity conference comes to downtown July 28-29, in hopes of helping local businesses protect their digital networks and growing Asheville’s nascent IT industry.
Feeding the nightlife: Is Asheville’s late-night dining scene up to par?
By day, the streets of Asheville are packed with hordes of tourists following their GPS toward crowded restaurants, locals weaving their way to favorite hole-in-the-wall cafés and beer drinkers galore stumbling toward the next brewery on their list. But as night sets in and shops start to close, an entirely new problem emerges: Where can […]
Small bites: Independent Bean Roasters opens in Hendersonville
Hendersonville’s Historic Seventh Avenue District welcomes a new coffee venture. Also, Spruce Pine BBQ & Bluegrass Festival begins Friday, July 14; Metro Wines host multiple classes and tastings and the Asheville International Wine Competition celebrates regional wineries.
Upsets and triumphs mark the 2017 WNC Battle of the Burger
This year’s Asheville burger competition saw the Salvage Station take home top honors among the judges’ picks, while a three-time champion was unseated for the people’s choice title.
Sunshine Sammies opens on South Lexington
The ice-cream sandwich purveyor moved into its first brick-and-mortar at the end of June.
Chill out: Homemade ice pops take the edge off Asheville’s summer heat
Local ice pop pros have creative suggestions for making cool treats at home.
Small bites: Noble Kava celebrates new location
In its seventh year, Noble Kava launches a new location on Biltmore Avenue. Also, the WNC Battle of the Burger returns, Atlanta barbecue comes to Buxton Hall, Sovereign Remedies hosts Bad Hombres Taco Pop Up and Shuck N Brew Oyster Bar opens in Fletcher.
Beer Scout: Etowah’s Sideways Farm & Brewery plans fall opening
Carrieann and Jon Schneider will create their beers using produce and herbs grown at the 11-acre sustainable farm brewery.
MANNA taps into local beer scene with Hops for Hunger initiative
Partnerships with local breweries will help raise much-needed summer funding for MANNA FoodBank.
Take it outside: Asheville gets creative about eating outdoors
Local authors, chefs and bakers dish up ideas for imaginative open-air feasts.
Small bites: Cafe Yuzu celebrates its grand opening in the RAD
Café Yuzu will feature handmade treats by baker and owner Cynthia Pierce along with products from Vortex Doughnuts, French Broad Chocolates, OWL Bakery and Dobra Tea. Also, Fork & Knife hosts a Fourth of July event, Tiki Thursdays returns to Vinnie’s Neighborhood Italian and Bone & Broth introduces its early-summer menu.
Foreign affairs: Globetrotting beer importers visit Asheville breweries
A recent visit from international beer importers may point to new distribution possibilities for Asheville’s brewing industry.