Lemon pizza and rye pasta are on the menu at the recently opened Luminosa restaurant. Also in this week’s local food news, 10th Muse Comfort Food reopens, Vowl cocktail bar debuts at DSSOLVR, Asheville Beauty Academy closes and much more.
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What’s new in food: Little Chango Hispanic Craft Kitchen opens on Coxe Avenue
Caribbean-inspired dishes are on the menu at Little Chango Hispanic Craft Kitchen. Plus: El Gallo lands new ownership; Buxton Hall BBQ is still accepting holiday pie orders; and plenty more!
Takeaway is here to stay
Like every small town and big city in America, Asheville faced unprecedented challenges when COVID-19 turned the entire restaurant industry upside down, sending many to a takeout-only model that required a dependence on food containers, bags and disposables. Unsurprisingly, that had a significant impact on waste and recyclable collections.
What’s new in food: Chefs bring on the funk in dance off fundraiser
In this week’s food news, a Food Connection dance challenge, new bakery developments and a hot-chicken discount for healthcare workers.
Restaurants institute operation standards to ensure safety of guests and staff
“Restaurant people are resilient, determined and creative,” says Anthony Coggiola, owner of The Cantina at Historic Biltmore Village. “I believe we can do this.”
Super Bowl 2020 pits barbecue against sourdough
A foodcentric look at this year’s Super Bowl contenders and Asheville options for authentic (or nearly authentic) game-day grub.
Food for thought: Booms, busts and Asheville’s culinary culture
For more than a century, Asheville has experienced alternating periods of growth and decline that have created an adaptable city full of potential. Those dynamics were and continue to be inherent to the development of its prospering food and drink scene.
Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack makes progress with second location
Rich and Lauren Cundiff, co-owners of Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack, have launched into the demolition and early-construction phase of their planned second location in Arden. The couple has negotiated a lease on the building adjacent to a vacant lot they already owned on Sweeten Creek Road.
The Shack is back
Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack packs some major heat. The revered fried chicken house re-opened to a packed house in a greatly expanded space on Patton Ave last night.Xpress has some photos of the private event.
Photos by Toby Maurer