Small Bites: Owner of 5 Walnut Wine Bar puts on his waders in the River Arts District

Matt Logan, the owner of 5 Walnut Wine Bar in downtown Asheville, has purchased a waterfront lot at 233 Riverside Drive with the intention of opening a business there. "It's about 1.8 acres between the Smoky Park Bridge and the train bridge," he says. "It's a complicated piece of property, because of the flood zone, […]

Small Bites: Sweet skulls

Short Street Cakes hosts its annual Dia de los Muertos celebration, beginning Monday, Oct. 24 and continuing through Tuesday, Nov 1. During that time, calaveras de azúcar, Mexican-style sugar skulls, will be available for purchase at the shop. The skulls represent a departed soul and are traditionally placed on family altars to honor the return […]

Small Bites: The chef of Cúrate talks about hosting Bourdain and her next apprentice­ship

Anthony Bourdain's Saturday, Nov. 5 appearance at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium is approaching. After the speaking event, Cúrate will host 125 people for a private, ticketed book-signing featuring Bourdain and a selection of about 20 hors d'oeuvres. (For ticket information, visit avl.mx/62). Xpress has secured a copy of the proposed menu, and it looks pretty […]

Small Bites: Falderal Winery offers DIY wine-making, along with wines made on site

A fascination with fermentation started early for Paul Kovacich, co-owner of Falderal Winery in Hendersonville. Kovacich says he began experimenting with the alchemy of sugars and yeast as a boy, when he was about 10 years old. Having received a more formal education in wine-making at Thistle Meadow Winery in Laurel Springs, near Boone, Kovacich […]

Small Bites: Culinary couple behind Never Blue brings their comfortabl­e tapas style to Asheville

Early next month, Jesse Roque and her husband, Edson, will open their third restaurant, Never Blue on Broadway, at 27 Broadway St. in downtown Asheville. The first of their burgeoning restaurant empire is the original Never Blue in Hendersonville, which will remain open as Never Blue on Main. The other, Blue Gypsy Watering Hole, is […]

Small Bites: James Beard nominated Chef duo brings Southern skill to Table

On Sunday, Sept. 25, Table's Jacob Sessoms will host Lexington, Ky. chef Jonathan Lundy for a market-inspired dinner. Though both Lundy and Sessoms are James Beard nominees running southeastern restaurants, their styles are somewhat different. Lundy is a Kentucky native, and the food he serves at Jonathan at Gratz Park (which he opened with his […]

Small Bites: Local food tour helps you eat — and drink — your way through the city

Josh Bailey and Steven Steidle want you to eat Asheville. Eating Asheville is a food-savvy walking tour of downtown Asheville, created by Bailey and Steidle, both currently employed at Zambra. The two boast a combined 38 years of food-service-industry experience, having done everything from slogging it in the dish pit to managing multimillion dollar restaurants. […]