City guide
Asheville
Where to eat, stay and spend your time in Asheville, and the people and organizations shaping the city.
Eat
Places to eat
Spanish tapas in downtown Asheville.
Indian street food from Meherwan and Molly Irani.
Silver Iocovozzi's small Filipino restaurant in West Asheville.
A local specialty coffee bar.
A dessert cafe from Asheville's bean-to-bar chocolate maker.
A Saturday market of Southern Appalachian farms.
Stay
Places to stay
A 1913 stone resort above the city with a subterranean spa.
A former steel foundry turned downtown hotel.
A 20-room hotel in historic houses, named for Zelda Fitzgerald.
A 70-room hotel in a 1920s warehouse in the River Arts District.
A modern hotel on Pack Square in the center of downtown.
Do
Things to do
George Vanderbilt's 1895 house and its gardens and grounds.
The scenic mountain road that passes through Asheville.
434 acres of gardens and forest trails south of the city.
Working artist studios in old industrial buildings along the French Broad.
Appalachian craft on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Community
Organizations
Community-led work on housing, food and care in Asheville.
Connects Southern Appalachian farms with the people who eat their food.
Protects the forests, rivers and communities of the Southern Blue Ridge.
Stewards of the French Broad River.
A national nonprofit advancing craft, based in downtown Asheville.
Community
People
Chef and co-founder of Cúrate.
Chef and founder of Chai Pani.
Chef behind Neng Jr.'s.
Co-founder of French Broad Chocolate.
Co-director of BeLoved Asheville.