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Thank you for your cover story on breastfeeding support in and around Asheville [“Go With the Flow: Asheville and Buncombe County Seek Breastfeedingfriendly Designation,” July 31, Xpress]. I’d ask you and your readers to also consider that while breastfeeding is certainly the ideal, it does not work out for all women. The personal costs of breastfeeding can be extremely high — from lost work hours to chronic physical issues with plugged ducts and mastitis to low breast storage (where a child must constantly be nursed to be satisfied even months after birth, as was the case for me). While the awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding is — thankfully — high these days, the awareness of how hard and possibly untenable it can be for some women is starkly lagging in our community. In my own experience, this led to guilt and deep postpartum depression as I tried to live up to standards that just weren’t working for my body, my baby or my life. Because I’ve heard from so many other women who have had similar experiences, I feel it is important to highlight and share. — Jodi Goldenbaum Asheville

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Sharing progressive views at town halls Given that Asheville is a blue wavelet in a red congressional sea (N.C. Districts Nos. 10 and 11), I’m surprised Rep. Patrick McHenry still holds town hall meetings in Asheville, as reported in Mountain Xpress: “McHenry, Buncombe Residents Clash at Riceville Town Hall” [Aug.7]. At least McHenry shows up, compared to Rep. Mark Meadows, largely MIA on the homefront. I still believe town hall meetings provide rare “face to face” encounters with one’s congressman; however wide that divide may be, you can personally express your views. I go and speak at McHenry town hall meetings in outlier counties and cities — from Shelby to Hickory — to get a “feel” for the district and to express a progressive opinion, especially on Medicare for All (M4A) — a voice in the “wilderness”? In Hickory, I reminded the audience (100-plus) that traditional Medicare, a beloved government program, was 54 years old on July 30, signed into

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Reclaim our rights as voters Politicians in North Carolina now choose their voters versus voters choosing their candidates. Our votes have less value. Democracy itself is undermined. Both parties have been guilty of gerrymandering districts to favor their hold on power. Over the last decade, North Carolina has spent over $7 million in the courts

defending redistricting laws that were found to be unconstitutional. These laws do not protect our individual votes. Rather, they protect politicians’ seats, reduce transparency and decrease the need for finding common ground between the parties. We, as citizens, need to reclaim our rights as voters. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in July that the issue needs to be addressed in state legislatures or courts. Currently, there are six bills (supported by both Democrats and Republicans) in the North Carolina General Assembly proposing fair redistricting. Let your state senator and representative, plus Tim Moore, speaker of the House, and Phil Berger, president pro tem of the Senate, know you support fair redistricts (vote411.org provides contact info). It’s time to take action to protect our vote. — Karen Depew Asheville

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When neighbors attack BY ADAM ROSEN Some days, after I’m finished slapping myself in the face or watching Donald Trump tweet in real time, I’ll pop onto Nextdoor to really take my punishment. For the unfamiliar, it’s a social network for neighborhoods. Each member must verify, via mail, that they live at their address. While there are millions of Nextdoor users across the country (and now even in Europe and Australia), every account is linked to a defined geographic area, including a user’s own neighborhood and adjacent ones. In theory, the setup is meant to create a more harmonious online environment. The people you’re interacting with, the thinking goes, aren’t anonymous trolls: They’re real people you might interact with IRL. In reality, Nextdoor suffers from the same problems every social network does — possibly even more. Many of the posts are useful, offering matter-of-fact neighborhood news, doctor or vet suggestions, information on street closings (and discolored water), break-ins and, of course, bear sightings. But too often, in my experience, far from encouraging “neighborly” (i.e., respectful and charitable) exchanges, it plays host to conflict and petty grievances, particularly when the topics are local businesses or organizations. THE SIN OF SYSCO Judging from some residents’ behavior on the platform, many users are far from the local boosters they — and people across Asheville — often love to claim they are. In fact, this

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ADAM ROSEN essay idea came to me after observing how a few new (and, in my view, muchdesired) locally owned restaurants that recently opened in my neighborhood have been subjected to trivial and often baseless complaints among legitimate ones about parking and the like. One representative commenter, after providing a mediocre review of one of the establishments, which is their right, offered the real j’accuse: an insinuation that his dessert was from Sysco, the massive food service company and Asheville’s version of the boogeyman. I found myself wondering: Is that in itself a reason not to visit the restaurant? And if the dessert were, perhaps, made of artisanal, unicorn-kissed, hand-milled non-GMO flour, would this person be happy to pay double the price for it, or would they be publicly slamming the establishment for being a rip-off (on Nextdoor, of course)? More important, is this the most constructive way to offer public feedback about a local and presumably hardworking hospitality business? I’m well into my 30s, but I’m old enough to remember when you either went to the manager with a complaint or shrugged, went on your way and took your business elsewhere. I don’t think restaurants or any service-oriented businesses open to the public should be free from criticism; far from it. A fair, well-reasoned review, whether by a professional or not, can be valuable. And, of course, legitimate instances of sketchy behavior, discrimination, harassment or lawbreaking

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should be exposed. But many of the comments on threads about new places in the neighborhood seem speculative and needlessly nasty. Another commenter on the same thread as the one discussed earlier, grousing about another issue at the same place, all but invited like-minded readers to put it out of business for its perceived sins: “Bad ratings = less business. Less business = ... well y’all know.” I have no connection to the establishments I’m referencing or anyone who works there. I enjoy some of them, and others I can take or leave. Regardless of how I feel, though, I don’t want to actively work toward their failure — as I believe the types of commenters I describe above are doing, even if unintentionally — just because they don’t meet my obviously impeccable standards. FROM BAD TO WACKY Actually, these sorts of comments, unreasonable though they are in my opinion, aren’t the worst of the bad behavior on the site. Since it started expanding in popularity in the mid-2010s, there have been numerous instances of racial profiling on Nextdoor sites across the country; things got serious enough that in 2016, The New York Times published a story (avl.mx/6em) about the problem. (To its credit, the site seems to have taken measures to make profiling harder. ) Additional examples of Nextdoor users behaving badly overfloweth, especially on Twitter. One of the most biting accounts, Next door in Silicon Valley (avl.mx/6eo), chronicles the inexhaustible ways people are fighting private and public housing development in one of the most expensive (and liberal) areas in the country. The tone on various Bay Area Nextdoors has gotten so ugly that a regional paper, the San Jose Mercury News, felt compelled to report on it this year (avl.mx/6ep). In one case The Mercury News highlighted, anti-development “neighbors” began going after an artist who organized in favor of a mixed-income housing development, “attacking her and her organization, calling [her organization] a ‘developer front.’ Someone called her a ‘moron,’ and then accused her of being the ‘free speech police’ when she reported it to Nextdoor.”

Speaking of which, if the city decides to follow through with its forward-thinking “Living Asheville” plan (avl.mx/6eq), which would convert several sprawling, underutilized surface lots in prime, public-transitlinked areas of the city, including my own, into moderately dense housing and retail corridors, I almost expect a similar cage match to break out online. Less serious, and much stranger, are the Nextdoor parody accounts. The Best of Nextdoor, which also lives on Twitter, is well, the best of the bunch; little wonder it has about seven times more followers (246,000-plus) than the official Nextdoor handle. Its sole purpose is to call attention to the wackiest posts and items offered for sale on Nextdoor sites across the country. In July, it tweeted a screenshot of a post made by a visitor to the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif. “Possible cult activity at Nixon Library,” the concerned netizen titled the post, including with it a covertly taken picture of a man at a computer (avl.mx/6er). “I watched this man stare at photos of [actor] Gary Busey and print them off. I do not know what his agenda is, but I have a feeling it could be a cult or illuminati related.” CAN WE RISE ABOVE? True, none of this weirdness and conflict is all that surprising. Everybody’s a critic and/or a Gary Busey conspiracist, and this is the World Wide Web — pick your cliché. Other local online groups (West Asheville Exchange and Asheville Politics come to mind) are often filled with the kind of toxic drama that sucks up 40 minutes of your day and leaves you with the unshakable feeling that humanity is doomed. But WAX has over 35,000 members, making it a near certainty that bickering will break out, and political discussions will always be charged, especially today, especially online. Nextdoor, though, purports to be different. So much for the popular Nextdoor mantra, “When neighbors start talking, good things happen”; a more accurate one might be, “When judgmental locals start talking, local places get unfairly dissed.” Then again, maybe it’s not really Nextdoor’s fault. Maybe not being our worst selves online is simply too much to ask for, even on behalf of our beloved “neighbors.” Adam Rosen is a freelance writer and book editor who lives in Asheville. X

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GOING, GOING, GONE According to Putnam, there are about 12,000 parking spaces in downtown Asheville. About three-quarters of them are privately owned and maintained; their rates and policies vary widely, however, placing them beyond the scope of this article. That leaves some 700 metered spaces and roughly 2,300 in publicly owned decks. Both the city and county are aware of the downtown parking issues, however, and have taken steps to address them. Just last year, Buncombe County opened a new 664space deck at 11 Sears Alley in an attempt to keep up with the growing influx of visitors and new residents. Nonetheless, says Putnam, who’s served in this role with the city since 2009, demand can sometimes still outstrip supply during large events. The parking crunch, he says, stems from an increasingly vibrant downtown that hosts numerous festivals, concerts and conferences each year, plus construction projects that temporarily reduce the number of available on-street spaces. “We used to be able to say that October would always be our busy time, because that’s when the leaves change and everybody wants to come,” notes Putnam. “That still is a busy time, but I think that window has spread out more, so it’s actually into the summer; it’s actually deep into the fall.” Finding free, on-street parking on a weekend evening can seem daunting, he concedes. Except during major downtown events, however, many of the six publicly owned decks are “not standing empty but are not anywhere near being full, either.” “When you come downtown to Asheville and you start driving up and down the streets, you start to see how full the metered parking spaces are, and then you start circling the block to find a space that’s relatively close,”

Residents feel downtown parking squeeze BY BROOKE RANDLE brandle@mountainx.com If you’ve tried to come downtown on a Friday or Saturday evening recently, there’s a good chance you’ll recognize this routine: First, drive to your destination. Then, note the rows of cars lining both sides of the street. No parking … Maybe if I swing back around the block, someone will have left, you tell yourself as frustration begins to build. Cars, cars and more cars. What are all these people doing downtown anyway? you brood. After your fourth circuit, suddenly you see it: a space right in front of the venue! You whip around, gripping the wheel in glee (Can you believe your luck?), and prepare to pull in — only to watch in disbelief as an oncoming driver flips on his turn signal right before your eyes, effectively claiming what must be the only open parking space in downtown Asheville. Or is it? While this might be an all-too-familiar scenario for many Asheville residents, some city officials maintain that parking downtown may be easier than people think. According to Transportation Director Ken Putnam, one of his department’s highest priorities this year is convincing locals that

BABY, YOU CAN PARK MY CAR: As Asheville continues to boom as a national vacation destination, visitors, workers, residents and business owners are experiencing a parking shortage downtown. Photo by Brooke Randle it’s possible to park downtown if you know where to look. “We’re still working hard, through education and advertising, to kind of get that stigma, that perception, out

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“On any given day, parking is available — but it may not be available exactly where you want it.” — city Transportation Director Ken Putnam Putnam explains. “And unfortunately, those folks sometimes don’t think, ‘Well, instead of wasting all this gas and time driving around all the city blocks, I could just go to the nearby garage.’” Putnam also advises drivers to use the Asheville App, a free resource that provides real-time information about available spaces in each of the publicly owned parking decks. He says it can save time and give drivers realistic expectations before they even leave the house. Some residents, however, maintain that the downtown decks are just too expensive. “Parking is miserable,” says Sadie Wicker. “Before they went up on the prices for the garages and the parking tickets, I would park on the street and just take my chances. I definitely got a couple of tickets from that, but it’s like, I’m poor: I can’t do the garages.”

METER ROULETTE But while parking decks may be the answer for the occasional weekend visitor, it’s a different story for many retail and service industry workers, says Sage Turner, who chairs both the Downtown Commission and its Parking and Transportation Committee. “Downtown workers,” she notes, “have to pay to park while they’re at work, so it’s cutting into their wages and income.” Caitlin Tagner, who works at Framed Optical Shop on Battery Park Avenue, says she either parks just outside of downtown, scouring the Montford area for a free space, or else uses a metered space to avoid paying the maximum daily rate in the parking decks ($12 in most cases). “I like to think I can get away with not paying my meter sometimes,” Tagner

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es. It costs $70 a month to park there, says Turner, and spaces are available. But according to many downtown workers, that’s still too much. “I personally wouldn’t do that, because I don’t make enough for it to be worth it,” says Evan Rhatigan, who works at Kilwin’s Chocolates, Fudge and Ice Cream on Battery Park Avenue. Tagner, meanwhile, says, “No, thank you. It’s cheaper to Lyft, but then you still think about how many hours you’re working just to pay off parking.” NOT-SO-SPECIAL EVENTS? Downtown business owners say the lack of parking can deter would-be customers — particularly during special events, when the city decks institute $9 flat rate parking and suspend the first-hour-free policy. “We’ve had a few customers say, ‘Gosh, $9 is a lot. We’re just gonna wait until next week to come,’” notes Dean Peterson, general manager of downtown fixture Tops For Shoes. Peterson is one of more than 75 employees and

owners of downtown businesses who signed a petition in May asking the city’s Parking Services Department to rethink the cost and frequency of special event parking. Peterson says he understands charging more for big gatherings such as the Christmas Jam and the Southern Conference basketball tournament but feels that other, smaller events don’t warrant the higher fees. “We believe lower deck fees, possibly $5, will result in fewer empty spaces and more shoppers — a win, win, win situation for Parking Services, local businesses and shoppers,” the petition states. The city has responded positively to the request, says Peterson, and additional meetings with downtown merchants are planned to discuss alternatives to the special event rates. “They’ve assured us that they want to do what’s best for the merchants and for the city and for the Civic Center,” Peterson explains. For his part, Putnam says his department’s No. 1 priority is working with businesses to address their concerns. But balancing the needs of different kinds of business owners while ensuring that there are enough spaces for the event attendees can be challenging, he points out. “The interesting thing is that you have a difference in opinion from, say, a retail business owner and then a restaurant owner, because they have different needs,” Putnam explains. “We don’t want to just open up the gate and let everybody go out for free, because they haven’t paid yet. We want to find a balance on that.”

“Downtown workers have to pay to park while they’re at work, so it’s cutting into their wages and income.” — Sage Turner, chair, Asheville Downtown Commission “parking is not a priority for Council right now,” she agrees that partnering with private developers could help alleviate the problems. “The Aloft deal was really big and complex, and I don’t know that we are going to see another deal like

that,” Mayfield wrote in a July 18 email to Xpress. “But adding smaller numbers of spaces in smaller projects when parking is already being constructed makes a lot of sense. In some cases, the developer can add those spaces at little to no cost, but

I’m also supportive of the city considering putting money into the deal if the parking is in a place of critical need.” Turner, however, sees the problem as more urgent. “There’s not a simple solution,” she concedes, but “I can’t say to the community that there’s ample parking everywhere. The reality is, at peak hours when everyone wants to be downtown, there is just not enough parking.” X

PARKING PRIORITIES The city, says Putnam, is constantly working to solicit feedback and figure out solutions to downtown’s parking issues. On July 9, Parking Services released a parking deck survey that asks users to rate their experience parking in a city garage. The survey, which will be available until 11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31, includes questions about special event rates, cleanliness and more. No new parking structures are planned at the moment, notes Putnam, though that could change depending on the city’s evolving needs. Potential long-term solutions, he continues, include commuter or circular shuttles as well as public/private partnerships, such as the joint venture between the city and the Aloft Hotel on Biltmore Avenue. And while Asheville City Council member Julie Mayfield says that MOUNTAINX.COM

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It took more than 10 hours of testimony and deliberation, spread among three meetings over the course of 12 days, for Asheville’s Civil Service Board to reach a decision on the July 2018 firing of Asheville Police Department Capt. Mark Byrd by former Chief Tammy Hooper. And even following that lengthy process, the board was split: Chair Carol Goins voted against her colleagues in a 4-1 decision finding that Hooper’s action was not justified and ordering the city to reach “a just conclusion of the matter.” How the board reached its decision, however, remains unclear. For the first time in at least three years, the CSB moved to close its discussions to the public at the city’s request, with board attorney John Henning citing the need to protect confidential personnel information and preserve attorney-client privilege. Attorney Sabrina Rockoff, representing the city, admitted that the request was “a little unusual” but said it was necessary given the unique circumstances of Byrd’s case. Before the board entered closed session on July 17, she said that the issues leading to his termination involved several other current and former Asheville employees, whose privacy would be violated in an open hearing. Representing Byrd, attorney John Hunter responded that the board’s

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“I think this is overreach by the city,” Hunter told the board members. “If you grant their request, you’d have a case where the city could effectively close every hearing you have by listing as evidence third-party confidential information, whether it’s used or not. … They’re asking you to presumptively close a hearing before the very first word is said.” Notably, Rockoff mentioned issues other than personnel information protected by state statute in her argument to close the hearing. “The city has additional concerns beyond 160A-168 [the North Carolina law concerning the privacy of public employee personnel records]. To me, this is tantamount and should be frankly enough to close this hearing,” she said. The CSB entered a separate closed session before any formal testimony on Byrd was presented “for the purposes of hearing the city’s other reasons,” according to Goins. However, the motion to enter that closed session only cited 160A168 personnel information; the state law governing closed sessions does not list hearing unspecified arguments from a municipal representative as a valid reason to avoid an open meeting. Moreover, Rockoff estimated in open session that it would take her “five minutes” to present the city’s concerns to

the CSB. She did not leave the closed session called to present those reasons for close to an hour. The board members then continued the closed session with their attorney as the only other person in attendance; the preservation of attorney-client privilege was not listed in the board’s motion as a reason for the closed session. In its decision on Byrd’s firing, the CSB said the city’s allegations of Byrd’s untruthfulness “were not substantiated” and that his violation of other policies “did not rise to the level of misconduct justifying termination.” Hooper had claimed in a termination letter dated July 13, 2018, that the captain had disobeyed APD ethics policies and shown unsatisfactory job performance. Hooper’s letter also criticized Byrd for “accusing me of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with another officer, an allegation which you know has been investigated and found untrue.” Former APD Sgt. Lisa Taube filed a suit in December alleging that Hooper and an unnamed female lieutenant, with whom the chief had engaged in personal travel, had pressured Taube and her wife to have drinks and “‘hang out’ together” at a downtown bar. Taube’s suit says that she shared her concerns with Byrd, as well as former APD Capt. Stony Gonce, and that the three spoke with Asheville’s Human Resources Department in late 2017. Hooper fired Gonce on May 1, 2018, citing his violation of workplace harassment and inappropriate personal conduct policies in her termination letter. Taube resigned from the force on Aug. 31; Hooper resigned from the force on Jan. 2, receiving a $118,000 lump-sum payment for up to 75 hours of consulting services and accepting a resignation agreement that prevents her from making legal claims against the city. As of press time, CSB attorney Henning had not acknowledged multiple Xpress requests for the board’s closed session meeting minutes. Asheville spokesperson Polly McDaniel did not respond to a request for comment regarding the city’s specific plans for restitution to Byrd, whether officials plan to challenge the CSB’s decision and if Gonce is challenging his own termination. Additional reporting by Virginia Daffron X

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Commissioners deny Swannanoa rezoning in 4-3 split “Some projects come in front of us and you know right from the start, [we’re] all for this. Or you see it and you say, ‘This is not a great idea, and I’m definitely going to vote against it,’” said Brownie Newman, chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, before the board’s vote on a proposed residential rezoning of just over 1 acre in Swannanoa. “I feel like this is one of these judgment calls.” Commissioners ultimately chose to deny the project in a 4-3 split decision that crossed party lines. Republicans Mike Fryar and Robert Pressley, as well as Democrats Amanda Edwards and Al Whitesides, stood against the rezoning, while Democrats Newman and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, along with Republican Joe Belcher, gave their approval. The vote marked the end of a contentious journey for the project, which aimed to convert the land from low-density residential zoning to the more intensive R-1 residential district. Applicants Robert and Laura Uherka had previously withdrawn a proposal to rezone all 14 acres of their property after county staff members expressed concerns over the potential development of steep slope areas and resulting stormwater runoff. Although staff members recommended approval of the revised proposal after its scope was reduced to 1.05 acres of lower-elevation land, the Buncombe County Planning Board voted 3-3 to recommend denial at its July 15 meeting. (Tie votes of that body are considered not in favor of a project.) Pam Tegge, one of four residents who spoke against the rezoning during its public hearing, said Planning Board members Robert Martin, David Rittenberg and Nancy Waldrop remained worried about the property’s steep slopes. Bryan Mumpower, who lives in the Grovemont neighborhood near the Uherkas’ property, said the proposal was emblematic of poor land-use decisions driven by the area’s booming real estate market. “I’ve seen these houses being built in Grovemont in the last little bit, and they’re building them in places that’s just weird — you’re building them in a swamp, you’re building them right next to a creek,” he said. “They’re taking [existing houses] and they’re basically cut-

UPHILL BATTLE: The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners denied a rezoning application for a 1.05-acre property in Swannanoa, the site plan for which is shown here, after the county planning board expressed concerns about steep-slope development. Graphic courtesy of Buncombe County

ting them up, selling off the properties and walking away with a pile of cash.” In contrast, fellow Grovemont resident Robert Randolph argued that allowing the rezoning would support the county’s push to increase the supply of affordable housing. He said the significantly smaller lot size permitted by R-1 zoning — 8,000 square feet compared with 43,560 square feet under the low-density district — would allow the Uherkas to build small dwellings suitable for young families jumping into homeownership. County resident and regular commission commenter Don Yelton, while not directly affected by the project, said he had “a dog in this fight” regarding the board’s approach to steep slope development. Citing his expertise in environmental systems engineering, he advised the commissioners to be wary of runoff from higher elevations. “This is deja vu, Brownie,” Yelton told Newman. “I met [former commission Chair] David Gantt when he was first sworn in and I said, ‘David, look at the mountains. We’re going to be like California — houses washing off the mountains.’ We’re getting close to it, aren’t we?”

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Buncombe County plans for 2020 census Like the rest of the country, Buncombe County is gearing up to count its residents as part of the 2020 census. But Tim Love, the county’s director of intergovernmental projects, points out that the tally could also help Buncombe count on increased revenue from the federal government. In a presentation at the Aug. 6 pre-meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Love said that the county misses out on roughly $1,600 of federal funding annually for every resident who goes uncounted. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly $690 billion of federal spending in fiscal year 2015 alone was distributed based on census data. “This could be counting a newborn, a 3-year-old, a 50-year old — it doesn’t matter,” Love explained. “If we’re able to increase our participation rate by 1%, that would be approximately 2,500 residents of Buncombe County, which equates to $4 million in federal funding annually and $40 million over 10 years.” The county has set a goal of 80% participation from its more than 259,000 esti-

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: The 2020 census will determine the allocation of billions of dollars in federal funding, with millions potentially on the line for Buncombe County. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau mated residents for the upcoming census. That target represents an increase of 4 percentage points over the 76% participation rate in 2010. Buncombe’s participation in the last census was in line with that of North Carolina as a whole; regionally, only Henderson County recorded a higher rate at 78%.

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To achieve its goal, Love said Buncombe County has created a census working group with representatives from municipal governments, several county departments and the Asheville Area and Black Mountain-Swannanoa chambers of commerce. Moving forward, the county will establish a Complete Count Committee with support from area schools and universities, nonprofit and faith communities, business leaders and the media. Love said the committee, which will first convene in late August, will “hone the messaging and create the buy-in to get folks understanding the value of the census and what they need to do.” He clarified that county employees will not directly be participating as census takers but will instead stick to community outreach. While the committee hopes to develop its communication plan by late October, Love said, the Census Bureau itself will not begin mailing questionnaires until mid-March. He said residents should expect to receive a “short form” census consisting of 10-15 questions and can respond by mail, phone, online or in person. Love did not directly address the controversial — and ultimately failed — effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to include a citizenship question on the upcoming census but acknowledged there’d been “a lot of attention on the census this year.” He emphasized that census employees will never call or email residents and will bear official identification when conducting in-person visits.

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Early drivers overwhelm downtown roads, 1919-25

SPACE TO GROW: From the start, parking problems created headaches for residents and city officials. But the popularity of automobiles also led to new ideas, including those used by developers such as E.W. Grove as they went about designing portions of the city. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville On Nov. 20, 1919, The Asheville Citizen warned city drivers that the heyday of unregulated parking was nearing an end: “The promiscuous parking of automobiles wherever it might suit the convenience of the owner or the driver, will no longer go unnoticed in Asheville by those who wear the badge and are under obligations to see that every law is enforced and that violators are brought before the court.” With the announcement, all city parking problems were resolved, and everyone drove happily ever after. (Wait a second, that can’t be right!) No, indeed congestion and parking complaints continued to make headlines long after the Nov. 20, 1919, declaration. In the summer of 1920, multiple articles described Church Street as a parking lot overflowed with stationary vehicles lining both sides. By August, the city passed new regulations limiting when and where drivers could leave their cars. Unsatisfied with the measure, an editorial in The Sunday Citizen’s Aug. 29, 1920, edition advocated for the elimination of all downtown street parking. “Why should the city provide places in the streets for the prolonged parking

of motors?” the piece asked. “The streets are intended for traffic, not for storage of vehicles.” If residents insisted on driving themselves downtown, the paper continued, “Why should not the individual car owner provide his own parking place in the business district in the same way that the farmer provides a place for his wagon when he comes to town?” Not all were on board with the newspaper’s proposal. In the same day’s print, resident Thomas Wadley Raoul questioned the city’s recent decision to prohibit parking on Patton Avenue. “The merchants on ‘the avenue’ want the parking,” Raoul wrote. “The drivers want the parking. The ladies shopping in motors want the parking. … But because the commissioners find it too much trouble to properly regulate traffic, the public is condemned to suffer. The public be damned.” Downtown’s parking problems quickly factored into future construction plans. On Oct. 6, 1922, the paper reported E.W. Grove’s intention to develop the Battery Park property, creating new office and commercial buildings in the heart of downtown, as well as wide sidewalks and roads. “One of the principal reasons for the con-

struction of these broad thoroughfares,” the paper explained, “is to afford ample parking space for the benefit of merchants ... so that their customers will not be placed at the inconveniences and time of driving around several block before parking space can be found[.]” In addition to Grove’s future plans, the city’s early parking woes also inspired more immediate entrepreneurial endeavors. “Leasing of parking space on the ‘honor system’ is the latest venture in Asheville,” the paper stated on April 20, 1924. According to the article, the business model’s success was a cause for celebration. “Those familiar with the unique venture, declare that it is the first of its kind and proves that human nature is for right when faced with the question of paying for anything or just ‘driving off.’” However, other accounts suggest a lack of moral fiber among early motorists. An editorial in the Jan. 13, 1925, edition of The Asheville Citizen ran with the headline “Careless parking.” The piece lampooned local drivers for the selfish ways in which they disregarded the city’s rules and regulations, often occupying multiple spots with a single automobile. Not only did this waste space, the editorial decried, but it also forced other drivers to circle “many blocks because a minority of their neighbors never take thought of the other fellow’s rights.” Such behavior, the article argued, was the result of the country’s long-standing philosophy that “taught us Americans to go every man for himself, contest, almost, for the devil to have the hindmost.” In consequence, the piece continued, “We have come near learning to believe that life cannot be successfully met in any other spirit, and that is one of the reasons why we have earned the title of a lawless people.” Fortunately, a new order and promise were on the horizon. On June 16, 1925, The Asheville Citizen informed readers that the city of Boston announced plans to erect “a huge building with a floor area of nearly four and one-half acres, of which practically every foot will be devoted to car parking.” Traffic experts, the article continued, “predict that in the near future it will be the rule to have buildings in which cars can be parked, for a reasonable charge, by business men who drive to their office and by women who are down town for an hour or more on shopping expeditions.” Editor’s note: Peculiarities of spelling and punctuation are preserved from the original documents. X

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ANIMALS 'ANIMAL HOUSE' • TH (8/15), 5-7pm Animal House, group show, pet portraits, handmade pet supplies and adoptable dogs from Mountain Pet Rescue. Held at Open Hearts Art Center, 217 Coxe Ave. ASHEVILLE ANIMAL RIGHTS READING GROUP • 3rd FRIDAYS, 6-7:30pm - Animal Rights Reading Group. Free to attend. Held at Firestorm Books & Coffee, 610 Haywood Road

BENEFITS A TASTE OF HENDERSONVILLE • TU (8/20), 5:30pm - Proceeds from this fundraising event with hors d’oeuvres, raffles

and a silent auction benefit the Hendersonville Interfaith Ministry. Registration: iam-hc.org or 828-6977029. $75. Held at Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 E. Campus Drive, Flat Rock ASAP’S LOCAL FOOD EXPERIENCE • TH (8/15), 6-8:30pm - Proceeds from Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project's Local Food Experience, meet farmers, chefs, artisans, sample small plates, with silent auction, scavenger hunt and chef competition, benefit ASAP’s programs to help local farms thrive and build healthy communities through connections to local food. $30. Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St.

CELEBRATING THE PAWPAW: The pawpaw tree (Asimina Triloba) is a butterfly host plant that goes by many names, including the American custard apple, and is the only plant on which the larvae of the zebra swallowtail butterfly will feed. Craig Mauney, area specialized extension agent, gives an informative talk on cultivation techniques as well as uses for and tasting of pawpaw fruit on Saturday, Aug. 17, 9 a.m.-noon, at Bullington Gardens. Tickets are limited to 50 participants and cost $25. Call 828-698-6104 or avl. mx/6es. Photo courtesy of Kim Bailey (p. 17) HAWAIIAN COWGIRL DANCE • SA (8/17), 7:30-11pm - Proceeds from the Hawaiian Cowgirl Dance with raffle benefit Aura Home Women Vets. $10. Held at Club Eleven on Grove, 11 Grove St. MOUNTAIN BIZWORKS BENEFIT • TH (8/22), 6-9pm - Proceeds from the No Pearl

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Program. Registration: bit.ly/2KqAh0M. $50 and up. Held at South Slope CrossFit, 217 Coxe Ave., Suite B THE DENIM BALL • TH (8/22), 6pm Proceeds from this denim themed gala with dinner, drinks, auction and live music benefit The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation renovation of the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park. $125. Held at Cone Manor, MP 294, Blue Ridge Parkway

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY A-B TECH SMALL BUSINESS CENTER 1465 Sand Hill Road, Candler, 828-398-7950, abtech.edu/sbc • TH (8/15), 6-8pm - Como Comenzar Su Propio Negocio (How to Start a Business), seminar. Registration required. Free. • SA (8/17), 9am-noon Becoming the Boss of the Best and Keeping Them, seminar. Registration required. Free. • MO (8/19) & WE (8/21), noon-4pm - Two-day seminar, Rocket Business Planning. Registration required. Free.

FLETCHER AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION • 4th THURSDAYS, 11:30-noon - General meeting. Free. Held at YMCA Mission Pardee Health Campus, 2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden LEADERSHIP ASHEVILLE’S BUZZ BREAKFAST • TH (8/14), 8am - 2019 Buzz Breakfast series with the theme, 'How Do We Build a Connected Community?' $25/$60 for the series. Held at Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive

CLASSES, MEETINGS & EVENTS EMPYREAN ARTS CLASSES (PD.) AERIAL CONDITIONING on Thursdays 1:00pm. BEGINNING AERIAL ARTS on Sundays 2:15pm, Tuesdays 1:00pm, Wednesdays 7:30pm, Thursdays 5:15pm, and Saturdays 2:30pm. INTRO to POLE FITNESS on Mondays 6:15pm, Tuesdays 7:15pm, and Saturdays 11:30am. EMPYREANARTS. ORG. 828.782.3321 SUNDAYS SHOP & SIP AT THE CANDLER CABOOSE! (PD.) Thrift & upcycle shop open Sundays 1-10pm with craft/art making 3-4pm ($10-15, kidfriendly). Lawn games & fire pit + drinks for sale. Open jam 6pm. ASHEVILLE CHESS CLUB • WEDNESDAYS, 6:30pm - Sets provided. All ages and skill levels welcome. Beginners lessons available. Free. Held at North Asheville

Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road ASHEVILLE FRIENDS OF ASTROLOGY • FR (8/16), 7-9pm - Ted Figura presents The Astrology of the Conditioned Self. Free. Held at EarthFare Westgate, 66 Westgate Parkway COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ADULT CARE HOMES • 3rd FRIDAYS, 9-10:30am - Committee meeting. Registration: julia@landofsky.org. Free. Held at Land of Sky Regional Council Offices, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140 DOCUMENT SHRED AND DRUG TAKE BACK DAY • FR (8/16), 9am-noon - Document shred and drug take back event. Free. Held at Mills River Park, 124 Town Center Drive Mills River HOMINY VALLEY RECREATION PARK • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - Hominy Valley board meeting. Free. Held at Hominy Valley Recreation Park, 25 Twin Lakes Drive, Candler KOREAN WAR VETERANS CHAPTER 314 • 2nd WEDNESDAYS, noon - Korean War Veterans Association, General Frank Blazey Chapter 314, general meeting. Lunch at noon, meeting at 1pm. Free to attend. Held at American Legion Post 77, 216 4th Ave. W., Hendersonville LEICESTER HISTORY GATHERING • 3rd THURSDAYS, 7pm - The Leicester History Gathering, general meeting. Free. Held at Leicester Community Center, 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester ONTRACK WNC 50 S. French Broad Ave., 828-255-5166, ontrackwnc.org • TH (8/15), noon1:30pm - Budgeting and Debt, class. Registration required. Free.

• SATURDAYS (8/10) & (8/17), 9am-12:30pm - Basics of budgeting, setting goals, planning, saving strategies and tracking spending series. Registration required. Free. • FR (8/19), noon1:30pm - Understanding Credit. Get it. Keep it. Improve it. Seminar. Registration required. Free. • TH (8/20), 5:30-7pm - Budgeting and Debt, class. Registration required. Free. • TH (8/22), noon1:30pm - Assessing Your Insurance Needs, class. Registration required. Free. • TH (8/22), 5:307pm - Home Energy Efficiency, workshop. Registration required. Free. SCIENCE PUB • TH (8/22), 5:307pm - Science Pub: Land Management, presentation by Dave Ellum, Dean of Land Resources at Warren Wilson College, on land management practices for land owners and stewards. Refreshments provided. Free to attend. Held at The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401

FOOD & BEER ASAP’S LOCAL FOOD EXPERIENCE • TH (8/15), 6-8:30pm - Proceeds from Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project's Local Food Experience, meet farmers, chefs, artisans, sample small plates, with silent auction, scavenger hunt and chef competition, benefit ASAP’s programs to help local farms thrive and build healthy communities through connections to local food. $30. Held at New Belgium Brewery, 21 Craven St. CELEBRATING THE PAWPAW • SA (8/17), 9am-noon - Celebrate the pawpaw with information on cultivation techniques, uses for the fruit and a tasting. Pawpaws are the sole host plant for

the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly. Registration: 828-698-6104 or avl.mx/6eg. $25. Held at Bullington Gardens, 95 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville HONEY TASTING AND BEEKEEPER TALK • SA (8/17), 9:45am The Park’s beekeeper, Will Garvey, presents a tasting and talk with honey samples from different geographic areas. Free. Held at The Park at Flat Rock, 55 Highland Golf Drive, Flat Rock

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ASHEVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION • TH (8/22), 5:15-6:30pm - Public input forums regarding the search for a new superintendent by the Asheville City Board of Education. Free. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St.

JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY • MO (8/19), 6:30pm Monthly meeting. Free. Held at Dillsboro Masonic Lodge, 223 Wikes Crescent Drive, Sylva LUNCH AND LEARN • TH (8/15), 11:30am-1pm Lunch & Learn: State School Voucher Program, guest presentation by Bonnie Bechard. Free. Held at Hendersonville Community

Co-Op, 60 S. Charleston Lane, Hendersonville MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE RALLY • SA (8/17), 10am - Rally to urge Senators to take action now on gun safety legislation to pass universal background checks and red flag laws. Meet in Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

POSTCARD PARTY • FR (8/16), 4:30-6pm North Carolinians Against Gun Violence and the Progressive Alliance of Henderson County partner for a postcard party to

SHERIFF QUENTIN MILLER LISTENING SESSION • TH (8/15), 6:30-8pm - Sheriff Quentin Miller, Deputies and senior staff from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office listen to

TOURISM MANAGEMENT & INVESTMENT PLAN PUBLIC INPUT • TH (8/15), 6-8pm - Public input workshop for the Buncombe County Tourism Management & Investment Plan funds. Free. Held at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center, 133 Livingston St.

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FESTIVALS BEE BOLD POLLINATOR FESTIVAL • SA (8/17), 1-6pm Hendersonville Bee City USA raises awareness of honey bees and their role in the apple industry of Henderson County, with live music, vendors, honey tastings, workshops and plant sale. Free to attend. Held at Bold Rock Hard Cider, 72 School House Road, Mills River MOOGMENTUM: SYNTHESIZING INNOVATION, MUSIC AND CREATIVITY • Through TH (8/15) - Concerts, workshops, lectures and exhibits celebrating the Moogseum's Grand Opening. Schedule and tickets: avl.mx/6dj. Free to $295. Held at Moogseum, 56 Broadway St.

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OUR LOCAL FOODSHED: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Local Food Experience is an opportunity to meet farmers, chefs and artisans while sampling small plates highlighting seasonal foods grown in the Southern Highlands. Planned for Thursday, Aug. 15, 6-8:30 p.m., at New Belgium Brewing Co., the evening also includes a silent auction, scavenger hunt and a chef competition. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in advance at asapconnections.org. All proceeds benefit ASAP’s programs to help local farms thrive and build healthy communities through connections to local food. Photo courtesy of T. Capens (p. 19)

• TH (8/15), noon-2pm - Public input workshop for the Buncombe County Tourism Management & Investment Plan funds. Free. • FR (8/16), 9-11am Public input workshop for the Buncombe County Tourism Management & Investment Plan funds. Free.

KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL FEST • SA (8/17), 10am-4pm - Back to School Fest, outdoor event with games, entertainment, food, and school supply basics for kids K-12. Free. Held at Jackson Park, 801 Glover St., Hendersonville BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library • WE (8/14), 10:30am Moon stories, moon art, along with Tom Petty classics for children in sync with the full moon. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • WE (8/14), 3pm EcoExplore: Intro to Herpetology. Free. Held at Oakley/South Asheville Library, 749 Fairview Road • TH (8/15), 3pm - Billy Jonas - performer, singersongwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and educator - presents his Neo-Tribal Hootenanny. Registration required. Free. Held at Weaverville Public Library, 41 N. Main St., Weaverville

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OUTDOORS OLD ROCK CAFE (PD.) Enjoy live music from Chicken Coup Willaye and a specially-crafted buffet of food by the Rocky Broad River during Music on the Deck on Thursday, Aug. 15 from 6-8:30pm. Info at chimneyrockpark. com

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY HIKE OF THE WEEK • FR (8/16), 10am - Easy, 2.5 mile round-trip hike along the Mountains-toSea Trail from Craven Gap. Free. Meet at the Craven Gap parking lot at Milepost 377.4. DOUGLAS FALLS HIKE • SA (8/17), 10am-12:30pm Services' Sampler Hike Series: Guided moderately rough, 2.5 mile hike at Douglas Falls. Information: bit.ly/2OTu038. Free. LAND NAVIGATION CLASS • SU (8/18), 1-3:30pm Land Navigation, concepts to help aid in not getting lost and/or self-rescue. $20. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde PISGAH CENTER FOR WILDLIFE EDUCATION ncwildlife.org/Learning/ Education-Centers/Pisgah/ Event-Registration • WE (8/14), 10am-3pm - Learn the overhead cast, roll cast and the art of false casting. Ages 12+. Registration: avl.mx/68e. Free. Held at Lake Imaging in DuPont SRF. • SA (8/17), 9am-3pm - Information to start trapping on your own. Ages 12 and up. Registration: avl.mx/68e. Free. Held at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education, 1401 Fish Hatchery Road, Pisgah Forest • TU (8/20) & WE (8/21), 6-9pm - Unlicensed sportsmen and women must complete a hunter education course before

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HENDERSON COUNTY UNITED WAY ANNUAL DAY OF ACTION • Through TH (8/15) - Register to volunteer for the annual Day of Action. Volunteers are needed to work on projects at 22 schools and learning centers on Friday, Aug. 16. Registration: liveunitedhc.org or 828-692-1636 x 1108. HOMEWARD BOUND OF WNC • THURSDAYS, 11am, 2nd TUESDAYS, 5:30pm & 3rd WEDNESDAYS, 8:30am - Welcome Home Tour, find out how Homeward Bound is working to end homelessness and how the public can help. Registration required: tours@ homewardboundwnc. org or 828-785-9840. Free. Held at Homeward Bound of WNC, 218 Patton Ave. KEEPIN' IT CLEAN RIVER CLEANUP AND CONCERT • SA (8/17), 10am1pm - River paddling cleanup with Asheville

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itself nutrients thanks to a mucouslike, nitrogen-producing gel that drips from its roots. “My whole plan is to adapt corn that would never grow here in the past,” says Fortune. “Our seasons used to be late April to early October, now they’re early April until early November, which allows for a lot of these corns. Normally they stand absolutely no chance of being able to produce, but because our seasons are longer, I’m able to do this.” As the ramifications of climate change continue to surge and shake MOUNTAINX.COM

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FAR M & GA R DEN species, minimal disturbance and recycling nutrients.” She continues, “As the climate warms, more water is sucked into the atmosphere, and it’s dumping back down on farms. There are 500-year floods happening often, meaning you have to rely on techniques to not lose your soil. ... When you have a lot of wet, plants aren’t going to thrive unless you have soil with good drainage and sustainable systems to avoid erosion with the three components I mentioned.” So what do hybridized corn and Fortune’s other experimental crops have to do with all this? Well, assuming they’re grown with sustainable agricultural practices, increasing the diversity of such crops can help support our ability to adjust to changing conditions, invent creative solutions and capitalize on new opportunities, according to Asheville-based food resilience consultant Laura Lengnick, author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate. “Anyone working to increase the diversity of useful plants in our region’s resilience toolbox is helping to increase the chance that our community will do well as the climate changes,” says Lengnick.

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Cusco Gigante, a variety known for its giant kernels. But what really excites Fortune is the possibility of a stabilized cultivar that could self-produce nitrogen as its food source on a large scale, thereby mitigating the harmful effects of added nitrogen in our soil systems, including ocean “dead zones,” greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. “Corn is the biggest crop we grow,” says Fortune. “To create a

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corn that feeds itself on a widespread basis, that grows faster and taller and produces larger kernels. For those to be products we eat in North American instead of them being romantic ideas from the equator. That would create a huge change.” Another South American variety Fortune is focused on — this one, more for its nutritional benefits — is the Maiz Morado, famous for its deep purple hue and abundance of antioxidants. In order to create a hybrid that’s better acclimated to WNC, Fortune has crossed it with a Native American flint corn, resulting in a more nutrientdense and fast-growing cultivar that can be harvested after just 90 days. “I went to Peru five or six years ago and came across Maiz Morado, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, these corns are amazing; how do I bring them here?’” he says. “The content that makes it purple is anthocyanin, which is a superfood that’s said to offer anti-cancer benefits and fights free radicals in your body.” While corn is Fortune’s primary focus (he’s grown it in myriad forms for the last 20 years), he’s also experimenting with guava, kumquats, caviar limes, hardy bananas and avocados to see whether or not they’ll be

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able to adjust to the region’s future climate. And he’s seeing increasing success on his quest (that builds on the work of University of Texas faculty) to hybridize orange and lime trees to create a hardy citrus plant. “Florida is being ravaged by a greening disease that’s killing the citrus industry,” he explains. “The version I’m growing has lots of seeds and a harder peel, but it’s here in Western North Carolina where the greening disease doesn’t exist for it yet.” He’s also testing out a Siberian pomegranate plant that he says “hypothetically should grow here but has never really been done.” He plans to save its seeds to show others if it’s a viable crop for the region. “I’m saving a whole refrigerator full of seeds and filling 5-quart buckets,” he says. “I’m hoping to open a seed bank and start offering these seeds out to the community as these successes start to come.” HEDGING BETS Like Fortune, Chris Smith, founder and executive director of the Utopian Seed Project, has also been spurred

into action by the impending threat of climate change. Recognizing the importance of crop diversity, Smith’s employer, Sow True Seeds, gave him the green light last year to devote 20 hours of his workweek to growing and saving crop seeds that offer the promise of resilience. After a successful plunge into the world of okra genomes that resulted in the cataloging of more than 75 varieties, a pursuit that Xpress shared in April’s “Chris Smith Takes a Stand for Okra Diversity,” Smith has expanded his focus to include the cultivation of tropical perennials and wild natives. “The doomful side of the story is that, you know, obviously the climate is warming and will continue to warm even if there’s some miraculous stopping of emissions,” Smith explains. “So given that reality, then hedging our bets and learning how to grow tropical crops is not a terrible idea. We’re on the edge of being able to grow these things, but if and when the climate warms further and all the crops we used to know how to grow are failing, we’ll have the knowledge of how to grow these new foods. That’s a pretty exciting part of the project.” Currently, Smith is testing out tropical perennials including taro, yacon

(Bolivian sunroot), arrowroot, water chestnuts and chayote, a subtropical variety of squash. “Chayote is an incredibly productive plant — you can eat all of its parts, from the stems to the leaves to the roots, and it doesn’t have diseases like summer and winter squashes here,” he says. “You’d expect something so wonderful to be at all the farmers markets, and we’re wondering why it’s not.” Another element of Smith’s research involves cultivating native plants that have been foraged in the wild but never farmed, such as the American groundnut. There was actually a significant amount of research happening around this crop, which grows legumes from its protein-rich roots, in the 1980s by a professor named Bill Blackmon at Louisiana State University, says Smith. But the program was prematurely ended before researchers found any conclusions. Courtesy of Blackmon, however, 40 strains of the groundnut have been given to the Utopian Seed Project, allowing Smith to pick up where the 1980s research left off. He’s now observing them, identifying promising strains and sharing his discoveries with area chefs. “It has the potential to be a brand

new crop,” Smith says. “And being native, there’s an inherent element of resilience from disease and bugs.” After an initial observational trial, the top 25% of cultivars are replicated in a new trial and examined in greater detail regarding yield and the amount of time from planting to harvest. In the second year, yields are weighed, and in the third and final year, the seeds saved from those experiments are distributed to farmers to extract further data. Despite working with limited time and resources, Smith says the project has effectively built momentum and will hopefully find funding opportunities in the future. Already, his tastier okra varieties have generated a buzz from chefs and attracted business from restaurants in the Charlotte area. “We don’t want to just have trials and evacuate — we want to have the whole ecosystem enriched by these food types,” says Smith. “Our mission is to support diversity of food and farming, but we’re operating under the bigger vision of trying to address climate change through sustainable and regenerative agriculture.” For more on the Utopian Seed Project, visit theutopianseedproject.org or donate at patreon.com/theutopianseedproject. X

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BY GINA SMITH gsmith@mountainx.com Over the past few years, the rapid expansion of Western North Carolina’s craft alcohol and food scenes has spawned a large network of ancillary businesses, including a number of tour companies that specialize in leading groups on curated tasting adventures throughout the area. Slow to jump on the tour trend, however, has been the blossoming local coffee industry. Although some area roasters have long offered tours of their facilities, it wasn’t until just a few months ago that the city got its first dedicated coffee tour company, Asheville Coffee Tours. The business, operated by barista Jarika Johnson, highlights a local bean scene that’s coming into its own. Johnson has been employed in the service industry since she moved to Asheville from Charlotte seven years

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ago, and she’s focused specifically on coffee for about a year and a half. She works as a barista at Wall Street coffee shop Trade and Lore. “After being there a while and getting familiar with the coffee community, I felt like it was time to do a coffee tour; I felt like it was something the coffee community here needed,” she says. When she first conceived of the idea nearly a year ago, she approached Patrick Riels and Stu Helm of Asheville Food Tours about collaborating. Though both parties ultimately agreed that her concept would be more financially viable as a stand-alone business, Riels and Helm were enthusiastic about her vision for the tour and worked with her to help get it off the ground. In January, she launched the tours with an itinerary of stops that wanders through the heart of downtown Asheville. The 2 1/2-hour outings run on Monday and Thursday mornings and Friday afternoons, kicking off at Trade

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and Lore with a sampling of draft iced lattes, served with either whole milk or oat milk. From there, the tour heads down the hill to High Five Coffee on Rankin Avenue for one-and-ones — a shot of espresso served with a macchiato. That’s followed by a stop at Dobra Tea for a caffeine-free respite of Moroccan mint tea “served in a beautiful vessel with fresh mint at the bottom,” says Johnson. Next comes the sweet stuff: a mini affogato (ice cream with a shot of espresso and whipped cream) at Asheville Chocolate, doughnuts and coffee at the Underground Café with DoughP Donuts, then housemade granola with steamed oat milk and coffee at PennyCup Coffee at the YMI. The excursion wraps up at Asheville Bee Charmer’s tasting bar with samples of honey infused with coffee from PennyCup. Participants are sent home with a bag of beans roasted by South Slope Coffee.

Johnson notes that in planning the tour, which costs $40 per person, she was focused on incorporating a diverse range of businesses. “I really wanted to show people the different things that can be done with coffee,” she says. “[Not only] how different places do coffee drinks and desserts, but also how intertwined the coffee community is and tea as well.” She points to WNC’s ever-increasing number of microroasters, the brisk expansion of coffee shops such as High Five and PennyCup and the rapid growth and evolution of the annual Asheville Coffee Expo, which hosts its fourth event in September, as indicators that the local coffee community is making a name for itself. Jeff Bosch, who founded Bean Werks Coffee & Tea in West Asheville in 1996, has witnessed the city’s coffee scene grow from just a handful of small roasting companies and shops to a thriving, competitive sector. A transplant from Chicago with a background in accounting and computers, he got his start in the java business working with Randall Sluder at Mountain City Roasters in the early 1990s. In those days, Bosch says, artisan coffee was such a new concept in Asheville that there were few services available locally for maintaining equipment. So as a roaster, he had to learn the skills necessary to support his coffee buyers’ service needs. “Being an accountant, I also had to understand electrical, I had to understand plumbing, I had to understand the physical nature of espresso machines and coffee machines,” he says. “So I jumped in headfirst, not looking back, and got where I am today.” Over the years, Bosch has also mentored numerous coffee entrepreneurs as they worked to establish new businesses — shops and roasters that Bean Werks now competes with. But he maintains that competition fosters excellence. “I often tell people, competition is good because it makes you think. If there’s no competition, everybody gets lazy and they never evolve,” he says. “There’s so much going on in the coffee industry, if you say you know it all, that’s a far-fetched statement.” Laura Telford, who bought Biltmore Coffee Traders in 2011 with her husband, Rick Telford,

has also seen a lot of change in the local coffee scene — and in her own business — in the past few years. Established in 1999 by Bridget PuttBounds, the Hendersonville Road coffee shop and roasting business originated in the Biltmore Village space that now houses Rezaz restaurant. In July, the company rebranded as Round Earth Roasters after discussions with the Biltmore Estate about name infringement concerns. Round Earth has also done multiple expansions recently. In 2018, the Telfords bought the Trout Lily Market in Fairview, primarily as a means of growing their baking operation (the shop’s breakfast cookie, in particular, has always been a big hit, says Laura Telford). And this summer, in tandem with its rebranding effort, Round Earth rolled out the Backyard Bar, an outdoor beer and wine bar in the shady yard behind its iconic red building on Hendersonville Road. Despite being flanked by Starbucks stores, the location near Biltmore Village is blessed with a loyal clientele and doesn’t feel threatened by the increasing competition in the local industry, says Laura Telford. Even so, she adds, part of the reason for

opening the bar was to have an extra revenue stream. After a fallen tree destroyed Round Earth’s roasting shed and forced the purchase of new coffee roasting equipment a couple of years ago, “we were really looking to expand our wholesale market,” she explains. “But we really didn’t see a return on the wholesale coffee beans, because there are so many other great coffee roasters in town now that are fulfilling that need. And we don’t have a dedicated salesperson on staff to spend a ton of time doing that.” But rather than feeling disheartened by the increasing competitiveness of the industry, Telford sees it as a positive. “It’s really elevated the culture of coffee in this town, and it’s becoming a destination for craft beverages in general, not just craft beer,” she says. “It’s really nice to see different beverages other than beer becoming a touristy thing and people going and enjoying that.” For details on Asheville Coffee Tours, visit ashevillecoffeetours.com. Bean Werks Coffee & Tea is at 753 Haywood Road and beanwerks.com. Find Round Earth Roasters at 518 Hendersonville Road and roundearthroasters.com. X

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Oysters, shrimp, crawfish and plenty of cayenne pepper will be in the mix during The Bier Garden’s inaugural seafood boil. The event, which runs 5-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, is part of the downtown restaurant’s 25-year anniversary celebration. “We were part of the resurrection of downtown,” says general manager Nathan Wardell. “We were one of the original businesses down here. But a lot of times, that gets lost in translation with the influx of new people and residents. So we’re just trying to highlight and celebrate and give back to the people that helped us survive this long.” Tickets for the event are $25 per person and include access to the oyster bar, a plate of seafood and a pint of beer. The evening will also feature live music by Dirty Bird. Wardell encourages the community to come celebrate The Bier Garden’s last 25 years. Despite downtown’s growth and inundation of tourists, he adds, “We’re still a fun, local social pub.” And during the seafood boil, he continues, “We want to remember all the good times that we’ve had here.” The seafood boil runs 5-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. at The Bier Garden, 46 Haywood St. To learn more, visit avl.mx/6ee.

Parrillada Inca supper Descubre Asheville and Out of the Blue Peruvian Fusion Cuisine will host a dinner event at The Bywater Thursday, Aug. 15, featuring South American-inspired fare. The menu will include boneless ribeye, Peruvian wood-fired chicken, pork tenderloin, cholo fries and salad. Tickets are $35. The dinner runs 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at The Bywater, 796 Riverside Drive. To learn more, visit avl.mx/6e8.

The event will include three pairings: pork belly sliders with Blake’s Hard Cider Co.’s Traffic Jam, jerk chicken sliders with Flat Rock Cider Co.’s Tropical Pineapple and jackfruit sliders with Urban Orchard Cider Co.’s Sidra del Diablo. Tickets are $14. The pairing happens 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at TreeRock Social Cider House, 760 Biltmore Ave. For details, visit avl.mx/6e9.

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On Sunday, Aug. 18, chef Witt Pinkerton will host a pop-up

event at Doc Brown’s BBQ featuring a menu inspired by the chef’s Southern roots. Highlights include smoked whole wings, pork belly burnt ends and grilled cheese with a roasted heirloom tomato butter wine sauce. Sides will include mashed sweet potatoes, pork belly half-runners, skillet mushrooms and onions, a roasted fennel slaw and pasta salad. Desserts include a tropical doughnut casserole and smoked peach cornbread cupcake. Beer, peach tea and Mexican Coca-Cola will also be available. Pinkerton, a Candler native, says the pop-up is a way to celebrate and pay homage to his community. “I feel like this blue-collar town I grew up in will

really enjoy my menu, and I can’t wait to fill Doc Brown’s up with a diverse and foodie crowd,” the chef says. All plates are $10 or less; sides are $3. The pop-up starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at Doc Brown’s BBQ, 1320 Smokey Park Highway, Candler. For more information, visit avl.mx/6ea.

mixing the best — and most exclusive — Old Fashioned in the city.” After five attempts, the group settled on their fourth barrel, which they named Ole #4, available now. Capella on 9 is at 10 Broadway. For restaurant hours, visit avl.mx/4v7.

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After 11 years, The Lord’s Acre has rebranded as Root Cause Farm. The nonprofit will continue to grow and give away organic food to individuals and communities in need. According to a statement on the nonprofit’s website, the decision to rebrand was based on feedback from several nonreligious people who said the organization’s former name made them feel unwelcome to the garden. “Our

Asheville Tea Co. and plēb urban winery will collaborate for a local craft beverage pairing on Sunday, Aug. 18. “Taste the sensations of this artfully paired wine and tea series featuring wines made from local grapes alongside teas blended with Asheville’s local botanicals,” reads a press release about the event. The event will also feature small plates provided by Ivory Road Café & Kitchen. Tickets are $20. The pairing runs 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at plēb urban winery, 289 Lyman St. To purchase tickets call 828-774-5062 or visit avl.mx/6eb.

From the Farm The Princess Anne Hotel will partner with Hickory Nut Gap Farm for its latest dinner, From the Farm, on Thursday, Aug. 22. In a press release, the hotel’s executive chef, Amber Whitt, says the menu “was written with the late days of summer in mind.” Highlights from the menu include sweet corn gazpacho, beef short ribs, pork belly and berry sorbet. Main dishes will be paired with wines. Tickets are $95 per person, including tax but not gratuity. The dinner runs 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at Princess Anne Hotel, 301 E. Chestnut St. For more information, visit avl.mx/6ed.

Ole #4 For a limited time, AC Hotel Asheville Downtown’s Capella on 9 will offer an exclusive Maker’s Mark Private Select barrel, designed by members of the restaurant and bar team. According to a press release, bartenders Colin Dennis and Megan King, along with beverage director Brandon Maynard, visited the distillery’s Loretto, Ky., site, where they worked to create “a spirit specifically for the purpose of

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mission has always been to be a safe, inclusive space for people of all walks of life to come together,” the statement reads. “We have always wanted everyone — whatever their faith, political beliefs, race, gender orientation or age — to feel invited to be a part of the garden. In honest commitment to this, receiving feedback that people felt alienated from us was heartbreaking. We realized we were not fulfilling our mission to its fullest potential.” Individuals with questions or concerns are invited to contact the organization at info@ rootcausefarm.org or reach out to Pat Stone, the nonprofit’s board chair, at Pat@greenprints.com. Root Cause Farm is at 26 Joe Jenkins Road, Fairview. To read Root Cause Farm’s complete statement, visit avl.mx/6ec. X

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The popular restaurant’s new brewery settles into the South Asheville scene

Asheville’s 12 Bones Smokehouse has long established itself as one of the area’s top barbecue restaurants. Famous for dishes such as blueberry chipotle ribs and pulled pork, its fans include Michelle and Barack Obama and a steady stream of regulars. The business is now building a reputation for craft beer as 12 Bones Brewing, which opened in May, turns out an assortment of suds at the restaurant’s new South Asheville location on Hendersonville Road. Offerings range from a small-batch coffee chocolate blonde ale to a blueberry hefeweizen, a Kölsch and the requisite multiple IPAs. Brewery and restaurant owners Angela and Bryan King have overseen plenty of expansions at 12 Bones since taking over from founders Tom Montgomery and Sabra Kelley in 2012. The original River Arts District location had plenty of funky charm,

TWIST OF FATE: When 12 Bones South was forced to move due to the widening of Sweeten Creek Road, Bryan King, pictured with Angela King, was able to realize his goal of building a brewery in the new larger space at 2350 Hendersonville Road. Photo courtesy of 12 Bones Brewing

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but the building was cramped, had limited parking, and the customer line frequently stretched across the parking lot. In early 2017, the business moved to the Foundation property, just shy of a mile down Lyman Street from the initial spot. Last year, fate forced 12 Bones to abandon its former South Asheville location in favor of a much larger space at 2350 Hendersonville Road, enabling Bryan King to realize his longtime goal of joining the craft beer industry. “It was one of those things I thought about — having a brewery one day. But we were so busy with the restaurants,” he says. “And there are a lot of breweries in Asheville. When we realized were going to have to move our South Asheville store because of the widening of Sweeten Creek Road, we started thinking if a brewery was something we should consider.”

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King adds that the restaurant was already selling “a good bit of beer, even with being mostly a lunchtime operation,” and the new location could easily accommodate a brewhouse. “It’s 12,000 square feet, too big for just [the restaurant],” he says. “We thought, ’Let’s do the brewery.’” With 36 breweries in Buncombe County, most of them in Asheville, King feels that pairing 12 Bones Brewing with the restaurant gives his beer operation an edge. “It’s pretty hard to open just a brewery in Asheville now,” he says. “You really have to bring a little more to the table. You need to have food — and we knew we had that component.” King adds that the brewery’s location has a colorful past. “It was a mop factory and it was a furniture store for a while. It was an armory at one point,” he says. “I

was told that [a previous tenant] used to sell porn out of the back. The police came and raided it. That would have been the section where the brewery is.” The Kings had an advantage in prepping the structure for its new life, having done a rehab on the Foundation property that included tearing down some walls while leaving others in place. In contrast to that building, which King says was “a mess — very dirty and dilapidated,” the Hendersonville Road site was “largely empty and cleaned out.” The building was developed with the 12 Bones restaurant on the south end and an event space in the middle. The far northern end houses the brewery and its tasting room, complete with a bar, couch and comfortable lounge seating. There are also a half dozen wooden tables made from a tree that fell on Bryan King’s father’s property, all of which contribute to what he calls “a little bit of that coffee shop vibe” that encourages “people to stick around and hang out.” The beer is crafted by Milwaukee native Scott Hettig. The brewing veteran has worked for businesses in his hometown and Cleveland, Ohio, as well as in Germany and, most recently, as brewmaster for Mighty Miss Brewing Co. in Greenville, Miss. At 12 Bones, he brews on a 15-barrel system built in Portland, Ore., and four 15-barrel fermenters. He also uses a small pilot system to turn out one-off batches. King notes that the beers served in the restaurant are “more approachable, a little lower in alcohol, whereas in the brewery we can be little more experimental with a higher ABV.” Hettig has turned out around 20 beers since the brewery opened in May. “It’s been fun seeing what people like and getting ideas,” King says. Like many breweries, 12 Bones finds IPAs to be hot sellers — specifically the You Wanted a Hit American IPA (6.6% ABV). “It’s king right now,” he says. “I Iove IPAs, but I never just wanted to only have that. We sell a lot of kölsch. We get people who come in, and they’re Bud Light drinkers, and that’s where your kölsch comes in.” The brewery has so far not established a flagship beer, and King is unsure if he wants to. “We are still tweaking [the business],” he says. “Maybe we will have a few flagships.” X

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘WE WERE HERE’

New art project honors the history of The Block

MADE OF STEEL: Local artist Cleaster Cotton describes her latest public art installation, Going to Market, as “a highly charged and highly political project ... touching upon the nerves of black Asheville.” Photo by Joe Pellegrino

BY THOMAS CALDER tcalder@mountainx.com Joy and pain coexist in Cleaster Cotton’s latest art project, Going to Market. The design, which features

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11 cubist figures fabricated in corten steel, was unveiled on the new 55 S. Market St. condominium’s Beaumont Street wall on Aug. 10. The 67-unit structure sits in the heart of Asheville’s former African American business district known

as The Block, which today more closely resembles a microcosm of the city’s ongoing gentrification. For Cotton, part of the artwork’s joy is derived from the figures themselves: They represent the area’s former residents. Through this lens,

the steel symbolizes the group’s strength and permanence. The community itself might be gone, but the installation offers a daily reminder of what was. “I want people to know black people were here,” the artist says. “And

we were not just here as servants. We were here as business owners, as intellectuals, as creatives, as philosophers. … We were here.” Meanwhile, the artwork’s title alludes to the country’s more shameful past when enslaved men, women and children were brought to market. Herded in chains and examined like cattle, these people (whose progeny would be among those who ran The Block) were sold off, with mothers often separated from children and husbands from wives. From this perspective, the steel symbolizes the bondage and brutality that Cotton’s ancestors experienced. The duality is essential to the piece, says Cotton. “That dichotomy, that polarity, is the life of a black American,” she explains, noting the inescapable pain that she and fellow African Americans experience when researching their past and considering the legacy of slavery and the Jim Crow South in the present day. Cotton was one of 19 artists vying for the project, which was commissioned by the condominium’s financiers. According to developer Chris Pearce, the decision to host a communitywide art contest was originally born out of necessity: The city required that the property’s Beaumont Street wall be beautified. The project’s aim, however, found its focus once Pearce began attending monthly community meetings organized by Cam MacQueen, owner of The BLOCK off Biltmore. According to Pearce, the group (known as The Block Community Collaborative) formed in 2017 to discuss and help shape the area’s future development. Neighborhood merchants, residents, developers, city employees and members of Just Folks and the East End Neighborhood Association make up the group. Through these sessions, Pearce says, “It became clear to me that we needed to connect our property better to The Block, to the people of The Block, to the history of The Block in whatever way we could.” Ultimately, the 19 submissions were narrowed down to five. The finalists presented their work to The Block Community Collaborative. The group’s input, notes Pearce, helped the development team determine the winner. Cotton’s selection came with a $10,000 prize. The work itself was completed in partnership with UNC Asheville’s STEAM Studio and local fabricator Justin Turcotte.

For Cotton, there is relief and joy that the project went to an artist of color. However, she doesn’t want her work’s selection to be misconstrued. It’s not a consolation prize, she says; Going to Market will not bring back what was lost, nor does it excuse what happened. Still, the artist is pleased in knowing her work will help keep her ancestors’ stories alive on The Block. “This used to be the financial center, the economic core, the social hub,” Cotton says. “The BLOCK off Biltmore — that used to be the drugstore. And in black history, drugstores were not just where you went to get medicine. We weren’t allowed to go into white establishments. So our drugstores were where we could go and eat and talk and meet … and actually use the bathroom.” These stories, notes Pearce, are important to share. With all 67 units at 55 South Market sold, the developer is working to connect the homeowners association with The Block Community Collaborative. “We’re really going to encourage [new residents] to be part of the BCC because it’s just what they should be doing,” he says. Over time and through oxidation, Cotton says, the 11 corten steel figures of Going to Market will change colors. “They’ll go from this rust orange to an almost black,” she says. The process, she explains, was an important factor in her decision to use the material. The range of colors, she says, symbolizes and celebrates the diversity of skin tones among African Americans: “We go from light-light to dark-dark and everything in between.” Cotton continues, “I want to celebrate blackness without it being muddied.” Yet the pain associated with the project’s design cannot be ignored, she says. Going to Market, Cotton notes, is part of a larger dialogue that she and fellow community members are actively engaged in. “I am committed to working on an infrastructure that will be a foundation by which to regrow Asheville in a healthy way where there is equity, where we actually have communication between the races and we talk about what happened and we talk about how we’re moving forward,” the artist says. “But there cannot be a solution without economic empowerment being a part to it,” she emphasizes. “How can we ever have a truly healthy state if that piece keeps being ignored?” X MOUNTAINX.COM

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SHAKING THINGS UP Brittany Howard has enjoyed playing in Asheville multiple time as the frontwoman for the Grammy-winning soul rockers Alabama Shakes. But it’s her most recent musical stop, a 2017 performance with her all-female side project Bermuda Triangle, that vividly sticks with her. “I remember we rented this incredible cabin in the woods slightly out of town. We had a day off the day before [the show] and hung at the cabin and cooked and had such an amazing time,” Howard says. “It was beautiful where we were, and in the morning we sat on the porch drinking coffee and watched the fog roll through the hills — it was so beautiful. Asheville has always been great to me, and I couldn’t think of a better place to kick off this tour.” One of the few select venues to host Howard in support of her debut solo album, Jaime, The Orange Peel features consecutive shows by the talented vocalist/guitarist and songwriter

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UNCHARTED TERRITORY: For her debut solo album, Jaime, Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard took numerous risks while crafting highly personal songs. Photo by Danny Clinch on Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18. The record is named in honor of her older sister, who died in 1998, at the age of 13, from retinoblastoma — but not before significantly influencing Howard’s musicianship and passion for her craft. “We listened to everything: Prince, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Presidents of the United States, Tina Turner, The Supremes, James Brown, Backstreet Boys, Patsy Cline, TLC, Funkadelic, Snoop Dogg, Janet Jackson, Dion, The Kinks, The Animals, The Zombies, The Rolling Stones, [Jimi] Hendrix, etc.,” Howard says. “She just gave me a really great education, early on, of so many different types of music. We loved singing and dancing and creating our own, too.” Channeling her sibling relationship and other personal narratives into song, however, eluded Howard before working on Jaime. After turning 30 in October, and with Alabama Shakes’ next project not yet determined, Howard deeply contemplated her future and how she could grow as an individual and an artist. “I wanted to write a more personal record and be more open about who I was. Alabama Shakes is four people [with] four opinions, and the songs I was writing were more personal about me, my family and my life growing up,” Howard says. “I knew I had to do something that made me uncomfortable and pushed me beyond my comfort zone. I’ve always

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been part of a group, and there is safety in that as you can hide and rely on others to help guide you. Doing this record took me out of all comfort zones as, for the first time, I was writing, producing and making all the decisions.” Building on the exciting balance of guitars and electronic instruments with which the Shakes dabbled on the group’s 2015 album, Sound & Color, Howard says she took sonic risks that she “honestly wasn’t sure would work.” She adds that the process of crafting Jaime also allowed her “to open up more in [her] writing” and creatively explore her past. “I had to trust my instincts and take chances, which can be scary at times,” she says. “I have no doubt this experience will influence the decisions I make in the future.” Bringing these songs to life onstage is an eight-piece band that includes Alabama Shakes bassist Zac Cockrell, plus two guitarists — “They shred,” Howard says — keys, organ and a trio of background vocalists. “It’s insane,” Howard says. “I still can’t believe all these people agreed to take a chance with me on this, but I’m so thankful they did. You will be, too.” The Orange Peel shows will also mark the first Asheville gigs Howard has played since her deleted scene from the Dick Cheney biopic Vice was released on the internet. The filmmakers contacted her about portray-

ing a congresswoman who, in order to explain Washington, D.C.’s political power dynamics, breaks into song and dance. As a fan of writer/director Adam McKay’s 2015 film, The Big Short, she was excited to accept the role. “The whole experience was incredible, and Adam couldn’t have been nicer to work with. I was bummed to hear the scene got cut. I think the hardest part was explaining it to my dad. He was excited to see me on the big screen, but I get it and I know it was a hard decision for Adam as well,” Howard says. “The scene was pretty special — I’m just glad they put it up online and it still got its moment. The dancers and choreography for that scene are pretty mind-blowing.” X

WHO Brittany Howard with Becca Mancari WHERE The Orange Peel 101 Biltmore Ave. theorangepeel.net WHEN Saturday, Aug. 17 (sold out), and Sunday, Aug. 18. 8 p.m. $40, includes a copy of Jaime

by Bill Kopp

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NO CONTEST Though she can attribute at least some of her success to doing well in songwriting contests, Ashevillebased singer-songwriter Alexa Rose has mixed feelings about competition. But, as she puts the finishing touches on Medicine for Living, her album due in September, Rose is teaming up with a recent fellow competitor for a songwriterfocused show at Isis Music Hall on Sunday, Aug. 18. “I’m not usually one for music contests,” says Rose, who won the recent Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at Merlefest and a 2016 Brown Bag Songwriting Contest, and was a finalist in this year’s LEAF Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition, presented by NewSong Music. While she emphasizes that such events are great for networking with other musicians, she believes that making a competition out of art runs counter to the spirit of that art. “It’s sort of contradictory,” she says. “I think it’s necessary. … I don’t know. But it looks good on paper.” Yet some of Rose’s favorite artists used songwriting contests to get their careers going. “Tift Merritt’s a previous winner of [the Chris Austin contest], and I really admire her,” she says. “I saw her perform at Merlefest that first year I did the contest, too, which was really cool.” Gillian Welch is a former winner as well. “She won that contest the year I was born,” Rose says. There’s no denying that a win — or even making it to the final round — at such a competition can raise an artist’s profile. And that’s important in a crowded musical field. So even for reluctant contestants like Rose, it’s often worth taking the plunge. The first time Alexa Rose found herself competing in the Merlefesthosted contest, it was almost by accident. “Some friends entered a song for me in 2016,” she says with a laugh. “They kind of surprised me by doing that.” Complicating matters further, the song they chose was one that Rose didn’t particularly like. She didn’t win. But despite her reservations, Rose admits that she truly enjoyed the experience. “I met such wonderful people that I wanted to do it again,” she says. “I was so attracted to it because of all the other folks,

Alexa Rose co-bills at a singer-songwriter night with the contest aspect. And then you can talk about that and dissolve it.” Rose’s music career has come a long way in a short time. Originally from Virginia, she went to Boone for college in 2013. After graduating, she moved around Western North Carolina, but Asheville was her ultimate destination. “I thought the music scene was really cool, and I was interested in being a part of that, but I didn’t really have a steady source of income,” she says. “So I would find a little shack for $300 or a place that didn’t have electricity.” At one point she lived in “a renovated shed that boasted solar panels. They ended up not working,” she says with a laugh. “And the water came from a hose that was connected to some other house.” Once settled in town, Rose quickly fell in with a crowd of fellow singer-songwriters. “I think of all the incredible people who live and make music here,” she says. With a flash of wit, she adds, “Sometimes I feel like I should expand my social circle beyond musicians. Probably reach out to some yoga instructors or restaurant owners.” X

WHO Alexa Rose and My One and Only WHERE Isis Music Hall 185 Clingman Ave. isisasheville.com

WORK IN PROGRESS: Singer-songwriter Alexa Rose hasn’t yet released Medicine for Living, the follow-up to her 2016 debut album, Low and Lonesome. But she’ll preview the new record’s leadoff single, “Like a Child,” along with other songs on Aug. 18 at Isis Music Hall. Photo by Bill Reynolds who I really admire, who have done it in the past.” This year’s contest judging panel included two more artists high on Rose’s list of favorites: Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan of indiefolk duo the Milk Carton Kids. “It was a wonderful experience,” she says. “I met a lot of people who I still keep in touch with through those contests.” One enduring connection Rose made at a competition was My One and Only, the Nashville duo of Kassie and Ben Wilson: The three met at the NewSong Music-hosted event at LEAF. The Wilsons’ music and Rose’s complement each other so much that the two acts are sharing the bill at Isis. “That’s a great example of the way that [contests] are wonderful,” Rose says. “You can

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WHEN Sunday, Aug. 18, at 7:30 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show

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Ben Lyons faces his final days in a hospital dying from an aggressive cancer. His dutiful wife, Rita, remains the vision of dedication. Their children rush to his side. It’s a classic American scene: a family gathered in unity in the darkest hour. These are also the moments when dysfunction rears its head, threatening a peaceful passing with angst and brutal honesty. It’s also darkly funny. Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre’s final summer season offering — Nicky Silver’s slightly jaded and twisted comedy The Lyons — runs through Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Owen Theater on the Mars Hill University campus. A stellar cast gives this show brilliance under the tight direction of Tyler Adcock. The script itself is a bit of a peculiarity. Act 1 takes place entirely in the hospital room and exposes the darkest corners of the family dynamic. The first act ends in a way that makes one think it could be a funny yet powerful one-act play. Act

FAMILY AFFAIR: From left, Chelsey Mirheli, Maximilian Koger, Michael Mattison and Callan White star in SART’s production of The Lyons. Photo courtesy of SART 2 diverges onto paths that are unexpected and pull focus away from all the drama and comedy that Act 1 so deftly delivered. Callan White is riveting as Rita, who rambles on nervously about the impending doom befalling Ben (Michael Mattison). She talks in a nearly run-on sentence about her plans to redecorate their home. She also has the most room to grow through the show, giving several tour de force performances. Mattison, meanwhile, is irritable and pivots from bitter to morbidly funny, having accepted his fate, but grumbles and roars his way through the vast array of unresolved family issues that beg to be dealt with before he passes. Chelsey Mirheli plays daughter Lisa. She’s a struggling single mom, dealing with two kids and an ex whom she’s still attracted to, despite his abusive tendencies. Maximilian Koger is Curtis, her brother, who is something of an outcast. His father disapproves that he is gay and rebukes his given name, Hilly, after his “man’s man” grandfather (as revered by Ben). As siblings, Mirheli and Koger give the kinds of performances that are so seamless you can’t tell where the actors end and characters begin. As Nurse Jeanette, Shannon Dionne has little to do in Act 1 but

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shines in a powerful scene with Koger in the second act. Brandon Harmon’s Brian has a small but pivotal role that exposes some of Curtis’ deepest secrets in a rather unseemly way. The show is a brave choice for SART, as it’s a bit edgier than the company’s typical fare. But it’s also funny enough that the darker edges are blunted a bit, though the emotional impact is inescapable and is certain to hit close to home with anyone who has lived through similar situations. There’s a universal truth or two that confronts us through the clever dialogue and well-placed gallows humor. X

WHAT The Lyons WHERE Owen Theater 44 College St. Mars Hill sartplays.com WHEN Through Sunday, Aug. 18, ThursdaySaturday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. $25

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by Edwin Arnaudin | Send your arts news to ae@mountainx.com

Bobcat Goldthwait & Dana Gould

The FUNK Experience

Stand-up comedy events at The Mothlight are fairly rare, but when they happen, they’re somewhat of a major event. Such is the case on Saturday, Aug. 17, when The Show With Two Heads comes to town, featuring Bobcat Goldthwait of Police Academy fame, who has since gained acclaim as the director of such dark comedies as World’s Greatest Dad and God Bless America. Comparably impressive is the second comedic head, Dana Gould, who’s penned multiple episodes of “The Simpsons” and created the IFC comedy/horror series “Stan Against Evil.” In addition to the rarity of seeing these notables perform, attendees will also potentially achieve a level of fame among friends and family, as the show will be filmed for a comedy special slated for release later in 2019. The jokes begin at 8 p.m. $30. themothlight.com. Photos courtesy of the comedians

Featuring a staggering union of funk royalty, The FUNK Experience combines the talents of Funkadelic founding member Billy Bass Nelson, drummer Gary “Mudbone” Cooper (P-Funk, Bootsy’s Rubber Band) and guitarist Tracey “Spacey T” Singleton (Fishbone, Mother’s Finest). Together, with additional special guests, the all-star ensemble seeks to celebrate Funkadelic’s legacy and those of the genre’s other standout contributors while putting distinct, fresh spins on classic material. One of two dates The FUNK Experience currently has slated for 2019 — the other being an Aug. 8 gig at Pour House in Charleston, S.C. — is a Saturday, Aug. 17, show at Salvage Station. The rare chance to see these legendary artists perform as a single unit begins at 9 p.m. $15. salvagestation.com. Photo courtesy of the band

Collective Strength

Moonlight Street Folk Starting in 2017 as a self-described “femme-forward acoustic folk-duo,” Moonlight Street Folk has grown into “a divergent five-piece ensemble, hellbent on emphasizing original content.” Composed of Amalia Grannis (guitar), H. Garrett Swift (mandolin), Ariel Joseph (keys), Mr. Charlie (bass) and Nick Marino (drums), the Asheville-based band sports four songwriters and accomplished vocal harmonies. Having played most of the city’s venues, Moonlight Street Folk spent the last year fine-tuning its debut record, Collective Will. Concertgoers at the band’s Isis Music Hall main stage show on Friday, Aug. 16, will get the first opportunity to purchase a physical copy of the album, which will officially be released at midnight. The evening begins at 8:30 with opening sets by fellow local folk duo Rooster, plus singer-songwriter Kathyrn O’Shea. $10 advance/$15 day of show. isisasheville.com. Photo by Eric Hood

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Asheville-based artist Julie Armbruster has made her mark in the local community through fantastical creatures that delightfully blur the line between animals and humans. Often featuring distinctive large eyes, her work graces T-shirts, prints and stickers around town as well as the walls of Over Easy Café, whose owner Carson Lucci praises the images’ ability to “always brings such joy to me and my customers.” Armbruster’s imagination will be on full display at Horse and Hero in the show Collective Strength, which includes new pieces made with acrylic and ink on paper or wood panel. There will be an opening reception for the show on Friday, Aug. 16, 6-9 p.m. The show runs through Monday, Sept. 16. Free to attend. horseandhero.com. Image of “Pearl” by Armbruster, courtesy of the artist

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• TH (8/15), 5-7pm Animal House, group show, pet portraits, handmade pet supplies and adoptable dogs from Mountain Pet Rescue. Held at Open Hearts Art Center, 217 Coxe Ave.

ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR • SA (6/29), 9-10:30am - Art and architecture tour of downtown Hendersonville. Free. Held at Woodlands Gallery, 419 N. Main St., Hendersonville

FIGURE DRAWING SALON

COME TO LEICESTER STUDIO TOUR • SA (8/17) & SU (8/18), 10am-6pm - Selfguided art tour of art studios in the Leicester community featuring paintings, iron work, wood work, textiles, pottery, jewelry, aroma therapy candles and brooms. Maps available online or at Addison Farm's Vineyard. Free to attend. Held at Addison Farms Vineyard, 4005 New Leicester Highway, Leicester

• FRIDAYS, 6-9PM - Open figure drawing sessions with live model. Basic art supplies provided or bring your own, dry media only. $15. Held at The Colourfield, 54 Ravenscroft Drive MENDING WORKSHOP WITH SEWING REBELLION • WE (8/14), 5-6:30pm - Learn to fix clothes, like buttons, zippers or patches. Free. Held at Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. NATURE/ART DAY AT CATALOOCHEE RANCH • WE (8/14), 10am1:30pm - A day of bird watching, hiking, reading, painting and relaxing. Lunch may be purchased at the ranch. Register: 828452-0593. Free. Held at Cataloochee Ranch, 119 Ranch Drive, Maggie Valley PERSPECTIVES, LUNCHTIME CONVERSATIONS: EVA BARES • WE (8/14), noon-1pm - Explore the Bauhaus 100 exhibition along with Eva Bares. Free. Held at Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, 120 College St. WEEKLY OPEN STUDIO • WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm - Weekly Open Studio art classes resumes with Betina Morgan. $20. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville

AUDITIONS FOR 'WIT' • WE (8/14), 6pm & SA (8/17), 10am-noon - Open auditions for Wit, play by Margaret Edson. Information: bmcatheatre@ blackmountainarts.org or 828-669-0930. Held at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain

GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM SUBGRANTS • Through FR (8/30) Grassroots Arts Program Subgrants provide financial support for Jackson County community groups and nonprofits that offer arts programs. Application information: jacksoncountyarts.org or info@jacksoncountyarts. org. Held at Jackson County Arts Council, 310 Keener St., Sylva

JURIED ARTIST & EXHIBIT PROPOSAL WORKSHOP • FR (8/16), 10-11:30am - 2020 juried artist and exhibit proposal workshop. Free. Held at Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main St., Waynesville NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS • Through FR (8/16) Applications accepted for

the North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artist Project Grants. Information: acofhc.org. SONG O' SKY CHORUS • TU (8/27), 6:45pm - Women interested in joining the chorus may attend rehearsals. Free. Held at St. John's Episcopal Church, 290 Old Haw Creek Road

GROVEWOOD VILLAGE STUDIO TOUR • SA (8/17), 11am4pm - Resident artists open their studios to the public. Free. Held at Grovewood Village, 111 Grovewood Road SHOP & SIP THIRD THURSDAYS • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5:30-9:30pm - Pop-up art show featuring 5-10 artists and makers. Free to attend. Held at Mad Genius Studios, 121 Cozy Rose Lane, Candler THIRD THURSDAY IN MARSHALL • 3rd THURSDAYS, 5-8pm - Gallery openings, studio tours, shops, food and drinks. Free to attend. Held at Downtown Marshall.

AUDITIONS & CALL TO ARTISTS ASHEVILLE YOUTH CHOIRS • TH (8/22), 4-6:30pm - Asheville Youth Choirs auditions, K-12. Registration: ashevilleyouthchoirs. org. Held at First Baptist Church of Asheville, 5 Oak St.

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A & E CALENDAR DANCE AUGUST COUNTRY DANCE W/TWO-STEP DANCE LESSON (PD.) Friday, August 16th, 7 to 10:30pm at Asheville Ballroom, 291 Sweeten Creek Road. Two-Step lesson 7 to 8pm. Dance 8 to 10:30pm. No partner necessary, bring one if you can. Dance your favorite dances to modern Country music. Free raffle ticket, bottled water and desert. Online discount $12 by August 15th, after August 15th & at the door $14. 828-333-0715, www. DanceForLife.net FINES CREEK DANCE NIGHT • SA (8/17), 6-10pm - Food and dance with live music by Running Wolfe & the Renegades. $5. Held at Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Road, Clyde HARVEST HOUSE 205 Kenilworth Road, 828-350-2051 • WEDNESDAYS, noon-2pm - Intermediate/advanced contemporary line dancing. $10. • TUESDAYS, 7:309:30pm - International folk dancing, dances from around the world. No partner needed. Info: 828-645-1543. Free. IMPROVER CONTEMPORARY LINE DANCING • THURSDAYS until (8/22), 3-4pm - Improver contemporary line dancing. $5. Held at Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St. OLD FARMERS BALL CONTRA DANCE • THURSDAYS, 7:3011pm - Old Farmers Ball, contra dance. $8/$7 members/$1 Warren Wilson Community. Held in Bryson Gym Held at Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa

SOUTHERN LIGHTS SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUB • SA (8/17), 6pm Annual ice cream social and dance. Advanced dance at 6pm. Early rounds at 7pm. Ice cream social at 7:30pm. Free. Held at Whitmire Activity Center, 310 Lily Pond Road, Hendersonville

MUSIC AFRICAN DRUM LESSONS AT SKINNY BEATS SOUND SHOP (PD.) Wednesdays 6pm. Billy Zanski teaches a fun approach to connecting with your inner rhythm. Drop-ins welcome. • Drums provided. $15/class. (828) 768-2826. www. skinnybeatsdrums.com ASHEVILLE DRUM CIRCLE • FRIDAYS, 6-9:50pm - Asheville outdoor drum circle. Free. Held at Pritchard Park, 4 College St. BÉLA FLECK CONCERT • SA (8/17), 7:30pm Béla Fleck's Blue Ridge Banjo Concert. $20 and up. Held at Brevard Music Center, 349 Andante Lane, Brevard CONCERTS ON THE CREEK • FRIDAYS, 7-9pm - Concerts on the Creek series through Labor Day. For lineup: mountainlovers.com. Free. Held at Bridge Park Pavilion, 76 Railroad Ave., Sylva LÉON THEREMIN’S BIRTHDAY • TH (8/15), 11am5pm - Léon Theremin’s birthday and grand opening celebration includes concerts and lectures. $6. Held at Moogseum, 56 Broadway St. MUSIC ON MAIN • FRIDAYS, 7-9pm Music on Main concert series. Information: avl.mx/648. Free. Held at Hendersonville Visitor Center, 201 S. Main St., Hendersonville

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BANJO AFTERGLOW: Béla Fleck’s Blue Ridge Banjo Concert marks the culmination of his second Blue Ridge 5-String Banjo Camp held at Brevard Music Center. Fleck performs with an all-star lineup of banjo virtuosos, including Tony Trischka, Kristin Scott Benson, Alan Munde and Noam Pikelny. The concert is planned for Saturday, Aug. 17, at 7:30 p.m., and tickets start at $20. Photo courtesy of Jim McGuire (p. 44)

MUSIC THURSDAY OUTDOOR CONCERT • TH (8/22), 6-8:30pm Malcolm and Debbie King play vintage vinyl. $8. Held at The Gathering Place Amphiteatre, 109 Terrace Drive, Chimney Rock ONE CELLO, ONE PLANET • FR (8/16), 7:30pm -Proceeds from One Cello, One Planet, with cellist Judith Glixon benefits Creation Care Alliance of WNC, a program that empowers faith organizations to act on climate change. $20 and up. Held at First Christian Church of Black Mountain, 201 Blue Ridge Road, Black Mountain • SU (8/18), 3pm - Proceeds from One Cello, One Planet, with cellist Judith Glixon benefits Creation Care Alliance of WNC, a program that empowers faith organizations to act on climate change. $20 and up. Held at Congregational Church of Tryon, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon ONE LEG UP • SA (8/17), 3-4pm - Friends of the Library Concert featuring One Leg Up. Free. Held at Waynesville Branch

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of Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St., Waynesville RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT SERIES • TH (8/15), 5:30-9:30pm - Tellico and Fireside Collective, outdoor concert. Free to attend. Held at South Main Street, 200 South Main St., Hendersonville SHINDIG ON THE GREEN • SATURDAYS, 7pm Outdoor old-timey and folk music jam sessions and concert. Free. Held at Pack Square Park, 121 College St.

SPOKEN & WRITTEN WORD BOOKS & BITES • WE (8/21), 11am-1:30pm - Proceeds from this lunch event with presentation from author Mary Alice Monroe benefit the Friends of the Mountains Branch Library. Registration: 828-2876392. $25. Held at Lake Lure Inn and Spa, 2771 Memorial Hwy. Lake Lure BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES buncombecounty.org/ governing/depts/library

• TU (8/20), 2pm - North Asheville Book Club: American Eden by Victoria Johnson. Free. Held at North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Ave. • TU (8/20), 7pm - Mystery Book Club: A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow. Free. Held at Black Mountain Public Library, 105 N. Dougherty St., Black Mountain • TU (8/20), 7pm - Discussion of Fairview's Town Wide Read is One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash. Free to attend. Held at Fairview Library, 1 Taylor Road, Fairview • WE (8/21), 3pm - Afternoon History Book Club: The Removes by Tatjana Soli. Free. Held at Enka-Candler Library, 1404 Sandhill Road, Candler • TH (8/22), 6pm - Swannanoa Book Club: The Overstory by Richard Powers. Free. Held at Swannanoa Library, 101 West Charleston St., Swannanoa EVE ENSLER'S 'THE APOLOGY' • TH (8/15), 6-7:30pm - Hear men read aloud Eve Ensler's The Apology. Free. Held at West Asheville Public Library, 942 Haywood Road

MALAPROP'S BOOKSTORE AND CAFE 55 Haywood St., 828-2546734, malaprops.com • WE (8/14), 6pm - Megan Shepherd presents her book, Midnight Beauties. Free to attend. • TH (8/15), 6pm - Andy Parker presents his book, For Alison: The Murder of a Young Journalist and a Father's Fight for Gun Safety. Free to attend. • TH (8/15), 7pm - Notorious History Book club is reading Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower. Free to attend. • SA (8/17), 7pm - Winning selections of the 2019 William Matthews Poetry Prize: The Lions of Chauvet by Jude Nutter, Blessing by Sarah Rose Nordgen and Approaching My Brother, I Think of Karl Wallenda by Joshua Martin. Free to attend. • SU (8/18), 3pm - Marla Milling presents her book North Carolina Day Trips by Theme. Free to attend. • MO (8/19), 6pm - Joshilyn Jackson presents her book, Never Have I Ever. Free to attend.

• TU (8/20), 6pm - Bill Mills presents his book, Losing My Religion: A Memoir of Faith and Finding. Free to attend. • TH (8/22), 5-7pm Eugen Bacon presents her novel, Claiming T-Mo, in conversation with author Alexandra Duncan. Free to attend.

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SALUDA TRAIN TALES • 3rd FRIDAYS, 7pm - Saluda Train Tales, storytelling to help educate the community of the importance of Saluda’s railroad history and the Saluda Grade. Free. Held at Saluda Historic Depot, 32 W. Main St., Saluda

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house, 2661 Highway 225, Flat Rock 'BYE BYE BIRDIE' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/18) Bye Bye Birdie, musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. $30/$25 students/$20 youth. Community Theatre, 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville 'INDECENT' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/25) - Indecent, based on a true story. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: Magnetic Theatre, 375 Depot St. 'LOVE, LINDA (THE LIFE OF MRS. COLE PORTER)' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/25) - Love, Linda (The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter), musical. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $25. Held at 35below, 35 E. Walnut St. 'RABBIT HOLE' • FRIDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/25) Rabbit Hole, drama. Fri. & Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2:30pm. $12-26. Held at Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St. 'ROMEO & JULIET' • FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS until (8/24), 7:30pm - Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare tragedy. Free to attend. Held at Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 92 Gay St. 'THE LYONS'

THEATER 'ALL SHOOK UP' • WEDNESDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/18) - All Shook Up, musical comedy. Wed., Thurs., Sat. & Sun.: 2pm. Wed. & Thurs.: 7:30pm. Fri. & Sat.: 8pm. $25 and up.

• THURSDAYS through SUNDAYS until (8/18) - The Lyons, comedy. 18 and over only. Thurs.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Sat. & Sun.: 2:30pm. $25-$30/$18 students. Held at Owen Theatre, 44 College St., Mars Hill

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HAVE IT YOUR WAY: LA-based metal band Mac Sabbath is a simultaneous tribute to Black Sabbath and a certain fast food conglomerate. The outfit (frontman Ronald Osbourne with Slayer MacCheeze on guitar, Cat Burglar on drums and Grimalice on bass) performed for Ozzy Osbourne last year and received his endorsement. Socially conscious metal parodies are the focus of the group, currently on its American Cheese tour, with a stop at The Grey Eagle on Thursday, Aug. 22. Alt-indie band Playboy Manbaby and metal-core group Okilly Dokilly open. 9 p.m. $15 advance/$18 day of show. thegreyeagle.com. Photo by Paul Koudounaris

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FLEETWOOD'S A Country Set by Mary Battiata & Little Pink, 8:00PM Jacuzzi Boys/Greg Cartwright & The Tip Tops/DJ Death Jam Jasper, 9:30PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Trivia! Night!, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM The Saylor Brothers, 6:30PM HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Back to the 80's (new wave, synth, post punk), 10:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series w/ Fwuit, 6:00PM Lauren Anderson & Meg Williams, 7:00PM Jeff Sipe Trio w/ Rahm Squad, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Music Jam Session, 5:00PM LAZY DIAMOND The Protruders (protoneo, art, punk from Montreal), 6:00PM Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TimO, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Cigar Brothers, 6:30PM

MOE'S ORIGINAL BBQ WOODFIN Bluegrass Jam hosted by Gary Mac Fiddle & Friends, 6:00PM MONTFORD RECREATION CENTER Line Dance for Beginners (contemporary styling, no experience necessary), 12:00PM NOBLE KAVA Poetry Open Mic w/ Caleb Beissert (7:30PM Sign Up), 8:00PM ODDITORIUM Day & Dream, Angry Lovers, Uncle Kurtis (rock), 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Disclaimer Lounge Comedy Open Mic, 9:30PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Latin Dance Night, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Baroness w/ War on Women, 9:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY David Fans w/ AVL Dead (local all stars), 8:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. French Broad Valley Music Association Mountain Music Jam, 6:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Get Weird Wednesdays! An Evening of Electronic Collaboration, 8:00PM SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BREWERY Jazz Night hosted by Jason DeCristofaro, 6:30PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Weekly 9 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Happy Hour: Guitar solo classics w/ Albi, 5:00PM Wednesday Night Blues Jam w/ Ruby Mayfield, Jeff Rudolph, Jim Simmons, & Brad Curtioff, 9:00PM THE GOLDEN FLEECE Scots-Baroque ChamberFolk with The Tune Shepherds, 7:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Reignwolf w/ JJ Wilde, 8:00PM THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Lenny Pettinelli (solo eclectic keys, singersongwriter), 6:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Illiterate Light, 9:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Music On The Rooftop, 9:00PM

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SAT 8/17 7:00PM–MATT NAKOA: THE CASTING SHADOWS TOUR

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DOUBLE CROWN Old Gold w/ DJ Jasper (soul 'n' rock 'n' roll), 10:00PM FLEETWOOD'S Maitri, Shane Parish, Tin Foil Hat, 9:00PM FLOOD GALLERY FINE ART CENTER True Home Open Mic, 6:30PM FUNKATORIUM Hot Club of Asheville, 6:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Mountain Xpress' Best of WNC Party w/ tunes by Peggy Ratusz, Patrick Dodd Trio & Lyric, 5:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Isis Lawn Series w/ Upland Drive, 6:00PM Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp, 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM LAZY DIAMOND 80's INVASION w/ DJ Mac, 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Hank Bones, 6:30PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE Ashley Heath, 5:00PM ODDITORIUM Metal Karaoke, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Mitch's Totally Rad Trivia, 7:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Judaculla Blue (rock, jam band), 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: West Side Funk Jam, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Fit For a King w/ Norma Jean, Afterlife & Left Behind, 8:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Reel Time Lucy, 1:45PM A Tale of Two Charlies, 6:30PM PULP Slice of Life Comedy Open Mic hosted by Cody Hughes, 9:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Steve Moseley, 8:00PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Eric Congdon, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Hunter Begley's Best He Can Do, 8:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Cowboy Judy, 7:30PM SALVAGE STATION Big Head Todd & the Monsters, 7:00PM

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27 CLUB Taco Mouth, White Oak Splits, the Deathbots, 9:30PM

FLEETWOOD'S Halo and The Harlots, Skunk Ruckus, The Trusty Huskers, 9:00PM

THE 63 TAPHOUSE Free Pool Thursdays, 4:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Long Legs, (blues, jazz), 9:00PM

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Happy Hour: Guitar solo classics w/ Albi, 5:00PM Summer Lovin' Thursdays w/ Paula Hanke & Peggy Ratusz, 8:00PM

ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB 80's/90's Dance Party, 9:00PM

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Circus Mutt (rock, soul), 10:00PM

THE BARRELHOUSE Ter-rific Trivia, 7:00PM

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR the Travelling Pilsbury's of Asheville, 8:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Diane Cluck w/ Isabel Castellvi (folk), 8:00PM THE IMPERIAL LIFE The Roaring Lions (jazz), 9:00PM THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Bob Zullo (rock, pop, jazz, blues), 7:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT The Moth: True Stories Told Live (Theme: Animals), 9:00PM THE SOCIAL LOUNGE Music On The Rooftop, 9:00PM TOWN PUMP Taylor Martin, 10:00PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY BREVARD Originals and Traditionals Jam, 7:00PM WEAVER HOUSE April B & JP Duo, 8:00PM WILD WING CAFE Jason Wyatt, 8:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Acoustic Karaoke Thursdays, 6:00PM

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FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Georgia English, 7:00PM

ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Classical Guitar, 6:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Stardust to Ashes: Tribute to David Bowie , 10:00PM BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE Dinah's Daydream (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP DJ Kilby Spinning Vinyl, 10:00PM

FUNKATORIUM Squaring the Circle, 8:00PM GINGER'S REVENGE Jangling Sparrows (Americana), 7:30PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Josh Okeefe, 7:00PM Moonlight Street Folk Debut Album Release, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Little Lesley & the Bloodshots, 9:00PM LAZOOM ROOM LaZoom Comedy: Ali Clayton, 9:00PM

BIER GARDEN 25 Anniversary Party Seafood Boil w/ Dirty Birds, 5:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS Reasonably Priced Babies Comedy Show, 7:30PM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Acoustic Swing, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER The Jamie Wright Band, 6:00PM CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM CORK & KEG Queen Bee and the Honeylovers, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL Sparrow & Her Wingman (swing jazz & more), 9:00PM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Free Dead Fridays feat. members of Phuncle Sam acoustic, 5:30PM Official Downtown After 5 Afterparty w/ Magenta Sunshine , 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: 5j Barrow, 9:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Armadilla, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL 80's VS. 90's Dance Party feat. Molly Parti & DJ Oso Rey, 9:00PM

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TEETH AND TENDERNESS: Local folk outfit Mother Marrow celebrates its debut full-length, Sweat & Splinters, and the successful Kickstarter campaign that brought the album to fruition.The collaborations includes singer-songwriter Charity Cimarro and vocalist/banjoist Devin Crow joined by Matt Shepard (Coconut Cake) on drums and Emmalee Hunnicutt (Mountain Bitters) on cello. The project “captures the voices of the elements, dryads, nymphs and the creatures that dwell underground,” according to a press release. Mother Marrow performs at Ambrose West on Sunday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m. $12 advance/$15 day of show. ambrosewest.com. Photo by Eliza Bell

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Lyric (soul, funk), 9:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Alley Cat Karaoke, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE CLUB Mr. Jimmy (blues), 4:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Swing Step Band, 5:00PM Jody Carroll, 8:00PM ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Red Belly Fest tribute to Widespread Panic feat. Machine Funk, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BIER GARDEN DJ Longway & Dance Party, 10:00PM BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS Auditions for WIT by Margaret Edson, 10:00AM BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Erin Kinard, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Bee Told Pollinator Festival, 1:00PM

BOOJUM BREWING COMPANY Woodstock 50th Party, 9:00PM BREVARD MUSIC CENTER BÉLA FLECK'S BLUE RIDGE BANJO CONCERT, 7:30PM CORK & KEG Zydeco Ya Ya, 8:30PM CROW & QUILL the Maggie Valley Band (folk, rock), 9:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Soul Motion Dance Party w/ DJ Dr. Filth , 10:00PM FINES CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER Fines Creek Dance Night with Live Music by Running Wolfe & the Renegades, 6:00PM FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREWPUB Purple (jam, improv), 10:00PM FRENCH BROAD OUTFITTERS - HOMINY CREEK Chicken Coop Willaye Trio (rockin' Appalachian roots), 8:00PM FRENCH BROAD RIVER BREWERY Jacktown Ramblers, 7:00PM FUNKATORIUM Brushfire Stankgrass, 8:00PM

GINGER'S REVENGE Madelyn Ilana, NC Songsmiths, 2:30PM HAW CREEK COMMONS Asheville Dances of Universal Peace, 7:30PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY 49 Winchester (Appalachian folk, blues), 7:00PM ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 Matt Nakoa: The Casting Shadows Tour, 7:00PM East Meets West: An Evening with Raquy Danziger, 8:30PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Old Time Jam, 3:00PM Cyndi Lou & the Want To, 9:00PM LAZY DIAMOND Slushie Saturday Patio Shows w/ The Krektones (instro surf rock), 2:30PM Raw Funk, Stomp, Rock, Groove, & Skank w/ DJ The Bogart , 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Sean Mason Trio, 6:30PM LOCAL 604 BOTTLE SHOP Ramblin' Fever music video viewing party w/ Mad Robinson, 8:00PM MAD CO BREW HOUSE White Oak Splits, 5:00PM

ODDITORIUM Party Foul Drag Circus, 9:00PM ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Rye & Mr. Mange, 10:00PM ONE WORLD BREWING OWB: Clover's Curfew (anti-folk, punk, rock), 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes [SOLD OUT], 8:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Town & Country & the Neighbors, 1:00PM PACK SQUARE PARK Shindig on the Green, 7:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Groove Shakers, 9:30PM PILLAR ROOFTOP BAR Rhoda & the Risers, 7:00PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Dark Star's Pisgah Jubilee Night Two, 4:00PM PURPLE ONION CAFE Lonesome Road Band, 8:00PM SALVAGE STATION Rodz on the River Car Show, 12:00PM Rodz on the River: PinUp Contest, 3:00PM Rodz on the River: Beard & Mustache Contest, 3:30PM The Funk Experience, 9:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Soldado, 8:00PM STRADA ITALIANO Jazz Guitar Brunch w/ Dan Keller, 11:00AM STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Fairview Flyers, 6:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE Karaoke, 9:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Canary Coalition’s Annual Gathering & Benefit feat. Chikomo Marimba Band (Zimbabwean dance music), 7:00PM Community Salsa/Latin Dance Night w/ DJ Edi Fuentes (salsa lesson at 9 PM), 9:00PM THE BARN AT PAINT FORK Tim Rushlow of little Texas, 6:00PM THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Carolina Lowdown, 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Jody Carroll, 3:00PM Shawn James w/ New Reveille, 9:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 10:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Dana Gould & Bobcat Goldthwait, The Show With Two Heads, 8:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tiger Dance Party Nights, 10:00PM TOWN PUMP Red Vinyl Gypsies, 10:00PM TRYON INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER Tryon Resort’s Saturday Night Lights (music, carousel, face painting), 6:00PM TWISTED LAUREL DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 11:00PM URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. SOUTH SLOPE Local Love Outdoor Concert Series, 4:30PM WEAVER HOUSE The Paper Crowns (folk, jam), 9:00PM WICKED WEED WEST WW West: Kelly Fontes Trio, 5:00PM WILD WING CAFE Karaoke at the Wing, 9:00PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Flashback Band, 9:00PM WORTHAM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Marcus Anderson’s Jazz & Coffee Escape, 5:00PM ZAMBRA Justin Watt, 8:00PM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 5 WALNUT WINE BAR Acousticmuffin (Americana), 7:00PM

TAVERN Downtown on the Park Eclectic Menu • Over 30 Taps • Patio 15 TV’s • Sports Room • 110” Projector Event Space • Shuffleboard Open 7 Days 11am - Late Night LIVE M U R A COV SI C ! E NEV ER CHARGE!

THU. 8/15 Steve Moseley Duo (acoustic rock)

AMBROSE WEST Mother Marrow Album Release, 7:00PM

FRI. 8/16 DJ RexxStep

ARCHETYPE BREWING Post-Brunch Blues, 4:00PM

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ASHEVILLE CLUB Live Bluegrass, 4:30PM

Groove Shakers (party tunes, rock)

ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Pot Luck & Musician's Jam, 3:00PM ASHEVILLE YACHT CLUB Iggy Radio, 3:00PM BEN'S TUNE UP Good Vibes Sunday w/ Station Underground, 6:00PM

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BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Gene Holdway, 7:00PM BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER Sunday Brunch w/ live music, 12:00PM Boldstock, a Celebration of Woodstock's 50th Anniversary, 2:00PM BYWATER Sunday Bywater Bluegrass Jam, 4:00PM

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CAPELLA ON 9 @ THE AC HOTEL Lo-Fi DJ & Brunch (all ages), 11:00AM

THE GREENHOUSE MOTO CAFE Mr Jimmy & Bill Loftus, 3:00PM

CROW & QUILL Slick Skillet Serenaders, (New Orleans ragtime), 9:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE DJ Dance Party w/ Phantom Pantone DJ Collective, 9:00PM

DOUBLE CROWN Killer Karaoke w/ KJ TIM O, 10:00PM

THE MOTHLIGHT Mutual Benefit, 9:00PM

FLEETWOOD'S Karaoke in Broad Daylight!, 1:00PM FUNKATORIUM Bluegrass Brunch w/ Gary Macfiddle, 11:00AM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Local Sunday in the Meadow w/ DJ Kutzu & Chalwa (music, vendors, farmers market), 12:00PM

THE WEDGE STUDIOS Live Music Sundays, 5:30PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, 8:00PM ZAMBRA Cynthia McDermott Trio, (Gypsy jazz), 7:00PM

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 27 CLUB Monday Mayhem Karaoke, 9:00PM

JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Irish Session, 3:00PM

5 WALNUT WINE BAR CaroMia, Ashley Heath, & Eleanor Underhill (Americana), 8:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Noiz Oasis w/ DJ Salty Stax (post-punk) , 10:00PM

ARCHETYPE BREWING Old Time Jam, 5:00PM

ODDITORIUM Dyke Night, 9:00PM ORANGE PEEL Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes, 8:00PM ORCHARD AT ALTAPASS Sound Traveler & Never Too Late, 1:00PM PACK'S TAVERN Sunday Social Club, 4:30PM PISGAH BREWING COMPANY Pisgah Sunday Jam w/ Paper Crowns Electric Band, 6:00PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Ellen Trnka & Dan Keller, 2:30PM

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THE BARRELHOUSE Weekly Original Music Open Mic, 6:00PM

THE GREY EAGLE Bryan Toney, 3:00PM Taylor Martin, 6:00PM Tyler Cassidy, 8:00PM

LOBSTER TRAP Phil Alley, 6:30PM

AUG. 14 - 20, 2019

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE The Asheville View Live! Morning Show, 10:00AM The Asheville View Live! Afternoon Show, 2:00PM Sunday Blues, 7:30PM

CORK & KEG Sunday Matinee Dance w/ Brody Hunt & the Handfuls, 4:00PM

ISIS MUSIC HALL & KITCHEN 743 An Americana Evening w/ the Alexa Rose Band and Nashville’s My One And Only, 7:30PM

STRAIGHTAWAY CAFE Fraser Fuller, 2:00PM

BYWATER Bele Chere, 12:00PM CATAWBA BREWING SOUTH SLOPE Musicians in the Round, 5:30PM DOUBLE CROWN Country Karaoke w/ KJ Tim-O, 10:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Trivia Night, 6:00PM Gary Clark Jr., 7:00PM JACK OF THE WOOD PUB Open Mic, 9:30PM LOBSTER TRAP Bobby Miller and friends, 6:30PM NOBLE KAVA Stage Fright Open Mic (7:30pm Sign up), 8:00PM

SLY GROG LOUNGE Sly Grog Lounge The Most Open Mic, 6:00PM

ODDITORIUM Risque Monday Burlesque Hosted By Deb Au Nare, 9:00PM

STRADA ITALIANO Jazz Guitar Brunch w/ Dan Keller, 11:00AM

ONE WORLD BREWING OWB Downtown: Open Mic Night, 8:00PM

ONE WORLD BREWING WEST OWB West: Jazz Monday (open jam), 8:30PM OSKAR BLUES BREWERY Mountain Music Mondays Open Jam, 6:00PM

LAZY DIAMOND Psych Night w/ DJ Marcula (projections and vinyl), 10:00PM LOBSTER TRAP Jay Brown, 6:30PM

SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Open Mic Night: It Takes All Kinds w/ host Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM

NOBLE KAVA

THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Soul Jam w/ Jamar Woods of the Fritz, 8:00PM THE GREY EAGLE Open Mic Night, 6:00PM

Free Open Mic Comedy, 9:00PM

THE IMPERIAL LIFE Leo Johnson (Gypsy Jazz), 9:00PM THE MOTHLIGHT Mannequin Pussy, 8:30PM UPCOUNTRY BREWING COMPANY Monday Night Bluegrass Jam, 7:00PM

Open Jam, 8:00PM ODDITORIUM

ONE STOP AT ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Early Jam, 8:00PM Electrosoul Sessions w/ strongmagnumopus, 11:30PM SANCTUARY BREWING CO. Team Trivia w/ host Josh Dunkin, 7:00PM THE 63 TAPHOUSE

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 5 WALNUT WINE BAR The John Henrys, (hot jazz), 8:00PM ALLEY CAT SOCIAL CLUB Alley Cat Karaoke, 9:00PM ASHEVILLE GUITAR BAR Evening of Classical Guitar - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 8:00PM

Weekly 8 Ball Tournament (sign ups at 7:00 p.m.), 8:00PM THE BLOCK OFF BILTMORE Swing AVL Dance, 7:00PM Late Night Blues , 11:00PM THE GREY EAGLE A. Lee Edwards, 5:00PM

ASHEVILLE MUSIC HALL Tuesday Night Funk Jam, 11:00PM

Amanda Cook Band, 8:00PM

BEN'S TUNE UP Leeda Lyric Jones, 7:00PM

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BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA & BREW PUB Mark Bumgarner, 7:00PM BYWATER Bele Chere, 12:00PM CORK & KEG Old Time Moderate Jam, 5:00PM DOUBLE CROWN Tuesday Matinee Show Series feat. Local Bands, 6:00PM Matinee Show w/ Kentucky Cowhands feat. Kyle Eldridge & DJ Sav Mor, 7:00PM Sonic Stew w/ DJ Lil Side Salad & Seymour, 10:00PM HAYWOOD COUNTRY CLUB Turntable Tuesdays (dance, pop, hip-hop throwbacks), 10:00PM HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY Tuned Up Tuesday w/ JW Carlson, 6:00PM HILLSIDE GAMES Game Designers of North Carolina- Asheville Meeting, 5:00PM

Leo Johnson (Gypsy Jazz), 9:00PM THE MARKET PLACE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Rat Alley Cats, 6:30PM THE MOTHLIGHT Slaughter Beach, Dog, 8:00PM THE SOCIAL Open Mic w/ Riyen Roots, 8:00PM TIGER MOUNTAIN Tigeraoke Tuesdays (karaoke night), 10:00PM TWIN LEAF BREWERY Robert's Twin Leaf Trivia, 8:00PM WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN Irish Jam, 6:30PM Open Mic, 8:30PM WILD WING CAFE SOUTH Shindig, 6:00PM

MOVIE REVIEWS

Hosted by the Asheville Movie Guys HHHHH

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EDWIN ARNAUDIN earnaudin@mountainx.com

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The Art of Racing in the Rain HHHH

DIRECTOR: Simon Curtis PLAYERS: Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried and the voice of Kevin Costner DRAMA/COMEDY RATED PG The dog drama other dog dramas want to be, The Art of Racing in the Rain sidesteps potential sappiness with honest, emotional storytelling, plus characters easy to care about and difficult to leave. Credit goes foremost to novelist Garth Stein for writing such a strong source story, but also to Mark Bomback for sharply adapting a book told by a canine — no easy feat — to the screen. That pup is Enzo, who eloquently and entertainingly relates the eventful life shared with his gifted racecar-driving owner Denny (Milo Ventimiglia, NBC’s “This Is Us”). In voicing our hero, Kevin Costner and his gruff, no-nonsense narration would seemingly grow tiresome quickly, but his timbre only enhances the story and the deeply felt ups and downs of its human players. Costner’s vocal work also pairs nicely with the comically judgmental scowl donned by the golden retriever playing Enzo, furthering his effects as a loving skeptic. The delightful mix of his loyalty to Denny, grudgingly making room in their formerly idyllic bachelor existence for his master’s mate Eve (Amanda Seyfried) — and then their daughter Zoe (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) — and generally figuring out

his place as a dog in a human world yields plentiful humor and heart when filtered through Enzo’s kind soul. The auto racing scenes and the sport’s life-applicable philosophies likewise weave in well, while the third-act drama with Eve’s oppressive parents (Kathy Baker and Martin Donovan) that was essentially borrowed for the recently concluded second season of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” works even better here. Behind the wheel, er, camera, director Simon Curtis (Goodbye Christopher Robin) brings his usual safe yet professional style to keep the visuals clean and the pace active, and, in one delightfully unexpected sequence, proves adept at balancing live-action with animation. Perhaps The Art of Racing in the Rain’s greatest asset, however, is its restraint from employing manipulative animal movie clichés. Instead, it wisely hints at those moments without dragging viewers through hell — and deserves a case of Puppy Snaps as a reward for being such a good boy. REVIEWED BY EDWIN ARNAUDIN EARNAUDIN@MOUNTAINX.COM

BRUCE STEELE bcsteele@gmail.com

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Morgan Freeman BIOPIC/DRAMA RATED PG-13 The title Brian Banks shows a glaring lack of imagination and low marketing savvy. How many moviegoers are going to remember the aspiring NFL player imprisoned in 2002 over a bogus high school rape charge, whose claim of innocence attracted some media attention in 2012? Not many. It’s an engaging enough film, directed by Tom Shadyac, the former Hollywood hotshot who once helmed Patch Adams and other hit comedies with Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey. For Brian Banks, Shadyac has recruited Greg Kinnear to play the lawyer who eventually takes on Banks’ case and Morgan Freeman as his prison mentor. The lead is the appealing and accomplished Aldis Hodge, who’s had memorable roles in Hidden Figures, Straight Outta Compton and a lot of TV shows. For all that, Brian Banks still lives in “Movie of the Week” territory, that realm of earnest, linear films that try to humanize Big Social Issues — in this case, the “broken justice system,” as characters repeatedly remark. In the film, as in real life, Banks is just 16 when he’s pressured into a plea deal that sends him to prison on shaky, uninvestigated testimony from the alleged victim. The movie picks up the story once Banks is on probation, when he badgers the nonprofit California Innocence Project into looking into his case. You know where this is going, even if you’ve never heard of Banks, and the getting there is sufficiently emotional. If the questions the movie raises linger longer than the tears, its mission is accomplished.

Chris Maiorana

Cameron Allison

Kristina Guckenberger

advancing the story of everyone’s favorite pint-sized explorer with just the right amount of in-jokes, self-deprecation and fish-out-of-water high jinks. Had director James Bobin (The Muppets) maintained this often hilarious equilibrium, Dora would have likely been a surprise hit for this grumpy father of a 5-year-old budding cinephile. Regrettably, that’s not the way things ended up. Dora spends a lot of time setting up and then subverting many of the childish and fanciful elements of the much beloved educational children’s show, “Dora the Explorer.” I can’t tell you how much of a relief it was to see the source material (of which I am more than familiar with) handled in such a clever and fun way. There were plenty of genuine belly laughs coming from both me and my daughter.

REVIEWED BY BRUCE STEELE BCSTEELE@GMAIL.COM

Dora and the Lost City of Gold HH

Brian Banks HHH

DIRECTOR: James Bobin PLAYERS: Isabela Moner, Eva Longoria, Michael Peña ADVENTURE RATED PG

DIRECTOR: Tom Shadyac PLAYERS: Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear,

The first third of Dora and the Lost City of Gold strikes a perfect balance between MOUNTAINX.COM

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MOVIE RE V IEW S However, with the snap of a finger, Dora goes from a smart meta-story about the titular jungle girl (Isabela Moner, Instant Family) living in the city to a hackneyed, low rent Indiana Jones for kids. All that inventive setup is washed away, leaving nothing more than D-grade action and overacted buffoonery. Read the full review at thedailyorca.com

RATED PG-13

REVIEWED BY JAMES ROSARIO JAMESROSARIO1977@GMAIL.COM

Cameron Allison: I agree. The story, about a group of teens who find a haunted book belonging to a dead girl from the 1800s that ends up picking them off one by one, serves up a good bit of fun at times. It was surprisingly creepy and I had trouble falling asleep after our viewing because some of the creatures and stories were burned into my memory — and will probably stay there for a while.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark HHH DIRECTOR: André Øvredal PLAYERS: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush HORROR

Chris Maiorana: It would be too easy to say this movie wasn’t what I was expecting. It may be more accurate to say it wasn’t the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adaptation I wanted. But it was still effectively creepy and definitely something I’ll consider watching again around Halloween time.

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CM: Talk about nightmare fuel! I think the success of the monsters in this flick has a lot to do with the source material. The haunting illustrations of Stephen Gammell, which made Alvin Schwartz’s books so memorable, proves to be a guiding force that finds its way onto the screen. But as Joe Bob Briggs would say, there was too much plot getting in the way of the story, or, in this case, stories. Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews

The Kitchen HHS DIRECTOR: Andrea Berloff PLAYERS: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss CRIME/DRAMA RATED R Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss, Tiffany Haddish: Three bona fide movie stars portraying three badass women gangsters on screen — what’s not to love? Unfortunately for Straight Outta Compton screenwriter/first-time-director Andrea Berloff and her star studded cast, a whole lot. The Kitchen, based on the 2014 DC Vertigo graphic novel miniseries of the same name, follows New Yorkers Kathy, Claire and Ruby, wives of Irish mobsters in 1978 Hell’s Kitchen. When their husbands are abruptly imprisoned and sentenced to three years’ hard time, the ladies are left to pick up the pieces.

FILM FLOOD GALLERY WORLD CINEMA • FR (8/16), 8pm - Cries and Whispers, drama from Ingmar Bergman. Admission by donation. Held at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 850 Blue Ridge Road, Unit A-13, Black Mountain

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‘GRAVEYARD FIELDS - CALL OF THE HIGH COUNTRY’ • SU (8/18), 5-7pm Graveyard Fields - Call of the High Country, 16-minute documentary about the history, beauty and challenges facing the area. Free. Raffle ticket proceeds at pisgahconservancy.org go toward protecting Graveyard Fields for the next generation. Held at Cradle of Forestry, 11250 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest

• WE (8/21), 6-8pm Graveyard Fields - Call of the High Country, 16-minute documentary about the history, beauty and challenges facing the area. Free. Raffle ticket proceeds at pisgahconservancy.org go toward protecting Graveyard Fields for the next generation. Reception to follow at Blue Spiral. Held at Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. SUMMER HISTORIC DOCUMENTARY SERIES • 3rd THURSDAYS through August, 5:30pm - Summer Historic Documentary Series, featuring film screenings on historical topics. Registration required. Free. Held at Swannanoa Valley Museum, 223 W State St., Black Mountain

Though their husbands’ criminal associates promise to “take care” of them, the women quickly realize their allowances aren’t enough and decide to take matters into their own hands. They all agree to take over the criminal rackets while defying the wishes of their fellow mobsters and spouses alike — a contention that appears to be fresh and intriguing on its surface but is met with far too little resistance to feel believable. Read the full review at mountainx.com/ movies/reviews REVIEWED BY KRISTINA GUCKENBERGER KRISTINA.GUCKENBERGER@GMAIL.COM

STARTING FRIDAY JUST ANNOUNCED 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (PG-13) Four teen girl divers encounter deadly sharks. The Angry Birds Movie 2 (PG) An animated sequel based on the best-selling video game. Starts Aug. 13. Blinded By the Light (R) Set in 1987, a British teen of Pakistani descent discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen. Good Boys (R) A trio of sixth graders embark on a wild daylong adventure. Where’d You Go, Bernadette (PG-13) Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Maria Semple’s novel about a mom who goes missing.

CURRENTLY IN THEATERS The Art of Racing in the Rain (PG) HHHH (Pick of the Week) Avengers: Endgame (PG-13) HHHHS Brian Banks (PG-13) HHH Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG) HH Echo in the Canyon (PG-13) HHHS The Farewell (PG) HHHHS Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) HHHHH The Kitchen (R) HHS The Lion King (PG) HHH Maiden (PG) HHHHS Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love (R) HHH Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (R) HHHHS Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (PG-13) HHH The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) HHHS Spider-Man: Far From Home (PG-13) HHHH Sword of Trust (R) HHHHS Them That Follow (R) HHH Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (PG-13) HHHHS Toy Story 4 (G) HHHHS Yesterday (PG-13) HHHH

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1 One’s marr iage or graduation 7 Ring punch 10 Operate smoothly 13 Char m Cit y baseballer 14 Be shown up 16 ___ Cit y Hall, 36-Acrossdesigned building (1978) 17 Sites of some str ikes 18 “The Winding Stair” poet 19 Ballerina’s hairdo 20 Omnipotent and all-merciful one, in Islam 21 Chicken ___ 23 Place for an Atlas 24 With 10-Down, 36-Acrossdesigned museum (1995) 29 Do a little stretching? 32 Under control 33 Ricotta cheese source 34 Get an ___ effort 35 Come to nothing 36 Subject of this puzzle (19172019) 38 Runner’s space 39 Script unit 40 Land in the ocean 41 Claymation pal of Wallace 43 It’s a big stretch 44 Portmanteau for 36-Across 46 Help for the disabled? 48 On ___ (running by itself) 49 Sicilia and Sardegna 51 Jack (up) 52 Classic opera in which every leading character dies 57 Asian capital designed by British urban planners 59 With 26-Down, 36-Acrossdesigned Hong Kong skyscraper (1990)

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60 Warty arboreal creature 61 Mystical and puzzling 62 Stick in a boat 63 Stand in (for) 64 Places

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1 Soul mate? 2 “Dies ___” (hymn) 3 River to the Colorado 4 Noodlehead 5 One who calls Nome home 6 “Thumbs up!” 7 Enroll in 8 “Talking” with one’s hands, for short 9 Bawl over 10 See 24-Across 11 Sch. near Hollywood 12 Fit well 14 36-Acrossdesigned Paris landmark (1989) 15 Cut down 19 Sack, so to speak 22 Legally charges 23 Magician’s skill 24 Rummage (through) 25 TV booth alert 26 See 59-Across 27 Moolah

28 Be shy 30 Kind of column 31 George with a .390 batting average in 1980 34 Gazillions

51 Fictional captain whose nickname is “Old Thunder” 53 Back in the day 54 Arctic seabird

37 Goat’s bleat 42 Lecturer’s reading? 44 Word that rhymes with treats, appropriately 45 Trophy 47 Shoppe description 49 Excited about 50 Some hospital supplies

55 Nowhere near the target, in a children’s guessing game 56 When soap operas usually air, informally 58 Bud’s bud in old comedy 59 Winner of four World Series in this century, on scoreboards

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): How did sound technicians create the signature roar of the fictional monster Godzilla? They slathered pine-tar resin on a leather glove and stroked it against the strings of a double bass. How about the famous howl of the fictional character Tarzan? Sonic artists blended a hyena’s screech played backwards, a dog’s growl, a soprano singer’s fluttered intonation slowed down and an actor’s yell. Karen O, lead singer of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, periodically unleashes very long screams that may make the hair stand up on the back of her listeners’ necks. In accordance with astrological omens, I’d love to see you experiment with creating your own personal Yowl or Laugh or Whisper of Power in the coming weeks: a unique sound that would boost your wild confidence and help give you full access to your primal lust for life. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough,” said Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ex-President of Liberia. In accordance with astrological imperatives, I propose that we make that your watchword for the foreseeable future. From what I can tell, you’re due to upgrade your long-term goals. You have the courage and vision necessary to dare yourself toward an even more fulfilling destiny than you’ve been willing or ready to imagine up until now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): How did our ancestors ever figure out that the calendula flower can be used as healing medicine for irritated and inflamed skin? It must have been a very long process of trial and error. (Or did the plant somehow “communicate” to indigenous herbalists, informing them of its use?) In any case, this curative herb is only one of hundreds of plants that people somehow came to adjudge as having healing properties. “Miraculous” is not too strong a word to describe such discoveries. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Gemini, you now have the patience and perspicacity to engage in a comparable process: to find useful resources through experiment and close observation — with a hardy assist from your intuition. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Today the city of Timbuktu in Mali is poor and in the throes of desertification. But from the 14th to 17th centuries, it was one of the great cultural centers of the world. Its libraries filled up with thousands of influential books, which remained intact until fairly recently. In 2012, Al-Qaeda jihadists conceived a plan to destroy the vast trove of learning and scholarship. One man foiled them. Abba al-Hadi, an illiterate guard who had worked at one of the libraries, smuggled out many of the books in empty rice sacks. By the time the jihadists started burning, most of the treasure had been relocated. I don’t think the problem in your sphere is anywhere near as dire as this, Cancerian. But I do hope you will be proactive about saving and preserving valuable resources before they’re at risk of being diluted, compromised or neglected. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Moray eels have two sets of jaws. The front set does their chewing. The second set, normally located behind the first, can be launched forward to snag prey they want to eat. In invoking this aggressive strategy to serve as a metaphor for you in the coming weeks, I want to suggest that you be very dynamic and enterprising as you go after what you want and need. Don’t be rude and invasive, of course, but consider the possibility of being audacious and zealous. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s relatively rare, but now and then people receive money or gifts from donors they don’t know. Relatives they’ve never met may bequeath them diamond tiaras or alpaca farms or bundles of cash. I don’t think that’s exactly what will occur for you in the coming weeks but I do suspect that you’ll garner blessings or help from unexpected sources. To help ensure the best possible versions of these acts of grace, I suggest that you be as generous as possible in the kindness and attention you offer. Remember this verse from the Bible: “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”

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tuate the process and rattle your hocks, we’ve rounded up the rest of this year’s rip-stavers — the whole caboodle, the whole scad, not a scalawag among them, the rest of the Best of WNC — all of them screamers and each of ’em someone to ride the river with. If you missed Xpress’ out and outer Part 1, don’t hang fire: Make a raise across lots for a copy of last week’s Xpress before they completely vamoose, leaving you with your hair in the butter and holding the muddy end of the stick.

And in September, keep an eye peeled for Xpress’ handy pocket guide to the Best of WNC, which presents all the year’s top-sawyers in a compact, glossy format. And when you’re out and about, have a mind for X-Award certificates and storewindow decals displayed by area businesses identifying themselves as ace-high and of the first water. Many plaudits to each of you who bellied up to the ballot box, to the Xpress staff who rode fence on the project and to the businesses who put up the scuds for thank-you ads. The ads not

CONTENTS 6 Eats 34 Drinks 52 Outdoors 60 Farm, Yard & Garden 64 Media 68 Work & Business 76 Pets 80 Small Towns 80 Swannanoa & Black Mountain 83 Marshall & Mars Hill 84 Weaverville & Woodfin 85 Hot Springs 86 Burnsville

only showcase the winners, they support Mountain Xpress, WNC’s most widely read, soundon-the-goose and on-the-shoot media operation. If you have halloos or comments about this year’s or next year’s Best of WNC survey — brisk up and drop us a line at bestofwnc@mountainx.com.

And now, with no honey-fuggling, no wrong pigs by the tail, no flusteration, nor waking of snakes nor bag of nails, without any further talking the donkey’s hind leg off or tearin’ up Jake — we present you with the final set of winners of the Best of WNC. Please give ’em a swacking hand of applause.

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PUBLISHER Jeff Fobes BALLOT OFFICIALS Able Allen, Lauren Andrews, Edwin Arnaudin, Thomas Calder, Jeff Fobes, Susan Hutchinson, Alli Marshall, Brooke Randle, Tracy Rose, Gina Smith, Daniel Walton BEST OF WNC SUPPLEMENT DESIGN Scott Southwick DESIGNERS: Norn Cutson, Scott Southwick, Olivia Urban LISTINGS EDITORS Able Allen, Deborah Robertson LISTINGS ASSISTANTS Lauren Andrews, Christina Bailey PHOTO COORDINATOR Able Allen PHOTOGRAPHERS Able Allen, Thomas Calder, Morgan Ford, Joe Pellegrino, Scott Southwick, Luke Van Hine WRITERS Able Allen, Edwin Arnaudin, Thomas Calder, Virginia Daffron, Jeff Fobes, Alli Marshall, Brooke Randle, Tracy Rose, Gina Smith, Daniel Walton ADVERTISING AND ART & DESIGN MANAGER Susan Hutchinson AD SALES Christina Bailey, Sara Brecht, Bryant Cooper, Brian Palmieri, Susan Ragsdale, Heather Taylor, Tiffany Wagner IT & WEB Bowman Kelley FRONT OFFICE/ ACCOUNTING Able Allen, Lauren Andrews, Amie Fowler-Tanner DISTRIBUTION Susan Hutchinson, Cindy Kunst, and a fantastic team of devoted drivers

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233 Montford Ave. Asheville 828-505-3121 751 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9903 Biltmore Park Town Square, 33 Town Square Blvd., Asheville 828-676-1807 • ninemileasheville.com

2 CÚRATE d

13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

3 LIMONES d

13 Eagle St., Asheville 828-252-2327 • limonesrestaurant.com

RESTAURANT THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF ASHEVILLE 1 NINE MILE n w s

233 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3121 751 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9903 Biltmore Park Town Square, 33 Town Square Blvd., Asheville 828-676-1807 • ninemileasheville.com

2 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

3 HOMEGROWN n

371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-4340 • slowfoodrightquick.com

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RESTAURANT TO TAKE OUT-OF-TOWNERS TO 1 CÚRATE d x

13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

2 NINE MILE n w s

233 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3121 751 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9903 • ninemileasheville.com

3 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

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Best Latin American; second place Restaurant in Downtown; third place Favorite Restaurant

T’S the mouthwatering moment you’ve been waiting for, Foodtopia: The ballots have been counted and the winners determined. The people of Western North Carolina are particularly passionate about their food, and they’re not shy about sharing their feelings on the subject — the Eats categories draw some of the largest numbers of votes each year. The results of this year’s 86 foodrelated categories (the ballot’s biggest section) provide insights into WNC’s culinary leanings. For example, it appears that local diners have a preference for eateries that channel a unique Asheville vibe. Nine Mile,

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which earned the title of Restaurant That Best Represents the Spirit of Asheville, was also voted the city’s Favorite Restaurant. The votes also show that, overall, WNC diners may be veering more toward avocado toast and acai bowls than burgers and ribs. The brandnew Vegan category elicited a deluge of responses (congratulations to firstplace winner Plant), but even in categories that cover all cuisines, vegan and vegetarian voters made their voices heard. In the best Chef category, vegan chef Jason Sellers took second place just behind longtime favorite Katie Button. And among the packed field for the New Restaurant race, the people picked Asheville Community

Yoga’s recently opened vegetarian eatery, Karma Cafe, for top honors. Additionally, the ballots suggest that WNC is brimming with chocoholics. Every year, French Broad Chocolates handily wins first place for Chocolate. But it also grabbed the most votes in the new category for Desserts — outcompeting purveyors of pastries, ice cream and all of WNC’s other tempting treats. A special welcome to this year’s new Hall of Fame entrants: Celebrity’s Hot Dogs (Hot Dogs); Copper Crown (Restaurant in East Asheville); and Curate (Restaurant to Take Out-ofTowners to). — Gina Smith X

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Kim’s

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PLANT

Best Vegan; second place Chef and Vegetarian; third place Healthiest Food and Green/Sustainability-Friendly Restaurant RESTAURANT THAT GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY 1 ROSETTA’S KITCHEN d

116 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-232-0738 • rosettaskitchen.com

2 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

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68 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-575-2723 • auxbar.com

GREEN/SUSTAINABILITYFRIENDLY RESTAURANT 1 GREEN SAGE CAFÉ d w n s x 5 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-4450 70 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-785-1780 633A Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-417-7859 • greensagecafe.com

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371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-4340 219 Amboy Road, Asheville 828-793-0031 • slowfoodrightquick.com

3 PLANT n

165 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-258-7500 • plantisfood.com

NEW RESTAURANT (OPENED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS) 1 KARMA CAFE n

8 Brookdale Road, Asheville 828-230-1668 • karmacafeasheville.com

2 ALL DAY DARLING n

102 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3701 • alldaydarlingavl.com

3 BUTTON & CO. BAGELS d 32 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-630-0330 • buttonbagels.com

3 SIMPLE CAFE & JUICE BAR w 643 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-774-5410 • simpleasheville.com

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RESTAURANT STILL NEEDED IN ASHEVILLE 1 CHINESE x 2 VIETNAMESE 3 DELI CHINESE 1 RED GINGER DIMSUM & TAPAS d 82 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-505-8688 • redgingerasheville.com

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48 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-236-3839 • orientalpavilionnc.com

3 ASIANA GRAND BUFFET s 1968 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-654-8879 • asianagb.com

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62 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-350-1140 • ashevillebouchon.com

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13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

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348 Depot St., Suite 190, Asheville 828-225-3497 • vivianavl.com

GREEK 1 APOLLO FLAME BISTRO s w x 485 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-274-3582 1025 Brevard Road, Asheville 828-665-0080 • apolloflamebistro.net

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337 Merrimon Ave., Weaverville 828-645-3309 • stoneyknobcafe.com

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328 New Leicester Highway, Suite 110, Asheville 828-785-1550 • twistedlaurel.com

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Consistently Voted One of WNC’s Best Italian Restaurants in: Best Italian

Best Chef

Anthony Cerrato

Best Pasta

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TUPELO HONEY

Best Southern, second place Restaurant in South Asheville INDIAN 1 MELA INDIAN RESTAURANT d x

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70 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-225-8880 • melaasheville.com

22 Battery Park Ave., Asheville 828-254-4003 • chaipaniasheville.com 1838 Hendersonville Road, Suite 103, Asheville 828-575-2100 • ckcuisine.com

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50 N. Merrimon Ave., Suite 101, Asheville 828-333-9230 • chupacabralatincafe.com

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24 Wall St., Asheville 828-254-6170 • cucina24restaurant.com

socialloungeasheville.com • 29 Broadway, Downtown AVL

6 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-252-9805 • salsasnc.com

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27 Broadway, Asheville 828-348-8448 • stradaasheville.com

Eat Drink & Be Social

13 Eagle St., Asheville 828-252-2327 • limonesrestaurant.com

1 VINNIE’S NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN n x 641 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-1077 • vinniesitalian.com

Asheville’s Premiere Cocktail Lounge

LATIN AMERICAN

1000 Brevard Road, Asheville 828-665-9070 • papasandbeerasheville.net 891 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-255-2227 • elquepasa.net 521 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9393 • ziataco.com

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1 WASABI JAPANESE RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR d x

1 TUPELO HONEY CAFÉ d s x

2 GREEN TEA SUSHI & JAPANESE RESTAURANT w

2 HOMEGROWN n w

19 Broadway, Asheville 828-225-2551 • wasabiasheville.com

2 Regent Park Blvd., Asheville 828-252-8300 • greenteasushiasheville.com

12 College St., Asheville 828-255-4863 829 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 282-505-7676 • tupelohoneycafe.com

371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-4340 219 Amboy Road, Asheville 828-793-0031 • slowfoodrightquick.com

3 ICHIBAN STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR s 3 ROCKY’S HOT CHICKEN SHACK w s a 2 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-252-7885 • ashevilleichiban.com

1455 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-575-2260 • rockyshotchickenshack.com

WASABI

Celebrating our 14th anniversary!

Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE OWNERS OF ICHIBAN JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE

THANK YOU ASHEVILLE! VOTED BEST OF WNC 15 YEARS IN A ROW!

Thanks, Asheville!

1st Place Indian every year since 2006 2nd Place Hot Bar

melaasheville.com

70 N. LEXINGTON AVENUE 828.225.8880

Open 7 days for Lunch & Dinner 19 B R OA DW A Y • DOWNT OWN • 225-2551

Voted One Of The Best Japanese Restaurants 2019

Near Biltmore Village, 2 Hendersonville Rd. • 828-252-7885 828-252-7885

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MELT YOUR HEART Best Food Truck

THAI 1 LITTLE BEE THAI d

45 S. French Broad Ave., Suite 190, Asheville 828-239-8808 • littlebeethai.com

2 SUWANA’S THAI ORCHID RESTAURANT d

11 Broadway, Asheville 828-281-8151 • suwanasthaiorchid.com

3 PAD THAI w s a

18 Sardis Road, Asheville 828-667-8505 • padthaiasheville.com

CATERING COMPANY 1 THE RED RADISH e a 404 E. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-5100 • redradish.com

2 67 BILTMORE DOWNTOWN EATERY & CATERING d 67 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-252-1500 • 67biltmore.com

3 CELINE & COMPANY CATERING d 49 Broadway, Asheville 828-254-9902 • celineandcompany.com

DINER/HOMESTYLE 1 HOMEGROWN n w x

Undefeated for 17 years!

371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-4340 219 Amboy Road, Asheville 828-793-0031 • slowfoodrightquick.com

2 TASTEE DINER w

575 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-412-5566 • tasteedinernc.com

3 FIVE POINTS RESTAURANT n 258 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-8030 • avl.mx/6a2

FOOD TRUCK 1 MELT YOUR HEART r 5 Foundy St., Asheville 828-989-6749 • avl.mx/2o4

2 GYPSY QUEEN CUISINE

Asheville 828-575-2758 • gypsyqueencuisine.com

3 EL KIMCHI

828-551-6775 • facebook.com/ElKimchi

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KID-FRIENDLY RESTAURANT 1 ASHEVILLE PIZZA & BREWING CO. n d s x 675 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-254-1281 77 Coxe Ave., Asheville 828-255-4077 1850 Hendersonville Road, Suite A, Asheville 828-277-5775 • ashevillebrewing.com

2 MELLOW MUSHROOM d 50 Broadway, Asheville 828-236-9800 • mellowmushroom.com

3 FARM BURGER d 10 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-348-8540 • farmburger.net

LATE-NIGHT RESTAURANT 1 RANKIN VAULT COCKTAIL LOUNGE d 7 Rankin Ave., Asheville 828-254-4993 • rankinvault.com

2 MOJO KITCHEN & LOUNGE (CLOSED) d Asheville 828-255-7767 • mojokitchen.biz

3 WAFFLE HOUSE e 171 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-258-0348 • wafflehouse.com

ROMANTIC DINING 1 ZAMBRA d x 85 W. Walnut St., Asheville 828-232-1060 • zambratapas.com

2 CÚRATE d 13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

3 SUNSET TERRACE n Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave., Asheville 800-438-5800 • avl.mx/3k8

LITTLE BEE THAI THANK YOU ASHEVILLE FOR VOTING US

BEST THAI FOOD DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE 45 S. FRENCH BROAD AVE., SUITE 190 828.239-8808

FAMILY FRIENDLY DINING TUESDAY - SATURDAY 11:30am - 8:30pm

Thanks for voting us one of the best overall, people-watching, and kid-friendly pizza joints in Asheville!

You rock!

River Ridge Marketplace • 828-298-1035 • blackbearbbqavl.com

50 Broadway • 236-9800 mellowmushroom.com/asheville

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BEST OF EATS SPLURGE RESTAURANT 1 CÚRATE d x

13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

2 RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE s 26 All Souls Cresent, Asheville 828-398-6200 • ruths-chris.com

We love YOU! Thank you for continuing to vote us "BEST OF" in WNC, 9 years strong!

3 THE ADMIRAL w

400 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-2541 • theadmiralasheville.com

BARBECUE 1 12 BONES SMOKEHOUSE r s ax 5 Foundy St., Suite 10, Asheville 828-253-4499 2350 Hendersonville Road, Arden 828-687-1395 • 12bones.com

2 LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE n s

501 Merrimon Ave. Asheville 828-505-7427 Biltmore Park Town Square, 33 Town Square Blvd., Asheville 828-676-3855 • luellasbbq.com

3 MOE’S ORIGINAL BAR B QUE s n 4 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville 828-505-8282 • moesoriginalbbq.com

myenvisioneyecare.com

BEST SERVICE 641 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-1077 • vinniesitalian.com

2 CÚRATE d

13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

3 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

BEST VALUE 1 WHITE DUCK TACO SHOP d r s ax 12 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-232-9191 388 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-254-1398 16 Miami Circle, Arden 828-676-1859 • whiteducktacoshop.com

2 NINE MILE n w s

233 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3121 751 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9903 • ninemileasheville.com

3 HOMEGROWN n w

371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-4340 • slowfoodrightquick.com

BISCUITS 1 BISCUIT HEAD w d x

733 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-333-5145 417 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-505-3449 • biscuitheads.com

2 BLUE RIDGE BISCUIT CO. e a 601 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-357-8501 • avl.mx/4uv

3 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

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1 VINNIE’S NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN n x

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FARM BURGER

Best Burger; second place French Fries; third place Kid-Friendly Restaurant BREAKFAST

BURGER

1 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w x

1 FARM BURGER d s x

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

2 BISCUIT HEAD w s 733 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-333-5145 417 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-505-3449 • biscuitheads.com

3 OVER EASY CAFÉ d 32 Broadway, Asheville 828-236-3533 • overeasyasheville.com

BRUNCH 1 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w x 626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

2 BISCUIT HEAD w s 733 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-333-5145 417 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-505-3449 • biscuitheads.com

3 ANOTHER BROKEN EGG CAFE s 27 Schenck Parkway, Asheville 828-676-2823 • anotherbrokenegg.com

10 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-348-8540 1831 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-575-2393 • farmburger.net

2 JUICY LUCY'S BURGER BAR AND GRILL s

620 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-277-0355 • juicylucysburgerbarandgrill.com

2 RANKIN VAULT COCKTAIL LOUNGE d 7 Rankin Ave., Asheville 828-254-4993 • rankinvault.com

3 FOOTHILLS BUTCHER BAR & KITCHEN e aw

107 Black Mountain Ave., Black Mountain 828-357-9029 • foothillslocalmeats.com

BURRITO 1 NEO BURRITO s w e

Biltmore Park Town Square, 2 Town Square Blvd., Asheville 828-676-2066 1341 Parkwood Road, Asheville 828-772-9602 4 S. Tunnel Road, Suite 750, Asheville 828-772-9619 • neoburrito.com

2 MAMACITAS d

77-A Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-255-8080 • mamacitastaqueria.com

3 PAPA'S & BEER MEXICAN RESTAURANT w

1000 Brevard Road, Asheville 828-665-9070 • papasandbeerasheville.net

Mr. K’s Used Books, MUsic and More

NEW & USED: Books • Vinyl Records CDs • Comics • Video Games Books on CD • DVDs BUY • SELL • TRADE

Thank You for Voting Us

#1 Used Book Store

7 Years in a Row!

ICE CREAM 2nd Place • Frozen Treats Other Than Ice Cream 3rd Place • Locally-Made CBD Treats

Open Mon. - Sat. 9am-9pm • Sun. 12-6pm 800 Fairview Rd. • Asheville, NC

BLACK MOUNTAIN 114 Cherry

St. •

Fridays 3-9pm 357-5461 Daily 12-9pm •

River Ridge Shopping Center • Beside A.C. Moore • Hwy 240 exit #8

299-1145 • www.mrksusedbooks.com

Thank You

Asheville! Best BBQ in WNC 14 Years in a Row! www.12bones.com 12bonesbrewing.com

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Asheville Location 5 Foundy Street in the River Arts District Mon-Fri 11am-4pm

253-4499

Arden Location

with 12 Bones Brewing

2350 Hendersonville Rd. Tues-Sat 11am-4pm (Take out only 4pm-8pm)

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HOLE

Best Doughnuts DOUGHNUTS 1 HOLE DOUGHNUTS w 168 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-774-5667 • hole-doughnuts.com

2 VORTEX DOUGHNUTS d 32 Banks Ave., Suite 106, Asheville 828-552-3010 • vortexdoughnuts.com

3 DUCK DONUTS n 182 Merrimon Ave., Suite 2, Asheville 828-575-2177 • duckdonuts.com

FRENCH FRIES 1 BOUCHON d x 62 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-350-1140 • ashevillebouchon.com

2 FARM BURGER d s 10 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-348-8540 1831 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-575-2393 • farmburger.net

3 FIVE GUYS BURGER AND FRIES n 182 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-210-2800 • fiveguys.com

www.NorthAshevilleDentist.com 94 North Merrimon, Suite 101 (828) 255-8447

FRIED CHICKEN 1 ROCKY’S HOT CHICKEN SHACK w s ax

1455 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-575-2260 3749 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden 828-676-3222 • rockyshotchickenshack.com

2 HOMEGROWN n w

371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-4340 219 Amboy Road, Asheville 828-793-0031 • slowfoodrightquick.com

3 BUXTON HALL BARBEQUE d 32 Banks Ave., Asheville 828-232-7216 • buxtonhall.com

HEALTHIEST FOOD 1 GREEN SAGE CAFÉ d w n s 5 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-4450 70 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-785-1780 633A Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-417-7859 • greensagecafe.com

2 LAUGHING SEED CAFÉ d 40 Wall St., Asheville 828-252-3445 • laughingseed.com

3 PLANT n

165 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-258-7500 • plantisfood.com

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Detailed cleaning with earth friendly products.

Ask about our

Move In - Move Out Packing / Unpacking / Organizing

Thank you for voting us into the Hall of Fame! 828.505.7320 | greenhomecleaning.com PHOTO BY ABLE ALLEN

CELEBRITY’S HOTDOGS Best Hot Dogs

HOT BAR/BUFFET 1 MELA INDIAN RESTAURANT d 70 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-225-8880 • melaasheville.com

2 WHOLE FOODS MARKET e

4 S. Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-239-9604 • wholefoodsmarket.com

3 ASIANA GRAND BUFFET s 1968 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-654-8879 • asianagb.com

HOT DOGS 1 CELEBRITY'S HOTDOGS w x

Thank to the readers for Voting Groce Favorite once again! Asheville’s Local, Family-Owned Cremation & Funeral Service

2 THE HOT DOG KING e as w

Lake Julian 72 Long Shoals Road Arden 828-687-3530

3 HOT DOG WORLD s a

www.grocefuneralhome.com

1409 Brevard Road, Asheville 828-670-5954 • avl.mx/4uz

1487 Charlotte Highway, Fairview 828-628-1036 2603 Hendersonville Road, Arden 828-676-2690 • thehotdogkings.com 226 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville 828-697-0374 • hotdogworld.net

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West Asheville 1401 Patton Avenue Asheville 828-252-3535

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East Asheville 856 Tunnel Road Asheville 828-299-4416

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FRANNY’S FARMACY

Best Locally Made CBD Treats and Place to Buy CBD Oil; second place CBD Drinks/Health Elixirs LOCAL-FOOD EMPHASIS 1 HOMEGROWN n w x

#1 Place to buy CBD Oil #1 Locally-Made CBD treats

One of the Best Farms to Visit for Events One of the Best for CBD drinks/health elixirs

371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-43402 19 Amboy Road, Asheville 828-793-0031 • slowfoodrightquick.com

2 EARLY GIRL EATERY d w 8 Wall St., Asheville 828-259-9292 444 Haywood Road, Suite 101, Asheville 828-820-2323 • earlygirleatery.com

2 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w 626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

3 RHUBARB d 7 S.W. Pack Square, Asheville 828-785-1503 • rhubarbasheville.com

LOCALLY MADE CBD TREATS 1 FRANNY’S FARMACY n s a 211 Merrimon Ave., Suite 111, Asheville 828-505-0446 128 Henderson Crossing Plaza, Hendersonville 828-697-7300 • frannysfarmacy.com

2 DOBRA TEA HOUSE d w

DOWNTOWN 211 Merrimon Ave., Ste. 111, Asheville, NC 28801 • 828-505-7105

HENDERSONVILLE 128 Henderson Crossing Plaza, Hendersonville, NC • 828-697-7300 18

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78 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-575-2424 707 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-4307 • dobrateanc.com

3 THE HOP ICE CREAM CAFÉ n w e a 640 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-254-2224 • thehopicecreamcafe.com

LUNCH 1 WHITE DUCK TACO SHOP d r s a 12 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-232-9191 388 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-254-1398 16 Miami Circle, Arden 828-676-1859 • whiteducktacoshop.com

2 GREEN SAGE CAFÉ d w n s 5 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-4450 70 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-785-1780 • greensagecafe.com

3 NINE MILE n w s

233 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3121 • ninemileasheville.com

LUNCH - BUSINESS LUNCH 1 CHESTNUT d x

48 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-575-2667 • chestnutasheville.com

2 APPALACHIAN JAVA & CAFE n a 8 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-0120 • appalachianjavaburnsville.com

3 PACK'S TAVERN d

20 S. Spruce St., Asheville 828-225-6944 • packstavern.com

3 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

OUTDOOR DINING 1 SMOKY PARK SUPPER CLUB d 350 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-350-0315 • smokypark.com

2 SUNSET TERRACE n

Grove Park Inn, 290 Macon Ave., Asheville 800-438-5800 • avl.mx/3k8

3 UNIVERSAL JOINT w

784 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-7262 • ujasheville.com

We love you Asheville!

THANK YOU!

#1 Diner/Home-Style #1 Local-Food Emphasis and for our 6 other wins! North 371 Merrimon Ave (828) 232-4340

West 219 Amboy Rd (828) 793-0031

Thanks to everyone who voted for us ~

Best Coffee and Sweets in Burnsville Best Breakfast and Lunch Restaurant in Burnsville Business that best represents the Spirit of your Town

Second year in a row!

8 West Main Street, Burnsville, NC 28714 828-682-0120 www.appalachianjavaburnsville.com

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PASTA

RIBS

1 VINNIE'S NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN n x 1 12 BONES SMOKEHOUSE r s ax 641 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-1077 • vinniesitalian.com

2 STRADA ITALIANO d

27 Broadway, Asheville 828-348-8448 • stradaasheville.com

3 NINE MILE n w s

233 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3121 • ninemileasheville.com

PEOPLE-WATCHING RESTAURANT

5 Foundy St., Suite 10, Asheville 828-253-4499 2350 Hendersonville Road, Arden 828-687-1395 • 12bones.com

2 LUELLA'S BAR-B-QUE n s

501 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-505-7427 Biltmore Park Town Square, 33 Town Square Blvd., Asheville 828-676-3855 • luellasbbq.com

3 MOE’S ORIGINAL BAR B QUE s n 4 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville 828-505-8282 • moesoriginalbbq.com

1 MELLOW MUSHROOM d x 50 Broadway, Asheville 828-236-9800 • mellowmushroom.com

2 CARMEL'S KITCHEN & BAR d

1 LAUGHING SEED CAFÉ d x

3 WICKED WEED d

2 NINE MILE n w s

Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave., Suite 129, Asheville 828-252-8730 • carmelsofasheville.com 91 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-575-9599 • wickedweedbrewing.com

PIZZA 1 ASHEVILLE PIZZA & BREWING CO. n d s x

675 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-254-1281 77 Coxe Ave., Asheville 828-255-4077 1850 Hendersonville Road, Suite A, Asheville 828-277-5775 • ashevillebrewing.com

2 828 FAMILY PIZZERIA n s 946 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-285-0709 1854 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-277-0004 • 828pizzeria.com

3 MELLOW MUSHROOM d

50 Broadway, Asheville 828-236-9800 • mellowmushroom.com

PUB GRUB 1 WESTVILLE PUB w x

777 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-225-9782 • westvillepub.com

2 JACK OF THE WOOD d

95 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-252-5445 • jackofthewood.com

3 FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREW PUB d 12 Church St., Asheville 828-254-3008 • foggymountainavl.com

3 PACK'S TAVERN d

20 S. Spruce St., Asheville 828-225-6944 • packstavern.com

QUICK MEAL

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3 GREEN SAGE CAFÉ d w n s 5 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-4450 • greensagecafe.com

SEAFOOD 1 THE LOBSTER TRAP d x 35 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-350-0505 • thelobstertrap.biz

2 OYSTER HOUSE BREWING CO. w 625 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9370 • oysterhousebeers.com

3 BONEFISH GRILL e

105-C River Hills Road, Asheville 828-298-6530 • bonefishgrill.com

SPECIAL DIET OPTIONS (GLUTEN-FREE, LACTOSE-FREE, ETC.) 1 POSANA d x

1 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-505-3969 • posanarestaurant.com

2 BIMBERIBON w

697 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-0328 • bimberibon.com

3 GREEN SAGE CAFÉ d w n s 5 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-4450 • greensagecafe.com

SUB SHOP/DELI/SANDWICHES

2 CHICK-FIL-A d e

2 FIREHOUSE SUBS e w

3 MAMACITAS d

3 ROMAN'S DELI d

77-A Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-255-8080 • mamacitastaqueria.com

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233 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3121 751 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9903 • ninemileasheville.com

1 JERSEY MIKE’S SUBS e w s

170 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-2201 3 S. Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-298-6041 • chick-fil-a.com

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40 Wall St., Asheville 828-252-3445 • laughingseed.com

1 WHITE DUCK TACO SHOP d r s ax 12 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-232-9191 388 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-254-1398 16 Miami Circle, Arden 828-676-1859 • whiteducktacoshop.com

SALAD

104A River Hills Road, Asheville 828-298-6453 1341 Parkwood Road, Suite 103, Asheville 828-271-4612 1816 Hendersonville Road, Suite 20, Asheville 828-277-1514 • jerseymikes.com 168 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-299-7552 1334 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-254-4133 • firehousesubs.com 75-A Haywood St., Asheville 828-505-1552 • ieatlocal.com

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Thing East Asheville needs

#1 Pediatric Dentistry Practice 6 years in a row!

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BEST OF Eats SUSHI 1 WASABI JAPANESE RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR d x 19 Broadway, Asheville 828-225-2551 • wasabiasheville.com

2 GREEN TEA SUSHI & JAPANESE RESTAURANT w

2 Regent Park Blvd., Asheville 828-252-8300 • greenteasushiasheville.com

3 ZEN SUSHI n

640 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-225-6033 • zen-sushi-asheville.com

TACO 1 WHITE DUCK TACO SHOP d r s ax 12 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-232-9191 388 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-254-1398 16 Miami Circle, Arden 828-676-1859 • whiteducktacoshop.com

THANKS FOR VOTING US #1 RESTAURANT IN EAST ASHEVILLE FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW!

2 TACO TEMPLE n

132 Charlotte St., Asheville 828-255-8098 • mamacitastacotemple.com

3 TACO BILLY w

201 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-0088 • tacobillyasheville.com

1011 Tunnel Rd, Asheville NC 28805 Home Trust Bank Plaza • 828.505.7531

coppercrownavl.com

TAKEOUT 1 ROCKY’S HOT CHICKEN SHACK w s a 1455 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-575-2260 3749 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden 828-676-3222 • rockyshotchickenshack.com

2 AVL TACOS & TAPS n 705 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-7377 • avltaco.com

3 PACIFIC PAGODA s

1863 Hendersonville Road, Arden 828-277-6636 • pacificpagoda.com

VEGETARIAN 1 LAUGHING SEED CAFÉ d 40 Wall St., Asheville 828-252-3445 • laughingseed.com

2 PLANT n

165 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-258-7500 • plantisfood.com

3 ROSETTA'S KITCHEN d

116 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-232-0738 • rosettaskitchen.com

VEGAN 1 PLANT n

One of Asheville, North Carolina’s

165 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-258-7500 • plantisfood.com

Best Gift Shops

2 LAUGHING SEED CAFÉ d

33 N. Lexington Ave. | 828.575.2441 4 South Tunnel Rd. | 828.575.2590

40 Wall St., Asheville 828-252-3445 • laughingseed.com

3 ROSETTA’S KITCHEN d

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116 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-232-0738 • rosettaskitchen.com

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WINE LIST 1 ZAMBRA d x

85 W. Walnut St., Asheville 828-232-1060 • zambratapas.com

2 CÚRATE d

13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

3 5 WALNUT WINE BAR d 5 Walnut St., Asheville 828-253-2593 • 5walnut.com

RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN 1 CÚRATE d x

13 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-239-2946 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com/curate

2 LIMONES d

13 Eagle St., Asheville 828-252-2327 • limonesrestaurant.com

3 ZAMBRA d

85 W. Walnut St., Asheville 828-232-1060 • zambratapas.com

RESTAURANT IN EAST ASHEVILLE 1 COPPER CROWN e x

1011 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-505-7531 • coppercrownavl.com

2 EAST VILLAGE GRILLE e

1177 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-299-3743 • eastvillagegrille.com

3 CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE e

8 Beverly Road, Asheville 828-575-2880 • creeksidetaphouse.com

RESTAURANT IN NORTH ASHEVILLE 1 AVENUE M n x

791 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-350-8181 • avenuemavl.com

2 VINNIE’S NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN n 641 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-1077 • vinniesitalian.com

3 HOMEGROWN n

371 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-232-4340 • slowfoodrightquick.com

RESTAURANT IN SOUTH ASHEVILLE 1 WILD GINGER NOODLE BAR s

1950 Hendersonville Road, Suite 12, Asheville 828-676-2311 • wildgingernoodle.com

2 TUPELO HONEY CAFÉ s d 1829 Hendersonville RoadAsheville 828-505-76761 2 College St., Asheville 828-255-4863 • tupelohoneycafe.com

3 131 MAIN RESTAURANT s

Biltmore Park Town Square, 308 Thetford St., Asheville 828-651-0131 • 131-main.com

3 ROCKY’S HOT CHICKEN SHACK w a 3749 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville 828-676-3222 • rockyshotchickenshack.com

We’re Honored to be Voted

greenteasushiasheville.com

Best Vegan Restaurant

2nd place • Best Chef 2nd place • Best Vegetarian 3rd place • Best Green/Sustainability Friendly Restaurant 3rd place • Healthiest Food

165 merrimon avenue • (828) 258-7500 • plantisfood.com

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RESTAURANT IN WEST ASHEVILLE 1 NINE MILE w n s

751 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9903 233 Montford Ave., Asheville 828-505-3121 Biltmore Park Town Square, 33 Town Square Blvd., Asheville 828-676-1807 • ninemileasheville.com

2 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

Thank you from Old Europe for supporting us for the past 25 years.

We will carry on "Making Asheville Sweeter" in the years to come!

626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

3 THE ADMIRAL w

400 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-2541 • theadmiralasheville.com

RESTAURANT IN THE RIVER ARTS DISTRICT 1 WHITE DUCK TACO SHOP r d s ax 388 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-254-1398 12 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-232-9191 16 Miami Circle, Arden 828-6761859 • whiteducktacoshop.com

2 VIVIAN r

348 Depot St., Suite 190, Asheville 828-225-3497 • vivianavl.com

3 BULL AND BEGGAR r

37 Paynes Way, Suite 007, Asheville 828-575-9443 • thebullandbeggar.com

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DESSERTS 1 FRENCH BROAD CHOCOLATE d r 10 S. Pack Square, Asheville 828-252-418 121 Buxton Ave., Asheville 828-348-5323 821 Riverside Drive, Suite 199, Asheville 828-348-5169 • frenchbroadchocolates.com

2 OLD EUROPE PASTRIES & COFFEE d 13 Broadway, Asheville 828-255-5999 • oldeuropepastries.com

3 BAKED PIE CO. s a 4 Long Shoals Road, Arden 828-333-4366 • bakedpiecompany.com

CHOCOLATE 1 FRENCH BROAD CHOCOLATE d r x 10 S. Pack Square, Asheville 828-252-4181 821 Riverside Drive, Suite 199, Asheville 828-348-5169 • frenchbroadchocolates.com

2 THE CHOCOLATE FETISH d 36 Haywood St., Asheville 828-258-2353 • chocolatefetish.com

is grateful for your votes! We are Honored to be #1! Thank you for helping us sort over 1 million TONS of solid waste since 2009!

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60 Biltmore Avenue 828-252-4426 88 Charlotte Street 828-254-4289

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BEST OF Eats ICE CREAM

BAKERY (SWEETS/DESSERTS)

1 THE HOP ICE CREAM CAFÉ n w e ax 1 WELL-BRED BAKERY & CAFÉ n as x 640 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-254-2224 721 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-5155 114 Cherry St., Black Mountain 828-357-5461 • thehopicecreamcafe.com

2 ULTIMATE ICE CREAM d e

195 Charlotte St., Asheville 828-296-1234 1070 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-296-1234 • ultimateicecreamavl.com

3 SUNSHINE SAMMIES d

99 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-505-2852 • sunshinesammies.com

FROZEN TREATS OTHER THAN ICE CREAM 1 WHIT’S FROZEN CUSTARD n s x 565 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-505-1771 1840 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-575-2455 • whitsasheville.com

2 THE HOP ICE CREAM CAFÉ n w e a 640 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-254-222 4721 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-5155 • thehopicecreamcafe.com

3 YOLO FROZEN YOGURT n 505 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-255-4515 • avl.mx/57i

BAKERY (BREAD) 1 CITY BAKERY CAFÉ d n x 60 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-252-4426 88 Charlotte St., Asheville 828-254-4289 • citybakery.net

2 OWL BAKERY w

295 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-785-1770 • owlbakery.com

3 WEST END BAKERY w

757 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-9378 • westendbakery.com

26 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-9300 6 Boston Way, Asheville 828-774-5307 • wellbredbakery.com

2 OWL BAKERY w

295 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-785-1770 • owlbakery.com

3 GERALDINE'S BAKERY n

840 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-252-9330 • GeraldinesBakeryavl.com

3 OLD EUROPE PASTRIES & COFFEE d 13 Broadway, Asheville 828-255-5999 • oldeuropepastries.com

CHEF 1 KATIE BUTTON (CÚRATE) d x

22 S. Pack Square, Suite 700, Asheville 828-505-1525 • katiebuttonrestaurants.com

2 JASON SELLERS (PLANT) n

165 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-258-7500 • plantisfood.com

3 ANTHONY CERRATO (STRADA ITALIANO) d

27 Broadway, Asheville 828-348-8448 • stradaasheville.com

PASTRY CHEF 1 KAREN DONATELLI BAKERY AND CAFÉ d

57 Haywood St., Asheville 828-225-5751 • donatellicakedesigns.com

2 ASHLEY CAPPS (BUXTON HALL BARBECUE) d 32 Banks Ave., Asheville 828-232-7216 • buxtonhall.com

LOCAL FOOD FESTIVAL OR EVENT 1 ASHEVILLE FOOD TRUCK SHOWDOWN Asheville ashevillefoodtruckshowdown.com

2 HARDLOX JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL n

Congregation Beth Ha-Tephilia, 43 N. Liberty St., Asheville 828-335-7868 • hardloxjewishfestival.org

3 ASHEVILLE VEGAN FEST avl.mx/6dd

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BEST OF Eats POP-UP DINING EVENT 1 THE BLIND PIG SUPPER CLUB d 68 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-575-2724 • theblindpigsupperclub.com

CHEESEMAKER/CHEESE DAIRY 1 THREE GRACES DAIRY n a 335 Milky Way, Marshall 828-656-2195 • 3gracesdairy.com

2 LOOKING GLASS CREAMERY e a 57 Noble Road, Fairview 828-222-0383 • ashevillecheese.com

3 SPINNING SPIDER CREAMERY n a 4717 E. Fork Road, Marshall 828-206-5509 • spinningspidercreamery.com

LOCAL FOOD/ DRINK PRODUCT

Once, 15 years ago, a woman came to these mountains with a vision, crazy courage and unwavering focus. Somehow, she created this beautiful, fragile thing which is Three Graces Dairy. Over time, remarkable cheeses were made and the people were glad.

1 BUCHI KOMBUCHA n ax 242 Derringer Drive, Marshall 828-484-8229 • drinkbuchi.com

2 ROOTS HUMMUS s

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 5, Asheville 828-232-2828 • rootshummus.com

3 SHANTI ELIXERS 828-351-4879 • shantielixirs.com

BUTCHER SHOP 1 THE CHOP SHOP BUTCHERY n 100 Charlotte St., Asheville 828-505-3777 • chopshopbutchery.com

2 FOOTHILLS BUTCHER BAR & KITCHEN e aw

107 Black Mountain Ave., Black Mountain 828-357-9029 697 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-417-7081 • foothillslocalmeats.com

3 HICKORY NUT GAP FARM e a 57 Sugar Hollow Road, Fairview 828-628-1027 • hickorynutgapfarm.com

NONPROFIT HELPING WITH HUNGER ISSUES 1 MANNA FOODBANK e x

627 Swannanoa River Road, Asheville 828-299-3663 • mannafoodbank.org

2 ASHEVILLE POVERTY INITIATIVE (12 BASKETS CAFE) 610 Haywood Road, Asheville ashevillepovertyinitiative.org

3 BOUNTY AND SOUL e a

999 Old US Highway 70, Black Mountain 828-419-0533 • bountyandsoul.org

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BAR THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF ASHEVILLE 1 SOVEREIGN REMEDIES d

29 N. Market St., Asheville 828-919-9518 • sovereignremedies.com

2 JACK OF THE WOOD d

95 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-252-5445 • jackofthewood.com

3 THE CROW & QUILL d 106 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville thecrowandquill.com

BAR: LOCAL BEER SELECTION 1 BARLEY’S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA d 42 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-255-0504 • barleystaproom.com

2 THIRSTY MONK d s

92 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-254-5470 Biltmore Park Town Square, 2 Town Square Blvd., Suite 170, Asheville 828-687-3873 • monkpub.com

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BARLEY’S TAPROOM & PIZZERIA Best Bar Local Beer Selection

3 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

BAR: UNUSUAL BEER SELECTION 1 THE WHALE: A CRAFT BEER COLLECTIVE w 507 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9888 • thewhaleavl.com

2 FUNKATORIUM d

147 Coxe Ave., Asheville 828-552-3203 • wickedweedbrewing.com

3 THIRSTY MONK d s

92 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-254-5470 • monkpub.com

n ORTH s OUTH e AST w EST d OWNTOWN AREA r IVER ARTS DISTRICT a OUTLYING AREA

x HALL OF FAME (Winner four years or more in a row)

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EFLECTING the mixed public reactions to downtown Asheville’s changing architectural landscape, Best of WNC voters gave their collective thumbs-up to a blend of new and established businesses in the local beverage world — including some of the more controversial structures that make those establishments possible. For instance, the addition of multiple hotel rooftop bars in recent years helped vault the Montford Rooftop Bar into a first-place tie with the Flatiron Building’s Skybar (whose owners recently announced the business’ upcoming closure), a multiyear winner in the contest for Bar With a View. Meanwhile, fellow hotel newcomers Capella on 9 and Hemingway’s Cuba rounded out the category. Elsewhere, the Asheville Retrocade kept the Well Played Board Game Cafe at bay in Bar With Bar Games, and downtown mainstay 5 Walnut held off newer challengers District Wine Bar and plēb urban winery in Wine Bar voting. Other results suggest broad support for the local cider industry, with close

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voting for favorite Cidery, in which Urban Orchard Cider Co. bested Noble Cider and Bold Rock Hard Cider. And though readers still love their java from High Five Coffee and steeped-leaf beverages from Dobra Tea, the fresh face of Simple Cafe emerged as the top spot for Smoothies/Juices. Lest we forget about the local beer industry, The Whale defended its title as the top Bar: Unusual Beer Selection — good news for residents of Greenville, S.C., the location of the West Asheville staple’s recently opened second bar. On the brewery side, New Belgium Brewing Co. emerged as the premiere Bar or Brewery That Gives Back to the Community, and Highland Brewing Co. was honored for its diverse offerings, remaining both the No. 1 Taproom With Child-Free Options as well as Family-Friendly Bar or Brewery. Still basking in its silver anniversary glow, Highland, Asheville’s oldest craft brewery, also regained sole primacy as Local All-Around Brewery after tying in 2018 with Burial Beer Co., which in turn maintained its grip this year on

Creative, Experimental Brewery and was voted first place Neighborhood Bar—South Slope. In Biltmore Village, the rise of Hillman Beer continued with back-to-back wins: capturing Neighborhood Bar— South and with Brad Hillman earning best Brewmaster after placing second in 2018. And while familiar favorites such as Highland’s Gaelic Ale, Hi-Wire Brewing’s Lager and Wedge Brewing Co.’s Iron Rail IPA all retained their crowns, Bhramari Brewing Co.’s The Good Fight was recognized as the standout Local Sour Beer, and Green Man Porter moved to first place as best Local Dark Beer this year. Welcome this year’s newcomers to the Hall of Fame: Avenue M (Neighborhood Bar—North), Creekside Taphouse (Neighborhood Bar—East), The Bier Garden (Sports Bar), High Five Coffee (Establishment With the Best Coffee) and Westville Pub (Neighborhood Bar—West). — Edwin Arnaudin X

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JACK OF THE WOOD

Best Bar For Live Music; second place Pub Grub and Bar That Best Represents the Spirit of Asheville BAR FOR LIVE MUSIC 1 JACK OF THE WOOD d

95 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-252-5445 • jackofthewood.com

2 5 WALNUT WINE BAR d

Thanks for voting us best toy store!

5 Walnut St., Asheville 828-253-2593 • 5walnut.com

Celebrating 25 years in Asheville!

3 THE GREY EAGLE d

185 Clingman Ave., Asheville 828-232-5800 • thegreyeagle.com

BAR WITH A VIEW 1 SKYBAR d x

Flat Iron Building, 18 Battery Park Ave., Asheville 828-258-6998 • worldcoffeecafe.com

1 THE MONTFORD ROOFTOP BAR d Hyatt Place, 199 Haywood St., Asheville 828-505-8750 • themontford.com

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800 Haywood Road, Suite 100, Asheville 828-575-9488 • ashevilleretrocade.com

3 BUFFALO WILD WINGS GRILL & BAR e 4 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-251-7384 • buffalowildwings.com

UPSCALE BAR 1 SOVEREIGN REMEDIES d x 29 N. Market St., Asheville 828-919-9518 • sovereignremedies.com

151 Coxe Ave., Suite 20, Asheville antidote.bar

AC Hotel, 10 Broadway, 9th Floor, Asheville 828-258-2522 • capellaon9.com

DIVE BAR 1 THE DOUBLE CROWN w

375 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-412-5491 • thedoublecrown.com

2 WELL PLAYED BOARD GAME CAFÉ d

2 BURGER BAR r

3 TWIN LEAF BREWERY d

3 OLE SHAKEY’S GETAWAY r

58 Wall St., Asheville 828-232-7375 • wellplayedasheville.com

144 Coxe Ave., Asheville 828-774-5000 • twinleafbrewery.com

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161 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-253-306 665 Long Shoals Road, Asheville 28-691-9464 • wildwingcafe.com

3 CAPELLA ON 9 d

1 ASHEVILLE RETROCADE w

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2 WILD WING CAFÉ d s a

3 HEMINGWAY’S CUBA RESTAURANT & BAR d

BAR WITH BAR GAMES

46 Haywood St., Asheville 828-285-0002 • ashevillebiergarden.com

2 ANTIDOTE d

Cambria Hotel, 15 Page Ave, 4th Floor, Asheville 828-417-6866 • hemingwayscuba.com

Awarded Best Toy Store, USA, 2018 by ASTRA

1 THE BIER GARDEN d x

2 CAPELLA ON 9 d

AC Hotel, 10 Broadway, 9th Floor, Asheville 828-258-2522 • capellaon9.com

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SPORTS BAR

1 Craven St., Asheville 828-761-1311 • avl.mx/4wk

790 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-545-6985 • oleshakeys.com

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THE MONTFORD ROOFTOP BAR Best Bar With a View; second place Hotel Bar

HOTEL BAR 1 CAPELLA ON 9 d

AC Hotel, 10 Broadway, 9th Floor, Asheville 828-258-2522 • capellaon9.com

2 THE MONTFORD ROOFTOP BAR d Hyatt Place, 199 Haywood St., Asheville 828-505-8750 • themontford.com

3 WXYZ LOUNGE d

Aloft, 51 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-232-2838 • aloftashevilledowntown.com

GAY-FRIENDLY BAR 1 O. HENRY'S d x

237 Haywood St., Asheville 828-254-1891 • ohenrysofasheville.com

Thank you,Asheville 1st Place

2 SCANDALS NIGHTCLUB d

11 Grove St., Asheville 828-505-1612 • scandalsnightclub.com

3 THE ODDITORIUM w

1045 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9299 • ashevilleodditorium.com

Pub Grub

BARTENDER

1st Place

Neighborhood bar West

1 JACKSON ZOELLER (THE BIER GARDEN) d

46 Haywood St., Asheville 828-285-0002 • ashevillebiergarden.com

1 JOSH MARCH (VINNIE’S NEIGHBORHOOD ITALIAN) n 641 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-1077 • vinniesitalian.com

2 MIKE TURNER (ONE STOP) d

10:30am-2am, 7 days a week• Food 10:30am–1am (Brunch, Lunch & Dinner) 777 Haywood Road Asheville • www.westvillepub.com • 225-WPUB 38

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55 College St., Asheville 828-255-7777 • ashevillemusichall.com

3 JENNIE LOU NELSON (THE ODDITORIUM) w

1045 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9299 • ashevilleodditorium.com

NEIGHBORHOOD BAR SOUTH SLOPE 1 BURIAL BEER CO. d

40 Collier Ave., Asheville 828-475-2739 • burialbeer.com

2 CATAWBA BREWING CO. d

32 Banks Ave., Asheville 828-552-3934 • catawbabrewingco.com

3 THE PROSPECT d

11 Buxton Ave., Asheville 828-505-0766 • avl.mx/2rp

NEIGHBORHOOD BAR RIVER ARTS DISTRICT 1 WEDGE BREWING CO. r

37 Paynes Way, Suite 001, Asheville 828-505-279 25 Foundy St., Asheville 828-253-7152 • wedgebrewing.com

2 CRUCIBLE BAR r

140A Roberts St., Asheville 828-575-9995 • avl.mx/6do

3 DISTRICT WINE BAR r

37 Paynes Way, Suite 009, Asheville 828-505-8606 • districtwinebar.com

NEIGHBORHOOD BAR - EAST 1 CREEKSIDE TAPHOUSE e x 8 Beverly Road, Asheville 828-575-2880 • creeksidetaphouse.com

1 THE SOCIAL e

1078 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-298-8780 • thesocialasheville.com

2 EAST VILLAGE GRILLE e

1177 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-299-3743 • eastvillagegrille.com

3 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

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1 HILLMAN BEER s 25 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville 828-505-1312 • hillmanbeer.com

2 THIRSTY MONK s d Biltmore Park Town Square, 2 Town Square Blvd., Suite 170, Asheville 828-687-3878 92 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-254-5470 • monkpub.com

3 VILLAGE WAYSIDE BAR AND GRILL s 30 Lodge St., Asheville 828-277-4121 • villagewayside.com

NEIGHBORHOOD BAR - WEST 1 WESTVILLE PUB w x

777 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-225-9782 • westvillepub.com

2 THE DOUBLE CROWN w

375 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-412-5491 • thedoublecrown.com

2 WEST ASHEVILLE LOUNGE AND KITCHEN (WALK) w 401 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-7929 • walkavl.com

3 DESOTO LOUNGE w

504 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-255-1109 • desotolounge.com

LOCAL ALL-ROUND BREWERY (FOR ITS BEERS) 1 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e x

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

2 BURIAL BEER CO. d

40 Collier Ave., Asheville 828-475-2739 • burialbeer.com

3 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. s a 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River 828-708-6176 • sierranevada.com

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First place Bar or Brewery That Gives Back to the Community; second place Family-Friendly Bar or Brewery and Co-Op/Worker-Owned Business; third place Brewery (for its taproom and atmosphere)

CREATIVE, EXPERIMENTAL BREWERY 1 BURIAL BEER CO. d

1 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e

2 WICKED WEED BREWING d w a

2 WEDGE BREWING CO. r

40 Collier Ave., Asheville 828-475-2739 • burialbeer.com 145 Jacob Holm Way, Candler 91 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-575-9599 • wickedweedbrewing.com

3 BHRAMARI BREWING CO. d 101 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-214-7981 • bhramaribrewing.com

BREWERY (FOR ITS TAPROOM & ATMOSPHERE) 1 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. s a 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River 828-708-6176 • sierranevada.com

2 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

3 NEW BELGIUM BREWING CO. r 21 Craven St., Asheville 828-333-6900 • newbelgium.com

FAMILY-FRIENDLY BAR OR BREWERY 1 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

2 NEW BELGIUM BREWING CO. r 21 Craven St., Asheville 828-333-6900 • newbelgium.com

2 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. s a 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River 828-708-6176 • sierranevada.com

3 ZILLICOAH BEER CO. n

870 Riverside Drive, Woodfin 828-424-7929 • zillicoahbeer.com

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TAPROOM WITH CHILD-FREE OPTIONS 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com 37 Paynes Way, Suite 001, Asheville 828-505-2792 5 Foundy St., Asheville 828-253-7152 • wedgebrewing.com

3 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. s a 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River 828-708-6176 • sierranevada.com

BAR OR BREWERY THAT GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY 1 NEW BELGIUM BREWING CO. r 21 Craven St., Asheville 828-333-6900 • newbelgium.com

2 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

3 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. s a 100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River 828-708-6176 • sierranevada.com

BREWMASTER 1 BRAD HILLMAN (HILLMAN BEER) s

25 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville 828-505-1312 • hillmanbeer.com

2 JOSIE MIELKE (URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO.) w d 210 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-774-5151 24 Buxton Ave., Asheville 828-505-7243 • urbanorchardcider.com

3 TIM GORMLEY (BURIAL BEER CO.) d 40 Collier Ave., Asheville 828-475-2739 • burialbeer.com

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THE GOOD FIGHT SOUR PALE ALE (BHRAMARI BREWING CO.) Best Local Sour Beer

HOMEBREWING/ WINEMAKING SUPPLIES 1 ASHEVILLE BREWERS SUPPLY n 712-B Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-358-3536 • ashevillebrewers.com

2 FIFTH SEASON GARDENING CO. e 4 S. Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-412-3200 • fifthseasongardening.com

BEER STORE 1 APPALACHIAN VINTNER s

745 Biltmore Ave., Suite 121, Asheville 828-505-7500 • appalachianvintner.com

2 TASTY BEVERAGE CO. d

162 Coxe Ave., Suite 101, Asheville 828-232-7120 • tastybeverageco.com

3 BRUISIN’ ALES d

66 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-8999 • bruisin-ales.com

FAVORITE LOCAL BEER EVENT 1 BREWGRASS FESTIVAL r x

Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive, Asheville brewgrassfestival.com

2 BEER CITY FESTIVAL d Pack Square Park, Asheville beercityfestival.com

3 ASHEVILLE BEER WEEK avlbeerweek.com

LOCAL BEER (ANY STYLE) 1 GAELIC ALE (HIGHLAND BREWING CO.) e x 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

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27 Buxton Ave., Asheville 828-252-5502 • greenmanbrewery.com

2 OATMEAL PORTER (HIGHLAND BREWING CO.) e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

2 SKILLET DONUT STOUT (BURIAL BEER CO.) d 40 Collier Ave., Asheville 828-475-2739 • burialbeer.com

3 NINJA PORTER (ASHEVILLE BREWING CO.) d 77 Coxe Ave., Asheville 828-255-4077 • ashevillebrewing.com

LOCAL IPA 1 IRON RAIL IPA (WEDGE BREWING CO.) r x 37 Payne’s Way, Asheville 828-505-2792 5 Foundy St., Asheville 828-253-7152 • wedgebrewing.com

2 AVL IPA (HIGHLAND BREWING CO.) e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

3 PERFECT DAY IPA (ASHEVILLE BREWING CO.) d 77 Coxe Ave., Asheville 828-255-4077 • ashevillebrewing.com

LOCAL LAGER 1 HI-WIRE LAGER (HI-WIRE BREWING) s

2A Huntsman Place, Asheville 828-738-2448 • hiwirebrewing.com

2 HOUNDES OF HELLES (BOOJUM BREWING) w a

3 WHITE ZOMBIE (CATAWBA BREWING CO.) d

3 HIGHLAND PILSNER (HIGHLAND BREWING CO.) e

32 Banks Ave., Asheville 828-552-3934 • catawbabrewing.com

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1 GREEN MAN PORTER (GREEN MAN BREWERY) d

2 PALE ALE (PISGAH BREWING CO.) e a 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain 828-669-0190 • pisgahbrewing.com

LOCAL DARK BEER

50 N. Main St., Waynesville 828-246-0350 • boojumbrewing.com

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

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CHEMIST Best Distillery

LOCAL SOUR BEER 1 THE GOOD FIGHT SOUR PALE ALE (BHRAMARI BREWING CO.) d

1 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w

2 BLACK ANGEL (WICKED WEED BREWING) d

2 THE ODDITORIUM w

2 OBLIVION (WICKED WEED BREWING) d

3 MAYFEL’S d

101 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-214-7981 • bhramaribrewing.com

91 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-575-9599 • wickedweedbrewing.com

3 MOLLY’S LIPS BLACK GOSE (BHRAMARI BREWING CO.) d 101 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-214-7981 • bhramaribrewing.com

CIDERY 1 URBAN ORCHARD CIDER CO. w d x 210 Haywood Road, Asheville Asheville 828-774-5151 24 Buxton Ave., Asheville 828-505-7243 • urbanorchardcider.com

2 NOBLE CIDER w

356 New Leicester Highway, Asheville 828-575-9622 • noblecider.com

3 BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER s a 72 School House Road, Mills River 828-595-9940 • boldrock.com

DISTILLERY 1 CHEMIST d

151 Coxe Ave., Asheville 855-525-6260 • chemistspirits.com

2 H & H DISTILLERY s

204 Charlotte Highway, Suite D, Asheville 828-338-9779 • hhdistillery.com

3 ASHEVILLE DISTILLING CO. (TROY & SONS) e

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 140, Asheville 828-575-2000 • ashevilledistilling.com

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BLOODY MARY 626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

1045 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-575-9299 • ashevilleodditorium.com

22 College St., Asheville 828-252-8840 • mayfels.net

COCKTAILS 1 SOVEREIGN REMEDIES d x 29 N. Market St., Asheville 828-919-9518 • sovereignremedies.com

2 THE CROW & QUILL d 106 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville thecrowandquill.com

3 ANTIDOTE d 151 Coxe Ave., Suite 20, Asheville antidote.bar

3 LITTLE JUMBO n 241 Broadway, Asheville 828-417-4783 • littlejumbobar.com

MOCKTAILS 1 LAUGHING SEED CAFÉ d 40 Wall St., Asheville 828-252-3445 • laughingseed.com

2 BUCHI BAR d 116 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-232-0738 • rosettaskitchen.com/buchi-bar

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BEST OF Drinks LOCAL WINERY 1 BILTMORE WINERY s x

Biltmore Estate, 1 Lodge St., Asheville 800-411-3812 • biltmore.com/wine/visit-the-winery

2 PLĒB URBAN WINERY d

289 Lyman St., Asheville 828-774-5062 • pleburbanwinery.com

3 BURNTSHIRT VINEYARDS s a 2695 Sugarloaf Road, Hendersonville 828-685-2402 • burntshirtvineyards.com

WINE BAR 1 5 WALNUT WINE BAR d x 5 Walnut St., Asheville 828-253-2593 • 5walnut.com

2 DISTRICT WINE BAR r

37 Paynes Way, Suite 009, Asheville 828-505-8606 • districtwinebar.com

3 PLĒB URBAN WINERY r

289 Lyman St., Asheville 828-774-5062 • pleburbanwinery.com

WINE STORE 1 METRO WINES d x

169 Charlotte St., Asheville 828-575-9525 • metrowinesasheville.com

2 APPALACHIAN VINTNER s

745 Biltmore Ave., Suite 121, Asheville 828-505-7500 • appalachianvintner.com

3 ASHEVILLE WINE MARKET d 65 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-253-0060 • ashevillewine.com

COFFEEHOUSE

ESTABLISHMENT WITH THE BEST COFFEE 1 HIGH FIVE COFFEE d n ax 190 Broadway, Asheville 828-398-0209 13 Rankin Ave., Asheville 828-713-5291 2000 Riverside Drive, Suite 54, Woodfin 828-785-8272 • highfivecoffee.com

2 PENNYCUP COFFEE CO. r d n e 362 Depot St., Asheville 39 Market St., Asheville • pennycupcoffeeco.com

3 DYNAMITE ROASTING CO. e a 3198 US Highway 70, Black Mountain 828-357-8555 • dynamiteroasting.com

COFFEE/TEA HOUSE IN WHICH TO READ A BOOK 1 DOBRA TEA HOUSE d w x 78 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-575-2424 707 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-4307 • dobrateanc.com

2 HIGH FIVE COFFEE d n a 190 Broadway, Asheville 828-398-0209 2000 Riverside Drive, Suite 54, Woodfin 828-785-8272 • highfivecoffee.com

3 BATTERY PARK BOOK EXCHANGE & CHAMPAGNE BAR d Grove Arcade, 1 Page Ave., Suite 101, Asheville 828-252-0020 • batteryparkbookexchange.com

1 HIGH FIVE COFFEE d n ax 190 Broadway, Asheville 828-398-0209 13 Rankin Ave., Asheville 828-713-5291 2000 Riverside Drive, Suite 54, Woodfin 828-785-8272 • highfivecoffee.com

2 IZZY’S COFFEE d w

74 N. Lexington Ave.Asheville 828-258-2004 976 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-258-2004 • izzyscoffee.com

3 PENNYCUP COFFEE CO. r d n e 362 Depot St., Asheville pennycupcoffeeco.com

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COFFEE ROASTER 1 DYNAMITE ROASTING CO. e ax 3198 US Highway 70, Black Mountain 828-357-8555 • dynamiteroasting.com

2 PENNYCUP COFFEE CO. r d n e 362 Depot St., Asheville 39 Market St., Asheville • pennycupcoffeeco.com

3 BEAN WERKS COFFEE AND TEA w 753 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-254-7766 • beanwerks.com

PLACE TO DRINK TEA 1 DOBRA TEA HOUSE d w x 78 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-575-2424 707 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-4307 • dobrateanc.com

KAVA BAR 1 SOVEREIGN KAVA (FORMERLY NOBLE KAVA) d 268 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-505-8118 • ashevillekava.com

2 VINTAGE KAVA n a 141 Reeks Creek Road, Weaverville 828-484-8186 • vinatgekava.com

SMOOTHIES/JUICES 1 SIMPLE CAFE & JUICE BAR w 643 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-774-5410 • simpleasheville.com

2 GREEN SAGE CAFÉ d w n s 5 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-4450 70 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-785-1780 • greensagecafe.com

3 ELEMENTS REAL FOOD n 233 S. Liberty St., Asheville 828-412-5701 • elementsrealfood.com

CBD DRINKS/HEALTH ELIXIRS 1 DOBRA TEA HOUSE d w 78 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-575-2424 707 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-4307 • dobrateanc.com

2 ASHEVILLE DISPENSARY w 919 Haywood Road, Suite 111, Asheville 828-335-2696 • avldispensary.com

3 FRANNY’S FARMACY n s a 211 Merrimon Ave., Suite 111, Asheville 828-505-7105 • frannysfarmacy.com

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BICYCLE CLUB OR GROUP 1 ASHEVILLE ON BIKES x ashevilleonbikes.com

2 BLUE RIDGE BICYCLE CLUB blueridgebicycleclub.org

HIKING CLUB OR GROUP 1 CAROLINA MOUNTAIN CLUB carolinamountainclub.org

RUNNING CLUB OR GROUP 1 JUS’ RUNNING n

523 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-252-7867 • jusrunning.com

DAY HIKE 1 BLACK BALSAM KNOB s a Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 418.8 avl.mx/6dn

2 CRAGGY GARDENS n a

Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 364.4 – 367.6 avl.mx/6cf

3 DUPONT STATE FOREST TRAILS s a Staton Road, Cedar Mountain 828-877-6527 • dupontforest.com

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FRENCH BROAD RIVER

BACKPACKING TRAIL / OVERNIGHT HIKE 1 APPALACHIAN TRAIL (AT)

appalachiantrail.org

2 ART LOEB TRAIL avl.mx/3s7

3 BLACK BALSAM KNOB s a Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 418.8 avl.mx/6dn

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Best Place to Tube and Place to Stand-Up Paddleboard HEN it comes to city life,

there’s plenty of noise. Fortunately for Western North Carolina residents, we have the mountains, streams, rivers and waterfalls to escape much (albeit not all) of the racket. (Which reminds me: Hey, guy at Max Patch who was blasting ’80s glam rock on Mother’s Day — what were you doing, man!?!) One fun escape is tubing. And according to the votes in the new category, Place to Tube, the French Broad River is the place to be (just don’t splash your fellow tubers — the water quality isn’t always that great). Other perennial favorites include Green River and Deep Creek, which finished second and third, respectively.

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For those more inclined to trek trails, Best of WNC voters have got you covered. Black Balsam Knob earned the top spot for Day Hike (up from third in last year’s poll). Meanwhile, last year’s winner, Craggy Gardens, dropped to second place, with DuPont State Recreational Forest placing third. But if you’re seeking true Zen, why not spend some quality time in and around waterfalls? While you’re there, the negative ions will wash over you, eliciting (some believe) a biochemical reaction that boosts your serotonin levels. This year’s three best falls (and possibly best shortterm remedy for the daily stress, anxiety and depression that can result from Asheville city living) include

Looking Glass Falls, Catawba Falls and the several options located in DuPont State Recreational Forest. So there you have it, dear reader. When the city has depleted you of your financial means, mental health and physical well-being, listen to your inner voice (which sounds oddly like writer and naturalist John Muir) when it says: “The mountains are calling and I must go.” Also, please welcome to this year’s Hall of Fame: Race to the Taps (Running Event/Race Road or Trail) and MountainTrue (Environmental or Conservation Nonprofit). — Thomas Calder X

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RAFTING COMPANY

1 NAVITAT CANOPY ADVENTURES n ax 1 NANTAHALA OUTDOOR CENTER w ax 242 Poverty Branch Road, Barnardsville 828-626-3700 • navitat.com

2 THE GORGE ZIPLINE s a 166 Honey Bee Drive, Saluda 828-749-2500 • thegorgezipline.com

3 ASHEVILLE TREETOPS ADVENTURE PARK w 85 Expo Drive, Asheville 828-225-2921 • ashevilletreetopsadventurepark.com

RUNNING EVENT/RACE ROAD OR TRAIL 1 RACE TO THE TAPS w x 1190 Patton Ave., Asheville avl.mx/56i

2 SHUT-IN RIDGE TRAIL RUN w Bent Creek, Asheville shutintrailrace.com

13077 US Highway 19 W., Bryson City 828-785-5082 9825 US Highway 25, Marshall 828-348-1693• noc.com

2 ZEN TUBING r w

608 Riverside Drive, Asheville 855-936-88231648 Brevard Road, Asheville • zentubing.com

3 FRENCH BROAD ADVENTURES n a 9800 US Highway 25, Marshall 828-570-7238 • frenchbroadrafting.com

OUTDOOR GEAR AND APPAREL SHOP 1 REI s

Biltmore Park Town Square, 31 Schenck Parkway, Asheville 828-687-0918 • rei.com

2 SECOND GEAR w

444 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-258-0757 • secondgearwnc.com

3 FRUGAL BACKPACKER w

52 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-209-1530 • frugalbackpacker.com

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1 CRAGGY GARDENS n a

2 WOLF RIDGE SKI RESORT n a

2 MAX PATCH n a

1080 Ski Lodge Road, Maggie Valley 828-926-0285 • cataloochee.com

578 Valley View Circle, Mars Hill 828-689-4111 • skiwolfridgenc.com

3 SUGAR MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT e a 1009 Sugar Mountain Drive, Sugar Mountain 828-898-4521 • skisugar.com

ENVIRONMENTAL OR CONSERVATION NONPROFIT 1 MOUNTAINTRUE d s ax

29 N. Market St., Suite 610, Asheville 828-258-8737 121 Third Avenue W., Suite 1, Hendersonville 828-692-0385 • mountaintrue.org

2 ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS w

Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 364.4 – 367.6 avl.mx/6cf Max Patch Road, Hot Springs avl.mx/6cr

3 BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY blueridgeparkway.org

WHITEWATER PADDLING SECTION 1 FRENCH BROAD SECTION 9 n a Barnard River Park to Hot Springs avl.mx/6dg

2 NANTAHALA RIVER w a Wayah Road, Topton

2 Sulphur Springs Road, Asheville 828-254-1776 • ashevillegreenworks.org

3 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY n 372 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-0095 • appalachian.org

PLACE TO CAR CAMP 1 DAVIDSON RIVER s a Pigah Highway, Brevard avl.mx/6df

2 NORTH MILLS RIVER RECREATION AREA s a

SPOT TO CAMP 1 MOUNT PISGAH w a

Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 408.6, Canton blueridgeparkway.org/poi/mount-pisgah

2 HOT SPRINGS CAMP GROUND n a 315 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-7676 • nchotsprings.com

3 DAVIDSON RIVER s a Pigah Highway, Brevard avl.mx/6df

5289 N. Mills River Road, Asheville 828-890-3284 • avl.mx/6au

SWIMMING HOLE

3 LAKE POWHATAN 1 SKINNY DIP FALLS w a RECREATION AREA & CAMPGROUND w Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 417, Canton 375 Wesley Branch Road, Asheville 877-444-6777 • avl.mx/6e1

FISHING SPOT 1 DAVIDSON RIVER s a Pigah Highway, Brevard avl.mx/6df

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2 MIDNIGHT HOLE Newport avl.mx/6e3

3 SLIDING ROCK s a US Highway 276, Brevard 828-885-7625 • avl.mx/xk

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BEST OF outdoors WATERFALL 1 LOOKING GLASS FALLS s a US Highway 276, Brevard avl.mx/6e4

2 CATAWBA FALLS e a

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2 TRIPLE FALLS a DuPont Forest, Staton Road, Cedar Mountain avl.mx/6e6

3 DUPONT STATE FOREST s a Staton Road, Cedar Mountain 828-877-6527 • dupontforest.com

SKATE PARK 1 FOUNDATION ASHEVILLE SKATEPARK (FOUNDY) r 47 Foundy St., Asheville 828-338-8830 • foundationasheville.com

2 RAD SKATEPARK r

37 Foundy Street, Asheville 828-338-8830 • radskateparkavl.com

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MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL 1 BENT CREEK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST w 1577 Brevard Road, Asheville srs.fs.usda.gov/bentcreek

2 RIDGELINE TRAIL AND DUPONT STATE FOREST s a avl.mx/6e7

PLACE TO STAND-UP PADDLEBOARD 1 FRENCH BROAD RIVER 2 LAKE LURE PLACE TO TUBE 1 FRENCH BROAD RIVER 2 GREEN RIVER visitnc.com/listing/pxef/green-river

3 DEEP CREEK Bryson City greatsmokies.com/deepcreek

PLACE TO PLAY TENNIS 1 ASHEVILLE RACQUET AND FITNESS CLUB - ARC s

200 Racquet Club Road, Asheville 828-274-3361 • ashevilleracquetclub.com

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TAILGATE/FARMERS MARKET 1 NORTH ASHEVILLE TAILGATE MARKET n x

3300 University Heights, Asheville 828-333-0960 • northashevilletailgatemarket.org

2 WEST ASHEVILLE TAILGATE MARKET w 718 Haywood Road, Asheville 347-613-1000 • westashevilletailgatemarket.com

3 WNC FARMERS MARKET w

570 Brevard Road, Asheville 828-253-1691 • ncagr.gov/markets/facilities/markets/ asheville

ROADSIDE FARM STAND 1 FLYING CLOUD FARM e ax 1860 Charlotte Highway, Fairview 828-768-3348 • flyingcloudfarm.net

2 SILAS’S PRODUCE [CLOSED] e a 841 Charlotte Highway, Asheville 828-691-9663 • avl.mx/2ss

FARM TO VISIT FOR EVENTS 1 HICKORY NUT GAP FARM e ax 57 Sugar Hollow Road, Fairview 828-628-1027 • hickorynutgapfarm.com

2 FRANNY’S FARM w a

22 Franny’s Farm Road, Leicester 828-708-5587 • frannysfarm.com

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SKY TOP ORCHARD

57 Sugar Hollow Road, Fairview 828-628-1027 • hickorynutgapfarm.com

Best Orchard

2 FLYING CLOUD FARM e a 1860 Charlotte Highway, Fairview 828-768-3348 • flyingcloudfarm.net

3 IVY CREEK FAMILY FARM n a 390 North Fork Road, Barnardsville 828-713-8383 • ivycreekfamilyfarm.com

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section, while popular, has relatively few categories — especially compared with the crowdpleasing Eats and Drinks sections. But in Western North Carolina, with its booming farm-to-table scene, all three sections are deeply intertwined. The crossover is most evident in the Tailgate/Farmers Market category, which far and away received the most votes of the dozen categories in this year’s Farm, Yard & Garden section. And it was a competitive race. Although the North Asheville Tailgate Market

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continued its long reign as the top vote-getter and longtime favorite West Asheville Tailgate Market held onto its No. 2 slot, the WNC Farmers Market edged out the Asheville City Market this year to break into the top three. In the next most heavily voted categories, WNC gardeners showered their widespread love on B.B. Barns Garden Center (first place Garden Supply Store, second place Nursery—Trees, Shrubs) and Reems Creek Nursery (first place Nursery—Trees, Shrubs and third place Garden Supply Store). When it comes to the best Farm to Visit for Events, Hickory Nut Gap

Farm easily locked in first place. It’s worth noting that the second-place winner, Franny’s Farm, has appeared in the pages of Xpress over the past year for something other than its numerous event offerings: The Leicester operation has emerged as a regional leader in the burgeoning hemp-growing industry. And we should all give a big green thumbs-up to the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, which put down roots in the Hall of Fame this year as Best Nonprofit Supporting Farms and Farmland Preservation. — Gina Smith X

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BEST OF farm, yard & garden ORCHARD 1 SKY TOP ORCHARD s ax

ORCHARD

1193 Pinnacle Mountain Road, Flat Rock 828-692-7930 • skytoporchard.com

2 GRANDAD'S APPLES N’ SUCH s a 2951 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville 828-685-1685 • grandadsapples.com

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2855 Old Balsam Road, Waynesville 828-456-3598

COMMUNITY GARDEN 1 DR. JOHN WILSON COMMUNITY GARDEN e a

BUY LOCAL

99 White Pine Drive, Black Mountain 828-669-2052 • avl.mx/6cz

2 BURTON STREET COMMUNITY PEACE GARDENS w 47 Bryant St., Asheville 828-301-0166 • burtonstreet.org

3 THE LORD'S ACRE e a 26 Joe Jenkins Road, Fariview 828-276-1156 • thelordsacre.org

A Mountaintop of Apple Trees Panoramic Views Hayrides Picnic Areas Barn Yard Animals Bamboo Forest Jams & Jellies Doughnuts, Pies & Fresh Cider

1 B. B. BARNS s a

3377 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden 828-650-7300 • bbbarns.com

2 FIFTH SEASON GARDENING CO. e 4 S. Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-412-3200 • fifthseasongardening.com

3 REEMS CREEK NURSERY n a 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville 828-645-3937 • reemscreek.com

MULCH SUPPLIER 1 ASHEVILLE MULCH YARD e ax 2425 US Highway 70, Swannanoa 828-707-1615 • ashevillemulchyard.com

2 RIVERSIDE STUMP DUMP r 620 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-258-7339 • themulchlady.com

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89 S.Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-299-3788 • lowes.com

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TREE SERVICE 1 SMART FELLER TREE WORKS x Asheville 828-545-5503 • smartfellertreeworks.com

2 NEWCOMB’S TREE SERVICE n a 2585 US Highway 70, Swannaona 828-777-1226 • newcombtreeservice.com

3 CAROLINA TREE MONKEYS e a 1120 Charlotte Highway, Fairview 828-329-1371 • carolinatreemonkeys.com

3 ROYCE’S TREE SERVICE w a Enka 828-768-2747 • roycestreeservice.com

NURSERY (TREES, SHRUBS) 1 REEMS CREEK NURSERY n ax 70 Monticello Road, Weaverville 828-645-3937 • reemscreek.com

2 B. B. BARNS s a 3377 Sweeten Creek Road, Arden 828-650-7300 • bbbarns.com

3 JESSE ISRAEL & SONS w 570 Brevard Road, Asheville 828-254-2671 • jesseisraelandsons.com

NONPROFIT SUPPORTING FARMS/FARMLAND PRESERVATION 1 APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT (ASAP) d x 306 W. Haywood St., Asheville 828-236-1282 • asapconnections.org

2 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY n 372 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-253-0095 • appalachian.org

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LOCAL NEWS SOURCE 1 NEWS 13 WLOS (ABC) s 110 Technology Drive, Asheville 828-684-1340 • WLOS.com

2 ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES d 14 O. Henry Ave., Asheville 800-672-2472 • citizen-times.com

3 MOUNTAIN XPRESS d 2 Wall St., Asheville 828-251-1333 • mountainx.com

LOCAL EVENTS INFORMATION SOURCE 1 MOUNTAIN XPRESS d 2 Wall St., Asheville 828-251-1333 • mountainx.com

2 AVLTODAY avltoday.6amcity.com

3 ASHVEGAS ashvegas.com

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LOCAL RADIO STATION (COMMERCIAL) 1 98.1 THE RIVER w x

1190 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-259-9695 • 981theriver.com

2 99.9 KISS COUNTRY w 13 Summerlin Road, Asheville 828-257-2700 • 99kisscountry.iheart.com

3 MIX 96.5 WOXL w 1190 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-259-9695 • mymix965.com

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Best Local Radio Station (Commercial) ITH six times as many public relations professionals as journalists in the U.S., according to census data, how can you expect people to have balanced views? Meanwhile, print newspapers recently dropped from fourth to fifth place as Americans’ primary news source when social media slipped ahead of them, according to the Pew Research Center. (TV ranked first, followed by news websites and then radio.) But when it comes to local reporting, our area is fortunate to have a strong group of media organizations. Local NPR affiliate Blue Ridge Public Radio (voted best Local Radio Station— Noncommercial) added reporting prowess in the last year, hiring Lilly Knoepp (the station’s first full-time WNC-newsdedicated reporter) and Cass Herrington

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to bolster its local-issue reporting capacity. The moves are steps in BPR’s threeyear trend toward becoming a news entity to be reckoned with. The Asheville Citizen Times, the local Gannett daily — and home of WNC’s favorite Print Reporter, John Boyle (eight years running) — suffered another round of layoffs this year. But its resilient staff is adapting: The news team moved in June 2019 into its new space on the second floor of the Asheville Citizen Times building. More changes may be afoot as well for the daily. On Aug. 5, USA Today reported that Gannett was being acquired by New Media Investment Group, which owns GateHouse Media. GateHouse owns the Hendersonville Times-News, along with other newspapers in North Carolina and across the country.

Sinclair Group TV station WLOS (best Local News Source and Local News Website) has set the pace this year, publishing and tweeting breaking news feverishly. If it happened today, then it’s “live at five.” If flooding occurs or shots were fired, a WLOS camera operator is there. Shoutout to the station’s three certified drone pilots! And we are proud as peacocks that you voted Mountain Xpress the best Local Events Information Source. Facebook be damned. Keeping in mind that media can be for fun and pleasure, we send good vibes to 98.1 The River, which won best Local Radio Station—Commercial for the fourth year in a row, landing it in this year’s Hall of Fame. — Able Allen X

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BEST OF media LOCAL RADIO STATION (NONCOMMERCIAL) 1 BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC RADIO/ WCQS d x 73 Broadway, Asheville 828-210-4800 • bpr.org

2 88.7 WNCW e a Isothermal Community College, 286 ICC Loop Road, Spindale 828-287-8000 • wncw.org

3 ASHEVILLE FM 103.3 w 864 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-348-0352 • AshevilleFM.org

LOCAL PRINT PUBLICATION OTHER THAN XPRESS 1 ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES d 14 O. Henry Ave., Asheville 800-672-2472 • citizen-times.com

2 THE LAUREL OF ASHEVILLE n 604 Elk Park Drive, Woodfin 828-670-7503 • thelaurelofasheville.com

3 ASHEVILLE MADE MAGAZINE 105 S. Main St., Hendersonville ashevillemade.com

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MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL NEWS STORY (IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS) 1 BUNCOMBE COUNTY CORRUPTION: GREENE, CREIGHTON, STONE, ET AL 2 ASHEVILLE WATER ISSUES: OUTAGES, BREAKING WATER MAINS, BROWN WATER 2 HCA PURCHASE OF MISSION HOSPITAL 3 FLOODING/LANDSLIDES MOST OVER-REPORTED STORY (IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS) 1 BUNCOMBE COUNTY CORRUPTION: GREENE, CREIGHTON, STONE, ET AL 2 BEER MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY (IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS) 1 ASHEVILLE WATER ISSUES: OUTAGES, BREAKING WATER MAINS, BROWN WATER

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LOCAL RADIO PERSONALITY/ ANNOUNCER 1 EDDIE FOXX (THE EDDIE FOXX SHOW, 99.9 KISS COUNTRY) w 13 Summerlin Road, Asheville 828-257-2700 • 99kisscountry.com

2 KIPPER SCHAUER (THE MORNING MIX WITH TAMMY & KIPPER, MIX 96.5) w 1190 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-259-9695 • mymix965.com

2 TAMMY JONES (MIX 96.5) w 1190 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-259-9695 • mymix965.com

3 JOSH MICHAEL (JOSH AND ARIEL IN THE MORNING, STAR 104.3 FM) w 13 Summerlin Road, Asheville 828-257-2700 • star1043.com

LOCAL PRINT REPORTER 1 JOHN BOYLE (CITIZEN-TIMES) x 14 O. Henry Ave., Asheville 800-672-2472 • avl.mx/56d

LOCAL TV PERSONALITY/ ANNOUNCER 1 DARCEL GRIMES (WLOS) s 110 Technology Drive, Asheville 828-684-1340 • wlos.com

1 JAY SILTZER (WLOS) s 110 Technology Drive, Asheville 828-684-1340 • wlos.com

2 JASON BOYER (WLOS) s 110 Technology Drive, Asheville wlos.com

3 TAMMY WATFORD (WLOS) s 110 Technology Drive, Asheville 828-684-1340 • wlos.com

LOCAL NEWS WEBSITE 1 NEWS 13 WLOS s

110 Technology Drive, Asheville 828-684-1340 • WLOS.com

2 ASHVEGAS ashvegas.com

3 AVLTODAY Asheville avltoday.6amcity.com

FAVORITE FEATURE IN XPRESS 1 CLUBLAND Asheville mountainx.com/clubland

2 COMMUNITY CALENDAR Asheville mountainx.com/calendar

3 ANNUAL BEST OF WNC Asheville mountainx.com/guide/best-of-wnc-2019

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EMPLOYMENT SECTOR TO WORK IN 1 HEALTH CARE BUSINESS THAT GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY 1 HARD EXERCISE WORKS s 1636 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-575-2556 • hardexerciseworks.com

2 THE MATT & MOLLY TEAM (KELLER WILLIAMS) d 86 Asheland Ave., Asheville 828-210-1697 • themattandmollyteam.com

3 HIGHLAND BREWING CO. e 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200, Asheville 828-299-3370 • highlandbrewing.com

CO-OP/WORKER-OWNED BUSINESS 1 FRENCH BROAD FOOD CO-OP d x

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90 Biltmore Ave., Asheville

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3 FIRESTORM BOOKS & CAFE w 610 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-255-8115 • Firestorm.coop

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First place Business with Best Customer Service, Minority-Owned Business, Business That Gives Back to the Community and Physical Trainer; second place Place to Work Out and Fitness Studio with Classes VERY job is a self-portrait of the person who did it,” a sage once said. WNC, then, is a mosaic of a million portraits depicting all the work that goes on within it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated in May 2018 that there were 194,660 jobs in the Asheville area, and, of those, a little over 26,000 were in health care — exceeding the number of food preparation and service jobs (just over 25,000). So, given the numbers working in health care as well as its traditionally higher wages, it’s perhaps little surprise that Healthcare recaptured this year’s Employment Sector to Work In.

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And here in WNC, we love businesses that keep us healthy, such as Hard Exercise Works, the most frequent winner this year in the Work & Business section, which took home the top spot in three categories. For several years, Buncombe County has maintained the lowest unemployment rate in the state with our tourism- and health care-driven economy. But it’s tough to keep a rosy outlook when the cost of living is rising faster than wages. Average wages in some employment sectors have stagnated, even though Just Economics raised its hourly living wage rate this year to $13.65, up from $13 in 2017 and $12.50

in 2015. Meanwhile, the average local wage in 2018 for food prep and service stood at $12.15 per hour. Voters have been sure of three things for the last seven years: The best Co-Op/Worker Owned Business is the French Broad Food Co-op; the best Credit Union is N.C. State Employees Credit Union; and the best Support Organization That Promotes New Businesses & Healthy Local Economy is Mountain BizWorks. Besides those sure bets, no new winners were able to secure Hall of Fame status this year. — Able Allen X

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Alan Baumgarten, MD, MPH Asheville

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BEST OF work & Business BANK 1 FIRST BANK d w e a

11 Church St., Asheville 828-250-8430 1012 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-254-1778 10 S. Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-298-8193 • localfirstbank.com

2 HOMETRUST BANK d e 10 Woodfin St., Asheville 800-627-1632 1011 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-259-8000 • htb.com

3 FIRST CITIZENS BANK d 108 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-257-5700 • firstcitizens.com

CREDIT UNION 1 STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION n d s x 701 N. Broadway, Asheville 828-253-8009 1 Oak Plaza, Asheville 828-225-2900 20 All Souls Crescent, Asheville 828-274-4200 • ncsecu.org

2 TELCO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION e 36 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-252-6888 • telcoccu.org

3 CHAMPION CREDIT UNION w a 1 Academy St., Canton 828-648-1515 • championcu.com

3 SELF-HELP CREDIT UNION d 391 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville 828-255-0809 • self-help.org

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BANK SERVICES FOR SMALL BUSINESS 1 FIRST BANK d w e a

11 Church St., Asheville 828-250-8430 1012 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-254-1778 10 S. Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-298-8193 • localfirstbank.com

2 HOMETRUST BANK d e 10 Woodfin St., Asheville 800-627-1632 1011 Tunnel Road, Asheville 828-259-8000 • htb.com

3 FIRST CITIZENS BANK d 108 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-257-5700 • firstcitizens.com

SUPPORT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES NEW BUSINESSES & HEALTHY LOCAL ECONOMY 1 MOUNTAIN BIZWORKS d x 153 S. Lexington Ave., Asheville 828-253-2834 • mountainbizworks.org

BUSINESS THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF ASHEVILLE 1 LAZOOM d

76 Biltmore Ave., Asheville 828-225-6932 • lazoomtours.com

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BUSINESS WITH EARTH-FRIENDLY PRACTICES 1 GREEN SAGE CAFÉ d w n s 5 Broadway, Asheville 828-252-4450 70 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-785-1780 633A Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-417-7859 • greensagecafe.com

MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS 1 HARD EXERCISE WORKS s 1636 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-575-2556 • hardexerciseworks.com

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2 PIANO LAB STUDIOS w s e a 40 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-412-3775 830 Hendersonville Road, Asheville • pianolabasheville.com

WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS 1 PIANO LAB STUDIOS w s e a 40 Westgate Parkway, Asheville 828-412-3775 830 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 3086 Cane Creek Road, Fairview • pianolabasheville.com

2 ASHEVILLE WELLNESS TOURS Asheville 828-407-0711 • ashevillewellnesstours.com

BUSINESS WITH BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE 1 HARD EXERCISE WORKS s

1636 Hendersonville Road, Asheville 828-575-2556 • hardexerciseworks.com

2 THE MATT & MOLLY TEAM (KELLER WILLIAMS) d

86 Asheland Ave., Asheville 828-210-1697 • themattandmollyteam.com

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VETERINARY SERVICES 1 ANIMAL HOSPITAL OF NORTH ASHEVILLE n x 1 Beaverdam Road, Asheville 828-253-3393 • ahna.net

2 CHARLOTTE STREET ANIMAL HOSPITAL n

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3 THE PET VET ON PATTON w 2 Hansel Ave., Asheville 828-232-9990 • petvetonpatton.com

ALTERNATIVE PET HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER 1 BETH HAMPTON JONES (ANIMAL ACUPUNCTURE AND WELLNESS CLINIC) d

21 Battery Park Ave., Suite 103, Asheville 828-451-0851 • ashevilleanimalacupuncture.com

1 LAUREL DAVIS (SUNVET ANIMAL WELLNESS CLINIC) d 251A Haywood St., Asheville 828-254-2221 • sunvetanimalwellness.com

2 JACLYN AMBER (CHARLOTTE STREET ANIMAL HOSPITAL) n 208 Charlotte St., Asheville 828-232-0440 • charlottestreetanimalhospital.com

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1 PATTON AVENUE PET CO. w x 1388 Patton Ave., Asheville 828-505-8299 • pattonavenuepet.com

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2 PETSMART e s

Best Pet Kennel and Pet Daycare Facility

150 Bleachery Blvd., Asheville 828-298-5670 3 McKenna Road, Arden 828-681-5343 • petsmart.com

3 ASHEVILLE PET SUPPLY n

1451 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-252-2054 • ashevillepetsupply.com

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O we love our pets? Do we ever! Western North Carolina is nothing if not a pet-loving haven. Signs include high reader interest in any Mountain Xpress article about pets and the organizations that help them, including the travails of Brother Wolf Animal Rescue and its reorganization. And despite the nonprofit’s very public financial woes this year, Xpress readers came out in force to support the Hall of Fame winner once again (Animal Shelter/Rescue Organization), giving it the highest number of votes accorded to any winner in the Pets section.

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In addition, interest is rising in Xpress’ annual Animals/Pets supplement (which publishes in October), according to this year’s survey of our readers. Saluda has its own Coon Dog Day, and for cat lovers, there’s the Asheville Cat Weirdos Facebook page, which at this writing had nearly 10,000 members. Of course, there is also an (unaffiliated) Asheville Dog Weirdos Facebook page as well. But back to the poll. Voting was heavy in Veterinary Services, with the Animal Hospital of North Asheville again taking top honors (and holding onto its Hall of Fame status). Another popular category,

Pet Supply Store, brought out the love for Patton Avenue Pet Co., a Hall of Fame winner. Be sure to read on to get the collective wisdom of our readers on categories such as Outdoor Place to Take Your Dog, Grooming Service, Pet-Friendly Bar, Kennel and — because this is the Asheville area — Alternative Pet HealthCare Provider. And let’s woof it up for new Hall of Fame winner Avenue M (Pet-Friendly Restaurant)! Cool water dishes all around. — Tracy Rose X

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THANK YOU AVL! National 2014 Practice of the Year, Gentle 24 Hour Nursing Care, Advanced & Accurate Dental Care, Gold Standard Feline Practice, Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery, Soft Tissue and Orthopedic Surgery, Endoscopy, Ultrasound, Echocardiograms, Digital X-Ray, Video Ear Diagnostics, Advanced Pain Control

DIY Dogwash • Grooming Daycare • Boarding LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 2003 828-350-0333 • thesoapydog.com

Unsurpassed in Caring • State-of-the-Art Affordable • Serving all WNC • Extended Hours

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BEST OF pets PET KENNEL 1 HAPPY TAILS COUNTRY CLUB s a 1984 Cane Creek Road, Fletcher 828-628-8510 • happytailscc.com

2 THE PET VET ON PATTON w 2 Hansel Ave., Asheville 828-232-9990 • petvetonpatton.com

3 THE SOAPY DOG r

270 Depot St., Asheville 828-350-0333 • thesoapydog.com

PET DAY CARE FACILITY

ANIMAL SHELTER/RESCUE ORGANIZATION 1 BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE s x 31 Glendale Ave., Asheville 828-505-3440 • bwar.org

2 ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY w 14 Forever Friend Lane, Asheville 828-761-2001 • ashevillehumane.org

3 CHARLIE’S ANGELS ANIMAL RESCUE s a 5526 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher 828-885-3647 • charliesangelsanimalrescue.com

OUTDOOR PLACE TO TAKE YOUR DOG

1 HAPPY TAILS COUNTRY CLUB s a

1 CARRIER PARK w x

2 AT PLAY WITH SPARKY s

2 FRENCH BROAD RIVER PARK w

1984 Cane Creek Road, Fletcher 828-628-8510 • happytailscc.com

542 Short McDowell St., Asheville 828-254-5772 • atplaywithsparky.com

3 THE PET VET ON PATTON w 2 Hansel Ave., Asheville 828-232-9990 • petvetonpatton.com

GROOMING SERVICE 1 WAGGERS DOG DEPOT n x 1020 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-271-4741 • waggersdogdepot.com

2 CANINE SHEAR HEAVEN s

422 McDowell St., Asheville 828-254-3386 • canineshearheaven.com

3 THE SOAPY DOG r

270 Depot St., Asheville 828-350-0333 • thesoapydog.com

TRAINER/TRAINING CENTER 1 THE DOG DOOR (KIM BROPHY) d 1 Battle Square, Suite A, Asheville 828-656-8305 • dogdoorcanineservices.com

220 Amboy Road, Asheville 828-259-5800 • avl.mx/6cv

508 Riverview Dr.ive Asheville 828-259-5800 • avl.mx/6cv

3 AZALEA ROAD DOG PARK e Azalea Road East, Asheville avl.mx/6cv

3 FLETCHER DOG PARK s a

25 Howard Gap Road, Fletcher 828-687-3985 • fletchernc.org/departments/parks-andrecreation

PET-FRIENDLY BAR 1 HILLMAN BEER s

25 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville 828-505-1312 • hillmanbeer.com

2 BOLD ROCK HARD CIDER s a 72 School House Road, Mills River 828-595-9940 • boldrock.com

3 THE BYWATER r

796 Riverside Drive, Asheville 828-232-6967 • bywater.bar

PET-FRIENDLY RESTAURANT 1 AVENUE M n x

791 Merrimon Ave., Asheville 828-350-8181 • avenuemavl.com

2 MINDFUL MUTZ TRAINING & BEHAVIOR 2 SUNNY POINT CAFÉ w 828-230-6389 • mindfulmutz.com

3 SPECIALIZED K9 SERVICES e a 1451 Charlotte Highway, Fairview 828-290-0923 • sk9s.com

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626 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-252-0055 • sunnypointcafe.com

3 UNIVERSAL JOINT w

784 Haywood Road, Asheville 828-505-7262 • ujasheville.com

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Swannanoa & Bl a c k Mou n t a i n

BREAKFAST RESTAURANT 1 LOUISE'S KITCHEN x

115 Black Mountain Ave., Black Mountain 828-357-5446 • louisesblackmtn.com

2 BLUE RIDGE BISCUIT CO. 601 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-357-8501 • avl.mx/4uv

3 THE BREAKFAST SHOPPE 2345 US Highway 70, Swannanoa 828-686-0051 • avl.mx/6bc

LUNCH RESTAURANT 1 VERANDA CAFE x

119 Cherry St., Black Mountain 828-669-8864 • verandacafeandgifts.com

2 NATIVE KITCHEN AND SOCIAL PUB 204 Whitson Ave., Swannanoa 828-581-0480 • nativesocialpub.com

3 THE TRAILHEAD

PHOTO COURTESY OF TOWN HARDWARE & GENERAL STORE

207 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-357-5656 • thetrailheadrestaurant.com

TOWN HARDWARE & GENERAL STORE

Best Retail Store and Business That Best Represents the Spirit of Your Town

DINNER RESTAURANT 1 NATIVE KITCHEN AND SOCIAL PUB x 204 Whitson Ave., Swannanoa 828-581-0480 • nativesocialpub.com

2 THE TRAILHEAD

207 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-357-5656 • thetrailheadrestaurant.com

3 FRESH WOOD FIRED PIZZA & PASTA 100 S. Ridgeway Ave., Black Mountain 828-669-6999 • freshwoodfiredpizza.net

n ORTH s OUTH e AST w EST d OWNTOWN AREA r IVER ARTS DISTRICT a OUTLYING AREA

x HALL OF FAME (Winner four years or more in a row)

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URE, Asheville might be known

as “weird” or “Beer City” or even “The Paris of the South” — but between mermaid festivals, rejuvenating natural hot springs and avant-garde art, music and poetry, the small towns surrounding Asheville are pretty magical, too. Arguably, they harbor some of WNC’s best-kept secrets. From Hot Springs to Weaverville to Black Mountain, voters revealed their towns’ delightful new additions and much-loved staples. While over the years, some local favorites have made a big impression throughout WNC — think Black Mountain’s Pisgah Brewing Co. (best Local Bar/Brewery/Watering Hole)

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— voters also showed their love for less widely known gems, such as Appalachian Java in Burnsville (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Restaurant), Swannanoa’s Native Kitchen and Social Pub (Dinner Restaurant) and Stoney Knob Cafe in Weaverville (Dinner Restaurant), to name a few. And the more these towns grow, the more we want to know. This year, we added six new Best Of categories to the Small Town sections, including the Business That Best Represents the Spirit of Your Town, Local Place to Enjoy the Outdoors and Cultural or Arts Event. All in all, voters selected dozens of unique eateries, events, coffee shops

and more throughout the towns surrounding Asheville — proving that even small towns have big hearts. Please welcome these businesses to this year’s Hall of Fame: Marshall’s Zuma Coffee (Business That Best Represents the Spirit of Your Town); Marshall’s Penland and Sons Department Store (Retail Store); Black Mountain’s Town Hardware (Retail Store plus Business That Best Represents the Spirit of Your Town); Waynesville’s Mast General Store (Retail Store); and Weaverville’s Blue Mountain Pizza (Business That Best Represents the Spirit of Your Town). — Brooke Randle X

Offering our own craft-brewed beer, hand-tossed pizza with fresh local ingredients, & scrumptious homemade ice cream

Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub

1st Place Business That Best Represents The Spirit Of Your Town (Weaverville & Woodfin) 1st Place Music/Entertainment Venue (Weaverville & Woodfin) 1st Place Local Bar/Brewery/Watering Hole (Weaverville & Woodfin) Top 3 Lunch Restaurant, Regional (Weaverville & Woodfin) Top 3 Dinner Restaurant, Regional (Weaverville & Woodfin) Extensive menu, Fresh local ingredients Live music every night from 7-9 55 N Main St downtown Weaverville www.bluemountainpizza.com • 828.658.8778 Tuesday-Sunday 11am to 9pm with extended hours Friday & Saturday until 10pm

Enjoy monthly meals for a cause! Each month Blue Mountain Pizza hosts the “Third Thursday Fundraising Program,” benefiting a Weavervillebased nonprofit or organization (including schools, senior meal centers, food banks, and more) . We will match 100% of all community donations made at Blue Mountain Pizza, in addition to contributing 10% of the day’s profit, to the featured organization of the month.

Thank you to the best staff around who work hard every day to make it happen To our customers who over the years have become our friends And to the Weaverville community who have embraced us Your support and recognition is appreciated more than you will ever know MOUNTAINX.COM/GUIDES

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BEST OF small towns COFFEE & SWEETS 1 THE DRIPOLATOR COFFEEHOUSE x 221 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-0999 • avl.mx/3w7

2 DYNAMITE ROASTING CO. 3198 US Highway 70, Black Mountain 828-357-8555 • dynamiteroasting.com

3 MOMENTS COFFEE BAR & EATERY 2304 US Highway 70, Swannanoa 828-686-5679 • momentscoffeebarandcatering.com

ART GALLERY 1 SEVEN SISTERS GALLERY x

117 Cherry St., Black Mountain 828-669-5107 • sevensistersgallery.com

2 RED HOUSE STUDIO AND GALLERY 310 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-0351 • svfalarts.org

3 BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 225 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-0930 • blackmountainarts.org

MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT VENUE

RETAIL STORE 1 TOWN HARDWARE & GENERAL STORE x

103 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-7723 • townhardware.com

2 TAKE A HIKE OUTFITTERS 100 Sutton Ave., Black Mountain 828-669-0811 • takeahikenc.com

3 BLACK MOUNTAIN YARN SHOP

104 E. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-7570 • blackmountainyarnshop.com

CULTURAL OR ARTS EVENT 1 LEAF FESTIVAL 377 Lake Eden Road, Black Mountain 828-686-8742 • theLEAF.org

2 SOURWOOD FESTIVAL

201 E. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-2300 • sourwoodfestival.com

LOCAL BAR/BREWERY/ WATERING HOLE 1 PISGAH BREWING CO. 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain 828-669-0190 • pisgahbrewing.com

2 THE TRAILHEAD

207 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-357-5656 • thetrailheadrestaurant.com

1 WHITE HORSE BLACK MOUNTAIN x

3 LOOKOUT BREWING CO.

2 PISGAH BREWING CO.

LOCAL PLACE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS 1 MONTREAT TRAILS & PARK

105 C Montreat Road, Black Mountain 828-669-0816 • whitehorseblackmountain.com 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain 828-669-0190 • pisgahbrewing.com

3 NATIVE KITCHEN AND SOCIAL PUB 204 Whitson Ave., Swannanoa 828-581-0480 • nativesocialpub.com

103 S. Ridgeway Ave., Black Mountain 828-357-5169 • lookoutbrewing.com

townofmontreat.org

2 LAKE TOMAHAWK

bmrp.recdesk.com/Community/Page?pageId=1632

BUSINESS THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF YOUR TOWN 1 TOWN HARDWARE & GENERAL STORE x

103 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-7723 • townhardware.com

2 NATIVE KITCHEN AND SOCIAL PUB 204 Whitson Ave., Swannanoa 828-581-0480 • nativesocialpub.com

3 THE DRIPOLATOR COFFEEHOUSE 221 W. State St., Black Mountain 828-669-0999 • avl.mx/3w7

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3 WARREN WILSON COLLEGE CAMPUS TRAILS 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa 800-934-3536 • warren-wilson.edu

LOCAL CAUSE TO SUPPORT 1 BOUNTY AND SOUL 999 Old US Highway 70, Black Mountain 828-419-0533 • bountyandsoul.org

2 SWANNANOA VALLEY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

101 N. Ridgeway Ave., Black Mountain 828-669-9404 • svcministry.org

3 BRITTEN OLINGER Black Mountain

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NG AREA MAP OUTLYI

& Mars Hill

Burnsville

19E

Hot Springs

Mars Hill

Marshall Weaverville Woodfin

Black Mountain 40

Swannanoa 40

Waynesville 74

Sylva

280

Cullowhee

Hendersonville Flat Rock

Brevard 64

PHOTO COURTESY OF STACKHOUSE

STACKHOUSE

Best Lunch Restaurant, Dinner Restaurant and Music/Entertainment Venue; second place Local Bar/Brewery/Watering Hole BREAKFAST RESTAURANT 1 THE SWEET MONKEY BAKERY & CAFÉ 133 S. Main St., Marshall 828-649-2489 • sweetmonkeybakery.com

2 THE WAGON WHEEL 390 Carl Eller Road, Mars Hill 828-689-4755

3 ZUMA COFFEE 7 Main St., Marshall 828-649-1617 • zumascoffee.com

LUNCH RESTAURANT 1 STACKHOUSE 37 S. Main St., Mars Hill 828-680-1213 • stackhouserestaurant.com

2 THE SWEET MONKEY BAKERY & CAFÉ 133 S. Main St., Marshall 828-649-2489 • sweetmonkeybakery.com

3 BAA’D SHEEP BURRITOS 14 S. Main St., Mars Hill 828-689-8899 • baadsheepburritos.com

DINNER RESTAURANT 1 STACKHOUSE 37 S. Main St., Mars Hill 828-680-1213 • stackhouserestaurant.com

2 THE ORIGINAL PAPA NICK'S 2 S. Main St., Mars Hill 828-689-8566 • theoriginalpapanicks.com

3 STAR DINER 115 N. Main St., Marshall 828-649-9900 • avl.mx/3ia

COFFEE & SWEETS 1 ZUMA COFFEE x 7 Main St., Marshall 828-649-1617 • zumascoffee.com

2 THE LIBRARY COFFEE HOUSE 40 N. Main St., Mars Hill 828-680-1246 • librarycoffeemarshill.com

3 THE SWEET MONKEY BAKERY & CAFÉ 133 S. Main St., Marshall 828-649-2489 • sweetmonkeybakery.com

MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT VENUE

CULTURAL OR ARTS EVENT 1 MERMAID PARADE AND FESTIVAL

1 STACKHOUSE 37 S. Main St., Mars Hill 828-680-1213 • stackhouserestaurant.com

2 ZUMA COFFEE

Marshall downtownmarshallnc.com/events

2 BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD FESTIVAL 100 Athletic St., Mars Hill 828-689-1115 • avl.mx/67h

7 Main St., Marshall 828-649-1617 • zumascoffee.com

BUSINESS THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF YOUR TOWN

LOCAL BAR/BREWERY/ WATERING HOLE 1 MAD CO. BREW HOUSE

45 N. Main St., Marshall 828-649-8600 • madisoncountybrewing.com

1 ZUMA COFFEE x

2 STACKHOUSE

2 THE ORIGINAL PAPA NICK'S

3 MARSHALL CONTAINER CO.

37 S. Main St., Mars Hill 828-680-1213 • stackhouserestaurant.com

7 Main St., Marshall 828-649-1617 • zumascoffee.com

2 S. Main St., Mars Hill 828-689-8566 • theoriginalpapanicks.com

10 S. Main St., Marshall 828-649-8700 • marshallcontainer.com

LOCAL PLACE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS

RETAIL STORE 1 PENLAND & SONS DEPARTMENT STORE x 50 S. Main St., Marshall 828-649-2811 • avl.mx/2sc

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1 BLANNAHASSETT ISLAND Marshall avl.mx/686

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Weaverville & Woodfin

BREAKFAST RESTAURANT 1 WELL-BRED BAKERY & CAFÉ x 26 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-9300 • wellbredbakery.com

2 CRÊPERIE AND CAFÉ 113 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-484-9448 • creperieandcafe.com

3 TOMMY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT 247 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-3221 • avl.mx/4ve

LUNCH RESTAURANT

BUSINESS THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF YOUR TOWN 1 BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA AND BREW PUB x

55 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-8778 • bluemountainpizza.com

2 WELL-BRED BAKERY & CAFÉ 26 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-9300 • wellbredbakery.com

3 ELUVIUM BREWING CO. 11 Florida Ave., Weaverville 828-484-1799 • eluviumbrewing.com

1 WELL-BRED BAKERY & CAFÉ x

3 MAGGIE B'S WINE & SPECIALTY STORE

2 STONEY KNOB CAFE

3 MANGUM POTTERY

26 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-9300 • wellbredbakery.com

337 Merrimon Ave., Weaverville 828-645-3309 • stoneyknobcafe.com

10-C S. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-1111 • MaggieBsWine.com 16 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-4929 • mangumpottery.com

3 BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA AND BREW PUB 55 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-8778 • bluemountainpizza.com

DINNER RESTAURANT PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF WEAVERVILLE

LAKE LOUISE PARK

Best Local Place to Enjoy the Outdoors; second place Cultural or Historical Landmark; third place Playground (in Kids section)

1 STONEY KNOB CAFE x

337 Merrimon Ave., Weaverville 828-645-3309 • stoneyknobcafe.com

2 GLASS ONION 18 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-8866 • glassonionasheville.com

3 BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA AND BREW PUB 55 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-8778 • bluemountainpizza.com

COFFEE & SWEETS 1 WELL-BRED BAKERY & CAFÉ x 26 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-9300 • wellbredbakery.com

2 ALLGOOD COFFEE 10 S. Main St., Weaverville 828-484-8663 • allgood.coffee

3 BAKED PIE CO. 50 N. Merrimon Ave., Woodfin 828-210-9544 • bakedpiecompany.com

ART GALLERY 1 MIYA GALLERY x

20 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-9655 • miyagallery.com

2 ARTISANS ON MAIN 14 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-9617

3 MANGUM POTTERY 16 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-4929 • mangumpottery.com

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24 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-8700 • curtiswrightoutfitters.com

2 SHOP AROUND THE CORNER 55 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-777-9206 • shoparoundthecornernc.com

CULTURAL OR ARTS EVENT 1 WEAVERVILLE ART SAFARI Weaverville 828-338-9335 • weavervilleartsafari.com

2 ART IN AUTUMN Weaverville visitweaverville.com/art-in-autumn

LOCAL BAR/BREWERY/ WATERING HOLE 1 BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA AND BREW PUB 55 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-8778 • bluemountainpizza.com

2 ELUVIUM BREWING CO. 11 Florida Ave., Weaverville 828-484-1799 • eluviumbrewing.com

3 TWISTED LAUREL EATERY AND TAPS 10A S. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-2700 • twistedlaurel.com

LOCAL PLACE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS 1 LAKE LOUISE PARK Weaverville avl.mx/6cc

2 MAIN STREET NATURE PARK 25 US 19 Business, Weaverville weavervillenc.org

CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL LANDMARK 1 VANCE BIRTHPLACE

2 TWISTED LAUREL EATERY AND TAPS

2 LAKE LOUISE PARK

10A S. Main St., Weaverville 828-645-2700 • twistedlaurel.com

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1 CURTIS WRIGHT OUTFITTERS

1 BLUE MOUNTAIN PIZZA AND BREW PUB x

55 N. Main St., Weaverville 828-658-8778 • bluemountainpizza.com

RETAIL STORE

911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville 828-645-6706 • nchistoricsites.org/vance Lake Louise Drive, Weaverville avl.mx/6cc

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The Square rooT

PHOTO COURTESY OF SPRING CREEK TAVERN

SPRING CREEK TAVERN Best Local Bar/Brewery/Watering Hole

BREAKFAST RESTAURANT 1 SMOKY MOUNTAIN DINER x 70 Lance Ave., Hot Springs 828-622-7571 • avl.mx/2sg

LUNCH RESTAURANT 1 SPRING CREEK TAVERN 145 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-0187 • thespringcreektavern.com

2 IRON HORSE STATION RESTAURANT & TAVERN 24 S. Andrew Ave., Hot Springs 828-622-0022 • theironhorsestation.com

DINNER RESTAURANT 1 IRON HORSE STATION RESTAURANT & TAVERN x 24 S. Andrew Ave., Hot Springs 828-622-0022 • theironhorsestation.com

2 MOUNTAIN MAGNOLIA INN & RESTAURANT 204 Lawson St., Hot Springs 828-622-3543 • mountainmagnoliainn.com

3 SPRING CREEK TAVERN 145 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-0187 • thespringcreektavern.com

BUSINESS THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF YOUR TOWN 1 HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND SPA x 315 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-7676 • nchotsprings.com

2 BLUFF MOUNTAIN OUTFITTERS 152 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-7162 • avl.mx/687

CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL LANDMARK 1 HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND SPA

Brevard

315 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-7676 • nchotsprings.com

LOCAL BAR/BREWERY/ WATERING HOLE 1 SPRING CREEK TAVERN

145 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-0187 • thespringcreektavern.com

LOCAL PLACE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS 1 HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND SPA 315 Bridge St., Hot Springs 828-622-7676 • nchotsprings.com

2 APPALACHIAN TRAIL appalachiantrail.org

3 MAX PATCH

Max Patch Road, Hot Springs romanticasheville.com/max-patch

First Place - Lunch Restaurant First Place - Dinner Restaurant

s q ua r e r o o t r e s ta u r a n t . c o m 33 TimeS arcade alley B r e va r d , N c 828.884.6171 MOUNTAINX.COM/GUIDES

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BEST OF small towns

Burnsville

BREAKFAST RESTAURANT 1 APPALACHIAN JAVA & CAFE

8 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-0120 • appalachianjavaburnsville.com

2 PIG & GRITS

620 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-536-0010 • pigandgrits.com

3 RESCUE DOG CAFE

240 E. Main St., Burnsville 828-536-5173 • avl.mx/6b0

BUSINESS THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF YOUR TOWN 1 APPALACHIAN JAVA & CAFE 8 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-0120 • appalachianjavaburnsville.com

2 HOMEPLACE BEER CO. 6 S. Main St., Area C, Burnsville 828-536-5147 • homeplacebeer.com

LUNCH RESTAURANT 1 APPALACHIAN JAVA & CAFE

8 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-0120 • appalachianjavaburnsville.com

2 GARDEN DELI

107 Town Square, Burnsville 828-682-3946 • garden-deli.com

3 PIG & GRITS

620 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-536-0010 • pigandgrits.com

DINNER RESTAURANT 1 APPALACHIAN JAVA & CAFE PHOTO COURTESEY OF THE NC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

MOUNTAIN HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL LADY COUGAR BASKETBALL TEAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY Best Best Thing to Happen to Your Town in the Last 12 Months and Hottest Local Topic in the Last 12 Months

8 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-0120 • appalachianjavaburnsville.com

2 SNAP DRAGON

107 Town Square, Burnsville 828-682-3946 • garden-deli.com

ART GALLERY 1 TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY 102 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-7215 • toeriverarts.org

2 ONE OF A KIND ART GALLERY 573 Micaville Loop, Burnsville 828-675-0690 • ooakartgallery.com

MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT VENUE 1 HOMEPLACE BEER CO.

6 S. Main St., Area C, Burnsville 828-536-5147 • homeplacebeer.com

2 APPALACHIAN JAVA & CAFE

8 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-0120 • appalachianjavaburnsville.com

3 BURNSVILLE TOWN CENTER

Sept 28, 2019 • 5pm-9pm South Main St, Burnsville, NC

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120 Reservoir Road, Burnsville 828-682-9025 • rosesdiscountstores.com

2 THE COLORFUL GYPSY 5 Town Square, Burnsville 828-536-5556 • thecolorfulgypsy.com

CULTURAL OR ARTS EVENT 1 TOE RIVER STUDIO TOUR 102 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-7215 • toeriverarts.org

LOCAL BAR/BREWERY/ WATERING HOLE

240 E. Main St., Burnsville 828-536-5173 • avl.mx/6b0

Come see us at Burnsville’s annual Beer Fest, just 40 minutes north of Asheville

2 ROSES

COFFEE & SWEETS

2 RESCUE DOG CAFE

Info & Tickets at homeplacebeer.com & the Taproom (828) 536–5147

12 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-9101 • avl.mx/55a

2 MOUNT MITCHELL CRAFTS FAIR

114 E. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-5551 • lauraswnc.com

8 W. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-0120 • appalachianjavaburnsville.com

Much obliged to all who voted for Homeplace

1 SOMETHING SPECIAL GIFT SHOP

3 LAURA’S PIZZA & TRATTORIA

1 APPALACHIAN JAVA & CAFE

$30

RETAIL STORE

6 S. Main St., Burnsville 828-682-7209 • burnsvilletowncenter.com

BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO YOUR TOWN IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 1 MOUNTAIN HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL LADY COUGAR BASKETBALL TEAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY Burnsville 828-682-6103 • mhhs.yanceync.net

2 NO PLACE LIKE HOMEPLACE BEER FEST 6 S. Main St., Area C, Burnsville 828-536-5147 • homeplacebeer.com

Burnsville Town Square, Burnsville 828-682-7413 • yanceychamber.com/craft-fair

1 HOMEPLACE BEER CO. 6 S. Main St., Area C, Burnsville 828-536-5147 • homeplacebeer.com

2 SNAP DRAGON 107 Town Square, Burnsville 828-682-3946 • garden-deli.com

LOCAL PLACE TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS 1 MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK 2388 NC Highway 128, Burnsville 828-675-4611 • ncparks.gov/mount-mitchell-state-park

2 CANE RIVER PARK 258 Whittington Road, Burnsville yanceychamber.com/business/cane-river-park-2

LOCAL CAUSE TO SUPPORT 1 YANCY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY 962 Cane River School Road, Burnsville 828-682-9510 • yanceyhumanesociety.org

2 COMPASSIONATE CARE WNC (YANCEY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE) 856 Georges Fork Road, Burnsville 828-682-9675 • hospiceofyancey.org

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