Food
THE MULTITUDINOUS JOYS OF EATING … IN ASHEVILLE Photo by Pat Barcas
Whether you eat to live or live to eat, Asheville is a city like no other when it comes to food and drink. Sure, it delivers the goods with a smorgasbord of nationally acclaimed restaurants, a thriving community of growers and makers and the secondhighest number of craft breweries per capita in the nation. But Asheville also takes things up a notch, leveraging its quirky and creative culture to make dining and imbibing an adventure. This is the city for: BIRD’S-EYE VIEWS Fancy imbibing a craft cocktail or local brew against a panoramic view of the Western North Carolina mountains? Make your way to one of Asheville’s numerous rooftop bars, offering everything from mojitos at Hemingway’s Cuba atop the downtown Cambria Hotel to beer under the stars at East Asheville’s Highland Brewing Co. EVENT HORIZONS Asheville celebrates its food and drink throughout the year with a constantly changing roster of events, including food truck roundups, burger battles, mac ’n’ cheese challenges, cocktail competitions, fermentation festivals and a host of others. Chow Chow, which debuted September 2019, is Asheville’s newest annual extravaganza, featuring a mix of big-name chefs (José Andrés and Vivian Howard were among the 2019 stars), local talent and Appalachian flavors.
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