Guide to Asheville

There’s a lot to do in and around Asheville. Here’s your insider‘s guide to the area.
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🌤️ Weather

In late May and early June, Asheville usually has a high around 80° and lows in the 60s. Rain‘s possible, but storms usually pass quickly.

🍔 Food

12 Bones Smokehouse 💙
5 Foundy St #10, Asheville, NC 28801

Asheville Brewing Company 💙
77 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Biscuit Head
733 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

Cúrate
13 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Farm Burger
10 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

The Funkatorium
147 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

HomeGrown 💙
371 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Nine Mile
233 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

The Noodle Shop
3 SW Pack Sq, Asheville, NC 28801

Loretta’s Café
114 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Sunny Point Café 💙
626 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

Table Asheville
18 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar
12 College St, Asheville, NC 28801

Vinnie’s Neighborhood Italian
641 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804

White Duck Taco Shop 💙
388 Riverside Dr, Asheville, NC 28801

🍩 Desserts

Double D’s Coffee & Desserts 💙
41 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

French Broad Chocolate Lounge
10 S Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801

Hole Doughnuts
168 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

The Hop Ice Cream 💙
56 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Sunshine Sammies
99 S Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Vortex Doughnuts
32 Banks Ave #106, Asheville, NC 28801

☕️ Coffee & Tea

BattleCat Coffee Bar
373 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

Dobra Tea
78 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

High Five Coffee
13 Rankin Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

High Five Coffee
190 Broadway St #102, Asheville, NC 28801

Rowan Coffee
66 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

🍺 Breweries & Cideries

Burial Beer Co. Asheville Taproom 💙
40 Collier Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Burial Beer Co. Forestry Camp Taproom
10 Shady Oak Dr, Asheville, NC 28803

Catawba Brewing Company South Slope Asheville
32 Banks Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Green Man Brewery
27 Buxton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Hi-Wire Brewing - South Slope 💙
197 Hilliard Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

New Belgium Brewing Company
21 Craven St, Asheville, NC 28806

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 28732

Twin Leaf Brewery 💙
144 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Urban Orchard Cider Co. - South Slope
24 Buxton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Wedge Brewing Company
37 Paynes Way, Asheville, NC 28801

Wicked Weed Brewing Pub
91 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

🍸 Bars & Pubs

Jack of the Wood
95 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Little Jumbo
241 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

🎸 Music

Drum Circle 💙
Every Friday night during Summer
Pritchard Park
67 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Other Live Music

🚌 Activities

Hauted Asheville Ghost Tours
Alleyway behind the Asheville Masonic Temple

LaZoom Comedy Bus Tours
76 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Well Played Board Game Café
162 Coxe Ave #101 Asheville, NC 28801

📷 Sites

Biltmore 💙
Biltmore Estate Dr, Asheville, NC 28803

Blue Ridge Parkway 💙
Visitor Center
195 Hemphill Knob Rd, Asheville, NC 28803

Grove Arcade
1 Page Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
97 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801

Asheville Pinball Museum
1 Battle Square Ste 1b, Asheville, NC 28801

Moog Music Inc
160 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Moogseum
56 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801

Thomas Wolfe Memorial
52 N Market St, Asheville, NC 28801

The Omni Grove Park Inn
290 Macon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804

Malaprop’s Bookstore
55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801

🏞️ Outdoors

George Washington Carver Edible Park and Community Garden
30 George Washington Carver Ave, Asheville, NC 28801

Craggy Gardens
Visitor Center
364 Blue Rdg Pkwy, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Black Balsam Knob
Black Balsam Knob Rd, Canton, NC 28716

💁 References

Asheville Trails

Explore Asheville

Romantic Asheville 💙
Don’t let the name fool you. Romantic or not, this is the best one-stop resource for all things Asheville.