Asheville, NC

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Pack's Tavern

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White Duck Taco Shop Downtown

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Love this place!! My favorite fish taco. Overall wonderful tacos, goood sauces, off the hook margarita.

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Wasabi Japanese Restaurant

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Mama's and Beer

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The best Mexican food I’ve ever had. Steak fajitas, tacos, it’s just the best. We go back to this place all the time.

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Juicy Lucy's Burger Bar and Grill

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Corner Kitchen

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Filo Pastries & Post 70 Indulgence Bar

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Creekside Taphouse

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Taco Billy

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Old Europe Pastries

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Jerusalem Garden Café

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Soda Fountain

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OWL Bakery

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Green Sage Cafe Merrimon

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Luella’s Bar-B-Que

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Moe's Original BBQ

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There was a hair in my red beans and rice, and it was an ok place to sit, food was also pretty good in terms of taste, I just wouldn’t go back.

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The Rhu

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Croissant, cookie, hot chocolate and coffee. We’ll be back to try other things on the menu!

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East Village Grille

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We tried the Carolina crickets and wings. The Mac burger was amazing! We’ll definitely go back.

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Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar

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Sooooooooo cool! Yes, yes, yes and yes.

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Twisted Laurel Weaverville

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Great food, good service. Also available downtown.

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Highland Brewing Company

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Our go-to. They just have everything! Disc golf, volleyball, beer, food, playground for kids. Amazing!

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Asheville Brewing Company

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Great pizza!!! Lots of fun. Five stars 🤩

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LongHorn Steakhouse

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Good food, Maybe cool for people from outside of the US, but really typical and not exciting for me.

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

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Really affordable, always good! Love the shop in the front! I found so many goodies from my childhood. :)

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Hole Doughnuts

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Second best donut in the U.S.? Had to try it. 100% the best donut I’ve ever had!

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Crave Dessert Bar

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Strawberry cheesecake was out of this world. Overall, it was really fun ordering desserts from here!

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Whit's Frozen Custard (North Asheville)

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Love Whit’s. It’s just so yummy!

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Dripolator South

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Want to Try

Sunny Point Cafe

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plant

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Biscuit Head

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Chestnut

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Café Bomba

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HomeGrown

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Posana Restaurant

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The Funkatorium

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Laughing Seed Cafe

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All Day Darling

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Early Girl Eatery

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Nine Mile

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The Montford Rooftop Bar

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Daymoon Coffeebar

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This coffee shop doubles as a bookstore. Which is pretty rad. Plenty of couches for comfy sitting and reading!

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Rocky's Hot Chicken Shack

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Someone told me I have to try the fried pickles too.

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Green Tea Sushi Japanese Restaurant

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Cúrate

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Rendezvous

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Copper Crown

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Tried, Not Our Favorite

Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar

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This place gets packed! We ordered the Shrimp and Grits and Chicken, sweet tea, etc. It was good, but to be fair I don’t think we love shrimp and grits and fried chicken to begin with, so we’re unfair judges.

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Farm Burger Asheville

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Some people love this place. I’ve been there twice and both times it was really average to me.

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Itto Ramen & Japanese Tapas

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We went here for ramen and it was pretty ok, but not Maru!

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New Belgium Brewing Company

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I thought I’d love this place. It felt too shiny and cold, not cozy like I was hoping … at least in the tasting room.

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Cocula Mexican Restaurant II

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I’m from California and I’ve never seen a California burrito smothered in white sauce. Tasted good, but not what I was expecting.

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Taco Temple

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We really wanted to love this place bc the vibe was good. Fish taco was amazing, the salad was great, but we ordered 3 steak tacos (one for everyone in our group) and they all went into the trash. The meat was cooked wrong and they were sort of sweet. The cheese was rubbery. Sooo weird.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shana Thompson

My name is Shana and I'm the host of the American English Podcast. My goal is to help you learn and experience the culture and language of the United States. Since both culture and history are intertwined with travel, I can't imagine a better way to share my world with you than through travel guides of the places I know best. I currently live in Los Angeles, but I’ve also lived in Santa Barbara, the Bay Area, New York City and Austin. If you're traveling with my guides, be sure to follow the links so that you may learn while on the go! :)

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