Maddie & Ryan
Things to do. Food. Drinks. Etc.
Food- Nine Mile
Caribbean food. Vegetarian and Vegan-friendly!
Food-Laughing Seed Cafe
Funky, no-frills cafe & bar serving organic, locally sourced global vegetarian & vegan fare.
Food-Cúrate
Ryan and I went here for a dinner date. Tapas. We recommend the patatas bravas!
Food-The Blackbird Restaurant
Refined Southern food with a full bar. On the more expensive side.
Food-Chai Pani Asheville
According to social media, this is the best Indian food in WNC!
Food-Vinnie's Neighborhood Italian
According to social media, Vinnie's is the best Italian in Asheville!
Food-Rocky's Hot Chicken Shack
Voted best chicken sandwich in Asheville!
Food-Gan Shan Station
A hip spot featuring Asian curries, stir-fries & ramen dishes plus a full bar.
Food-All Souls Pizza
Brunch-Sunny Point Café
So cute! Fun outdoor area to wait since it is always busy.
Brunch-Biscuit Head
Visit any of the three locations in Asheville. Casual breakfast & lunch. Serves massive biscuits with Jam bar.
Dessert-French Broad Chocolate Lounge
Amazing coffee, ice cream, cake, and other sweets!
Dessert-Bebettes Beignets & Coffee
Dessert-Hole Doughnuts
Doughnuts and Coffee
Dessert-Vortex Doughnuts
Doughnuts and coffee
Beer-Burial Beer Co.
Our favorite brewery (and the best) in the state of NC!
Beer-Forestry Camp Bar & Restaurant
Ryan and I love the beers here. It's always beer o'clock here.
Beer-DSSOLVR
A new brewery opened by brewers from Burial Beer Co. Try their Born in the Juicy IPA- it's my favorite beer to date.
Beer-Wicked Weed Brewing Pub
Popular!
Beer-The Funkatorium
Owned by Wicked Weed, Funkatorium serves mostly sours
Beer-Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
VERY BUSY
Coffee and Florist-Flora
Coffee shop/ plant boutique/florist. We spent about an hour walking around in here because it is just the cutest.
Coffee-OWL Bakery
Cute little coffee shop- locals say it's the best coffee in the area.
Coffee-Trade and Lore
Another coffee shop that multiple locals told us is the best coffee in Asheville!
Coffee-High Five Coffee
Visit the multiple locations in Asheville. According to social media, this is some of the best coffee
Coffee-Double D's Coffee & Desserts
A Coffee shop ran out of a double-decker bus!
Coffee-Summit Coffee Co.
Outdoors-Catawba Falls Trailhead Parking Lot
25-minutes from downtown Asheville
Outdoors-Chimney Rock State Park
Outdoors-The North Carolina Arboretum
Outdoors-Looking Glass Rock Trailhead
Outdoors-Western North Carolina Nature Center
Outdoors-Devil's Courthouse Overlook
Outdoors-Craggy Gardens Visitor Center
Museum- The Biltmore
A 250 room mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II. It is the largest privately-owned house in the United States, at 178,926 square feet. Fun Fact: Maddie's great grandmother used to play with Corneilla Vanderbilt in the Biltmore in the early 1900s!
Museum-Asheville Pinball Museum
Museum-Asheville Art Museum
Museum-Antique Car Museum at Grovewood Village
Tours-Asheville Rooftop Bar Tours
Art-River Arts District
An area of former industrial buildings located near the French Broad River, along Riverside Drive east of Interstate 240. Numerous artists have moved into the area and produce and display their work.