Food & Dining

Copper Crown is a restaurant on Tunnel Road in East Asheville. Its website describes it as an elegant dining experience for the east side of town. The restaurant serves dinner and has patio seating. Reservations are recommended and are made through Resy, though its website notes limited walk-in availability. Takeout orders can be placed online and picked up on the patio. Gift cards are available through the restaurant.

Posana is a contemporary American restaurant on Biltmore Ave in downtown Asheville. Its website describes a seasonal menu built around locally sourced ingredients, with housemade pastas, fresh seafood and prime meats. The downtown location serves dinner only, and the site recommends reservations, which you can make online. Posana also has a second Asheville location at Biltmore Park in South Asheville, which the site says offers lunch and weekend brunch as well.

Baked Pie Company is a pie shop at 4 Long Shoals Road in Arden, just south of Asheville near Hendersonville Road. According to WLOS, a mother and daughter started it after they could not find a place nearby for scratch-made pie and coffee, and it opened in April 2017. The pie menu rotates. WLOS listed flavors such as honey pecan, blueberry muffin, pecan cheesecake, lemon meringue, shoofly, apple crumb and Hawaiian pineapple. The shop also serves pie flights, which are three slim slices with ice cream, and coffee. Its website has an online ordering page, so check there for the current pie list.

Limones is a dinner restaurant in downtown Asheville, on Eagle Street between the Fine Arts Theater and the Wortham Center. Its website describes the food as Mexican- and Californian-inspired, with a menu that changes with the seasons. It says the restaurant has been open for more than 20 years and sits in the historic J.A. Wilson Building. The menu has shareable starters, larger plates such as carne asada, lamb rigatoni, fish asado and enchiladas, plus cocktails, wine and Mexican beer. The site says walk-ins are welcome and reservations are recommended, and reservations are booked through Resy. Online to-go ordering and gift cards are also listed.

Foothills Butcher Shop is a whole-animal butcher shop on Black Mountain Avenue in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It is part of Foothills Farm & Butchery, which also runs Foothills Grange, Hell or High Water and Foothills Watershed. Its website describes the shop as female-led and says it has served Black Mountain since 2013. The site says the shop buys primarily whole animals from small, local family farms. The meat case carries beef, pork and poultry, house-made charcuterie and deli meats, and a rotating range of sausages. It also posts creative specials. If you want a special cut, a large quantity or a prepared charcuterie board for an event, the site says to call or email to place an order. The butchers can also talk you through recipes.

Rosetta's Kitchen is a vegetarian and vegan restaurant on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. According to its website, it has been serving the community since 2002. The site says the food is locally sourced and made at affordable prices, with the line "Here, everyone eats." Its site has a menu, online ordering, catering information and gift cards. It also has a "Give here" page. Check the website for current days and hours, which are listed on its home page.

Hi-Wire Brewing RAD Beer Garden and Distribution Center is one of Hi-Wire Brewing's Asheville locations, on Lyman Street in the River Arts District. It combines a taproom and a large outdoor beer garden with the company's distribution center. Hi-Wire says it has brewed in Asheville since 2013, and its taprooms pour 20 or more beers. The RAD location is described as an open-air space with local food trucks on site daily. Games and activities listed there include pickleball courts, golf simulators and pool tables from Ace & Eagle Urban Sports Club, and e-bike tours with The Flying Bike start from the space. Hi-Wire also has a South Slope taproom and a Biltmore Village production facility with a taproom, so check that you are heading to the right location.

Leveller Brewing Co. is a small brewery and taproom on North Main Street in Weaverville. Its website says the name comes from the Levellers, a 17th century English group of agrarian radicals, and that the owners see beer as a farm product at heart. The taps rotate weekly and have recently included a Helles lager, a pale ale, saisons, a Czech-style dark lager and a red ale. The taproom also pours natural wines, local cider and non-alcoholic drinks, and it sells snacks such as olives, pimento cheese and tinned fish. Outside food is allowed. The indoor seating area is small and the covered patio has vines overhead. Leashed dogs and children are welcome, and the brewery says it sells wool goods from its own sheep.

Hillman Beer is a craft brewery on Sweeten Creek Road in south Asheville, near Biltmore Village. According to its website, it is a small, family-owned business that opened its Asheville location in April 2017. The site describes a pub-style brewery experience, with a kitchen serving food. The site says the brewery hosts events and sells gift cards. Dogs are welcome in the brewery as long as they are leashed, quiet and well behaved. The Hillmans also run a second location in Old Fort, which opened in July 2020. Check the website for the current beer list, menu and events.

Good Hot Fish is a counter-service fish fry restaurant on Buxton Avenue in downtown Asheville. Its website says the idea comes from the old Southern fish camps, with classic recipes and a chef-driven menu built around seasonality. The menu lists items such as the Good Hot Fish sandwich of fried NC catfish, a trout bologna and cheese sandwich, fish nuggets, a shrimp burger and a daily fish plate where you choose the fish and how it is cooked. Sides include baked macaroni and cheese, and the fish plates come with hushpuppies. The site says the menu changes with the season and availability. You can order online, and the restaurant offers a Host a Fish Fry option for groups. The site also has a note on its allergy policy and ADA accessibility.