Margie’s guidebook
Our Favorite Retsaurants
Great Indian street food in the heart of downtown.
Order a few dishes and share.
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Chai Pani Asheville
22 Battery Park AveGreat Indian street food in the heart of downtown.
Order a few dishes and share.
If you want BBQ, this is the best place downtown.
Usually there is a wait but you can go next door to Catawba for a beer.
They'll page you when your table is ready.
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Buxton Hall Barbecue
32 Banks AveIf you want BBQ, this is the best place downtown.
Usually there is a wait but you can go next door to Catawba for a beer.
They'll page you when your table is ready.
Ben's Tune Up
195 Hilliard AveGood light fare with an Asian twist.
Try their homemade sake.
Creative and delicious tacos in West Asheville.
Open for breakfast and lunch.
Closes at 3PM.
Inexpensive.
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Taco Billy
201 Haywood RdCreative and delicious tacos in West Asheville.
Open for breakfast and lunch.
Closes at 3PM.
Inexpensive.
Downtown.
Excellent atmosphere.
Great tapas and cured meats.
Pricy but worth it.
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Cúrate
13 Biltmore AveDowntown.
Excellent atmosphere.
Great tapas and cured meats.
Pricy but worth it.
Okie Dokies Smokehouse
2375 US-70Excellent BBQ in Swannanoa.
Inexpensive.
Hiking
Pick up the Blue Ridge Parkway off of Route 70 and go north.
A 1 hour drive with many pull offs along the way.
You can drive to the summit.
There is a short hiking trail accessible from the summit parking lot that takes you through a beautiful patch of pine forest.
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Mount Mitchell State Park
2388 NC-128Pick up the Blue Ridge Parkway off of Route 70 and go north.
A 1 hour drive with many pull offs along the way.
You can drive to the summit.
There is a short hiking trail accessible from the summit parking lot that takes you through a beautiful patch of pine forest.
One of the many trails accessible from Montreat/Black Mountain.
Maps and trail descriptions available on line by searching "Montreat Trails."
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Lookout Mountain
One of the many trails accessible from Montreat/Black Mountain.
Maps and trail descriptions available on line by searching "Montreat Trails."
Bars
Great cocktails in the South Slope.
Buy their distilled products nextdoor.
Their gin is amazing.
Pricy.
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The Chemist - Craft Cocktails and Modern Cuisine
300 9th Ave NGreat cocktails in the South Slope.
Buy their distilled products nextdoor.
Their gin is amazing.
Pricy.