Latest reviews from Asheville
| 76 /100 172 SOUTH CHARLOTTE ST. “Didn't have any urgency at all to visit when we moved here but it's slowly become a destination for a causal pizza dinner with very good, classic beer styles.
Driving towards downtown but one block off the main road & it gets very quiet. Double-decker building, one street level with sun & music, the backside with a roaring AC unit & bigger tables under a canopy. There's an elevator... for one floor!
Beers are usually on tap in pairs, part of their sell is the same beer brewed with different yeasts. It's a great place to take a beer fence sitter. 18ish house taps plus 8-10 guest brews, usually hyper regional. Pints are $7, which is slightly better than average. Service is always friendly.
Food is better than average pub fare, the thin 14"-ish pizzas have fancy or basic ingredients & made with beer yeasts.
Anyway, comfortable casual place to down two beers.“ |
| 70 /100 27 BUXTON AVE. “Not sure why the two places next to each other. This one had no patrons so we looked around then drank at the other. Guy was mopping the floor.“ |
| 72 /100 675 MERRIMON AVE “Beer was pretty good not great. Pizza was good. Lots of beer styles. One long line to wait in. Big place.“ |
| 74 /100 23 BUXTON AVE “Kind of a dive bar feel. Cool pkace and green man beer is pretty good. Darts and tvs.“ |
| 78 /100 40 COLLIER AVENUE “Great beer and interesting weird goth-y t-shirts. The two locations are both big but with different vibes both worthwhile.“ |
| 66 /100 Mellow Mushroom - Asheville (Restaurant) 50 BROADWAY ST “Some local beers but heavy on ipas. Friendly staff. Good pizza. Better options exist if you are after beer around here.“ |
| 80 /100 Forestry Camp Bar & Restaurant (Restaurant) 10 SHADY OAK LANE “Really great place great vibe great location. Lots of space. Great beer. Parking was tricky.“ |
| 70 /100 Jack of the Wood (Bar) 95 PATTON AVENUE “Not a great beer selection but great music and vibe and specials. We went twice.“ |
| 82 /100 21 CRAVEN ST “Arrived here by bike in the rain. Huge place. Very helpful staff. Could onky do preordained flights but had 5oz pours. Nice selection with extra weird stuff.“ |
| 82 /100 37 PAYNES WAY “Really cool place nice vibe. Did half pours. Wide style selections and all the beer was excellent.“ |
| 80 /100 91 BILTMORE AVE “Nice huge place. Quiet during the week in April. Good beer and different types of seating experience options. Friendly staff.“ |
| 86 /100 147 COXE AVE “Overwhelming selection to drink and purchase to go. Did a canned flight. That may be the only way to do flights. Had food, good. Service good. Then bought a bottle to go. Was knowledgeable helping me decide between the vast array of choices.“ |
| 80 /100 197 HILLIARD AVE. “visited with family while in Asheville. Great place - golden tee and pinball for kids (or adults) 20+ beers on tap. comfortable“ |
| 72 /100 1042 HAYWOOD RD “On hipster Haywood but just off Patton. Like 6 parking spots. Lots of windows on two sides. Garage feel.
Brew house on the left/back as you enter, bar on the back center wall after a few tables. Wood bar, weird, dividing 2" molding at the corner of the bar. No tvs, yay! Clean & easy to read draft list above the bar, 14 or so taps plus seltzers. Mostly American & classic styles, personalized. Cheap for the area. $3-4 for "short" 6-7oz glasses or $6-7 full pours. Chips & assorted snacks, serve yourself water, pleasant staff that didn't mind talking about beer.
Nice place. Hope it lasts. Location is haunted. RIP.“ |
| 78 /100 10 PATTON AVENUE “Up an alleyway, down three flights of stairs, ignore the open kitchen & keep going down. A damp smelling, dark, but clean & charming cellar space. Used to be a department store & this place was the floor for shoes I was told. Shellacked round wood bar, a few table tops, some small tanks put in the darkness, a tiny stage for live music. It really smells wet. Bartender has been here forever & gives off a chill, ex-hippie vibe. Food deliverable from elsewhere. Prices were average to low for the neighborhood($6 pints). Very different feel vs the west Asheville location.“ |
| 70 /100 56 PATTON AVE SUITE 200 “Small & narrow, but all four sides upstairs from the S&W food court. Place looks like an old bank or fake old world train station, so it has some charm. They managed to fit in some full-sized table top games, but good luck scooting past. Couches in some of the deeper corners, swag in another, table tops one one end, the bar on the other with stools basically 3 feet away from the railing. Dozen taps, flights available, more than just their hardcore line, pricing is slightly cheaper than the rest of downtown. Hours are at he whim of the market. Plenty of food downstairs. Good pit stop.
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| 80 /100 92 PATTON AVENUE “Visited on a rainy day, went to the downstairs Belgian bar. They had Delerium beers on draft and one Asheville abbey ale. They are only brewing hard seltzers now, I pass.
Enjoyed my visit, bartender really nice, I had the local ale it was solid. They also had bottles of several Trappist ales for purchase.“ |
| 82 /100 91 BILTMORE AVE “Stopped in for beers had a couple of flights and a couple of pints nice selection and stop.Good quality beers across the styles.“ |
| 88 /100 Forestry Camp Bar & Restaurant (Restaurant) 10 SHADY OAK LANE “Yeah, this place is huge and terrific. Reminds me of Treehouse a bit. It feels like a secluded compound just south of Asheville. Like a Burial theme park. Tons of their classics, tons of their experimental stuff. only downside is that you can only order 2 4oz pours at a time, but it's kid friendly, so trick is to entertain your toddler if that's your bag.“ |
| 30 /100 Asheville Wine Market (Grocery Store) 65 BILTMORE AVENUE “Place has really become a forgettable beer destination. Wine selection is vast for the area(but Crocodile Wine is better for more indie labels & orange wine). Beer is still the very back corner, the small fridge was empty last two times I went. A half dozen six pack varieties stacked, a handful of singles, one cider, no mead. Buy something during your brewery visit, or stick to Whole Foods, 604 or Appalachian if you want variety.
I miss Tasty's.“ |
| 66 /100 Earth Fare - Asheville (Westgate) (Grocery Store) 66 WESTGATE PARKWAY “My review seems to have disappeared.
Westgate is a bitch to get to. It's like 1/2 a mile off Patton, onto the highway, through lots of potholes, out the second exit, a zigzag, an underpass & then you get into the strip mall, where it's at the very end. I'm sure there's an easier way to get in from the west.
Dimly lit, but very clean, it does remind of Whole Foods because their other location downtown was turned into a WF. Big section of veggies, half an aisle of honey, fat deli counter, hot food somewhere in the middle. Past all that is their large wine section. Past that is their beer displays, coolers & sake shelves. They have this cute local art card printing machine if you have a low attention span. Selection is better than Whole Foods because they have several more singles. Cider availability is equally meh though. No growler station or very many large format bottles. Prices will be a hair or two higher than Whole Paycheck. Not many options left with most of our bottle shops closing down.
Okay.“ |
| 60 /100 Great Wild Nowhere (Bar) 122 RIVERSIDE DR STUDIO A “This is the art studio of Andy Herod. It used to be co-habitated by Daidala Ciders till 2020. Think warehouse loft, lots of natural light, surrounded by prints & mid century modern furniture. They also host outside, out front, on some grassy tables. River view. There's music & odd events here & there. Dog friendly. Generally, it's a younger crowd, possibly all Andy's friends. Usually only one cider on, plus a couple in cans. Prices are typical $6-8 pours. Bar snacks, maybe a food truck nearby but not out front unless there's an event.
I like Andy & his doggos but I miss Daidala.“ |
| 70 /100 63 N LEXINGTON AVENUE “Big place. Longer than it is wide. Brewery on the left as you enter. A couple dozen taps. Lots of options but NEIPAs were the most common option. Tried four beers. The NEIPAs looked and tasted mostly the same and were OK. Gimmicky sour was decent, and in their defense it was gimmicky because it was an April Fool's social media joke that actually came to life. And the apple brandy wheatwine was excellent. A little pricy. Two bartenders. Both helpful. One pretty friendly. Comfortable place and worth a stop.“ |
| 56 /100 39 N. LEXINGTON AVE. “A little history about 39 N Lex. It was the Lexington Avenue Brewery (LAB) for several years. They closed. Not sure why. Then it became a Canarchy tap room briefly. It appears the location was then taken over by Artisanal Brewing Ventures and rebranded as a Bold Rock taproom. This probably happened after MicroGrog's review in February 2022 as he doesn't mention any cider. Bold Rock started in my old haunting grounds in Virginia. They've always been about the money more than the product. That shows in the product here. It's about 2/3 Bold Rock cider and 1/3 "guest" taps from Sixpoint, Southern Tier, and Victory. The Victory beers I tried were fine. The Bold Rock ciders were meh. Not bad, but not interesting. Wings were decent. The place is very open and generic, unlike the interesting decor the LAB had. Overall, I can easily think of three better cideries in and around Appleton (probably several more) and one of them is in the same neighborhood. No need to stop here unless you have several days to kill.“ |
| 86 /100 32 BROADWAY ST, STE 110 “I liked this place. Friendly and helpful bartender. Long and narrow and slow while I was there. Still homey and welcoming. Lots of ciders and a few wines on tap. Tried five ciders and all were excellent. Some snacs available. Prices a bit high but OK for the quality. If you like cider, recommended stop.“ |
| 74 /100 Tupelo Honey - Downtown Asheville (Restaurant) 12 COLLEGE ST “I think this might be the original location. Service decent. Food was outstanding. Lots of locals on tap. Prices solid. Nice place.“ |
| 66 /100 32 BANKS AVENUE “Stopped by two nights ago. Earlyish. Place is cavernous. One bartender was helpful and friendly. Tried four beers, all good. Twenty-ish on tap with a bunch of limited options. Beer to go. Prices were fine. Solid.“ |
| 78 /100 Farm Burger - Asheville (Restaurant) 10 PATTON AVENUE “Sitting here right now. Wood and brick. Bar and tables. Casual. Friendly and helpful staff. Including my Uber driver from last night. Excellent food. Not used to a tubular burger but it totally works for the jus. 8 beers on tap, all local. Prices fine. Nice place.“ |
| 76 /100 21 CRAVEN ST “Finally stopped by here. Big place, both the full campus and also the tasting room. Massive outdoor places. Decent sized inside. Service was good. Didn't love the "curated" flight system, but, an employee let me do one a la carte. Overall the beer is good, as expected. Prices okay. Overall worth a stop, but stop by the local breweries first.“ |
| 80 /100 395 HAYWOOD ROAD “Down & dirty part of WAVL. Not much parking, but it's there. Beat up, white washed place, small bar on the left hand side. Good variety of taps, but all or most are aged on some sort of wood. Somewhat focused on foeder & fruit beers. Excellent lagers, no kettle sours. Half, full or taster pours. They can crowler anything but the higher priced sours which go for about $10/12oz. Cans are $6, bottles are $8-18. Bartender I met was super chill, let me try everything. Not a bad beer on the list, some where exceptional. I might still put New Origin on top for lager quality, but this is more refined on the sour front. Chill.“ |
| 66 /100 36 FOUNDY ST A1 “Located inside the newly renovated Marquee space, it's an open air bar & bottle shop occupying the first few booths in the venue. Shelves of local & curated beers, meads & a sparse selection of ciders. They have a round wooden bar with eight taps of local & regionals at reasonable prices. They do "in-store" tastings & comfortable mid-century furniture to sit on.
Cute place. Just don't knock anything over.“ |
| 70 /100 Ingles Market - Asheville (Grocery Store) 29 TUNNEL ROAD “The two or four Ingles shops in the area are almost all the same. I will say that this one has about 10 extra feet of sixers & a deeper mix a six selection(6/$11.99). A huge L shaped aisle at the end of the store by the eggs. Sub aisles of wine all in front of that. Prices are the best in town, but you will only find staples, mix packs or seasonal releases. If Harris Teeter doesn't have your fresh Celebration, they might. If you've lived here less than forever, you can probably find something to rate.
This is also the most junkiest, crackhead-ish location. Lots of old ladies getting jacked according to NextDoor.“ |
| 50 /100 Harris Teeter - Asheville (Grocery Store) 136 MERRIMON AVE “Honest double wide grocery aisle in the center of the store. Half wine, quarter seltzer, quarter beer. There's a weak build your own six pack station, but it's not as good as Ingles(but better than Whole Foods). Ever slightly more expensive than Ingles as well. Fresh Sierra Nevada 12 packs, western NC sixers, lots of beer, but nothing exotic or outside of seasonal. I do come here when I want the freshest release or the 20% off a case of wine sale. Celebration or Cold Mountain is out, stop here first. Outside of that, go to Ingles or Appalachian.“ |
| 84 /100 The Whale Outpost (Bar) 2 BEVERLY RD “Came here on a whim as I was looking for more bottle selection. Appalachian is fine, but aside from a quick look at 604, I'm ordering online or trading.
Very cute, wild west general storefront look. Wood floors, warm turn of the century atmosphere. Inside is a straight shot to the bar, the left & right are bookshelves or wine & beer, with coolers in the back. Bar has one tv on mute for the fuck offs, a side room of backbench & table tops for a quieter atmosphere. Just like The Whale, they primarily focus less on local, more on deeper cuts & releases from outside the area. They also aren't afraid to discount older bottles either.
Place is way chiller than the West AVl location, but just as expensive. Bartender loved talking shop & had recommendations that were realistic. Tap & bottle list are usually current on the website if you are planning a visit. Just remember that everything has a significant markup from retail. Bar first, bottle shop second.“ |
| 70 /100 Moe’s Original Bar B Que - Asheville (Restaurant) 4 SWEETEN CREEK ROAD “This is our local bbq place. We actually came here 7 years-ish ago on our first trip into town together & didn't realize we'd buy a house down the road. Sort of across the street from French Broad, Hillman, Catabwa, Eda Rhyne & that new sports bar I haven't added yet.
BBQ is the most consistent I've had in town. They rarely do brisket, but it's my usual par. Place is cafeteria-ish, but that's the norm for a good bbq place. Service is fine, helpful interjections about the food, daily specials(hush pupppies are also rare & good). Solid options are the ribs, wings or catfish. House bbq sauce is spicy, tangy & not too sweet.
Beer selection is usually local house brands, with some far reaching NC labels too, but you get seasonals once in a while too. Prices are easy going, $5-7 full pints.
Solid food. Not a beer destination.“ |
| 74 /100 40 COLLIER AVENUE “Been here enough to know I like the beer, but don't like the chaotic atmosphere.
Big space, no parking. Lots of indoor picnic tables that are hardly used anymore. Tons more picnic tables outside. One in, one out counter to line up & order from. Beer boards in the back, no or not enough printouts for their daily changing tap list. There are a handful of taps that are different inside, so look.
Biggest gripe about this place is that every beer mom or dad has to drag his family into this mostly un-level ground, with all his offspring in tow. There's a mole hill of tables above the first level outside & the kids are just falling into the back of your knees as you stand in line for single pours, because they wont give you everything at once. Can I kick it please? You will usually find me sitting at one of the four or so quieter back street level tables, where the people smoke but not really.
The beer is great, the prices are okay-ish for half pours. They serve Visuals cider & wine too. It's easy to walk here from somewhere else. Though you better pay for your parking or you will be towed quickly I am told.
Cheers.“ |
| 80 /100 Forestry Camp Bar & Restaurant (Restaurant) 10 SHADY OAK LANE “So this place is kind of dope. Off a quiet side rode that gets you to Hendersonville, in a half industrial half residential spot. Big two level farmhouse plus a several shacks/garages full of production, with a center lane for parking. The roads are shit, be warned.
Large floor to ceiling wrapped glass taproom, mostly family style aside from the dunce seating up front. Top level is more personal. All wood everything, warm lighting, ordering counter at the far left from the entrance. More varied styles than their shelf space would indicate, the back right of the room has lots of expensive experimental bottles to go. Visuals, their wine/cider brand, is also poured here. Pitcher, full, 12oz or 4oz pours available depending on the snobbery. Short pours range $3-5 & aren't worth it unless it's the only option. No flights, but seriously, fuck off & order a pour already. Bartenders are really busy, so don't waste their time but tip them more than you're comfortable with or they'll ignore you for a bit.
I didn't try the food, been here several times, but I've heard it's over-reaching, way more than pub food, pretty good, but not a complete menu, though you can order a 3 course if you pick and choose your battles.
Much more laid back & less intense than the downtown Burial location, but just as busy. Find a place to hide & try everything.
Cheers.“ |
| 80 /100 63 N LEXINGTON AVENUE “Large space in a working brewery. Plenty of taps. Beer quality generally really good. Variety of styles but skews towards more modern things. Enjoyed my visit here a lot.“ |
| 70 /100 91 BILTMORE AVE “Large two-floor space. Top floor is more of a restaurant, lower floor more of a typical taproom. Preset flights available. Beer quality decent.“ |
| 88 /100 40 COLLIER AVENUE “Nice outdoor space, fun indoor space. Two bars, with different beers across both (though some overlap). No flights, but small pours are available. Beer quality is outstanding, especially hazy IPAs and pastry stouts. Good selection of cans and bottles to go.“ |
| 68 /100 27 BUXTON AVE. “Big building, but relatively small taproom. Only preset flights available. Beers were fine.“ |
| 86 /100 40 COLLIER AVENUE “Large establishment with several outdoor areas spreading over different levels. They have 40 taps, at two bars, but some of the selection is overlapping. Couple of lagers and fruited sours, rest are mostly IPAs and high ABV stouts/barleywines. Quality is very good to excellent. Friendly service. Good food. One of the best places in town.“ |
| 76 /100 395 HAYWOOD ROAD “Somewhat small interior with nice patio outside. Quite busy on the Friday afternoon. 11 taps with two guests. They focus mostly on traditional styles. For some reason I didn't like the profile of their beers. Worth checking out, but I'm not sure I'd return with all Asheville has to offer.“ |
| 80 /100 507 HAYWOOD ROAD #10 “Nice taproom with beer garden in front. They had 20 taps covering various breweries and styles. Was nice to see several beers from Jester King. Nice bottle selection. Worth checking out.“ |
| 76 /100 21 CRAVEN ST “Really huge place with large beer garden. Spacious interior with lots of light. Very busy with lot of families and kids. They had 20 taps on with some extra bottle pours. I could find just couple of interesting beers. Too big and generic for me, lacking character.“ |
| 70 /100 101 BILTMORE AVE “As others have mentioned this is a concert venue. And it's one with pretty good beer selection for such establishment. More than 20 taps and combo between usual suspects like Pabst, Lagunitas, Miller, SNPA and some local brews like Foothills, Hi-Wire, Asheville brewing. Hard to rate, but hands down this is one of the best beer selections I've seen at concert venues.“ |
| 78 /100 63 N LEXINGTON AVENUE “Located pretty much in the city center. Pretty basic setup with large tables with benches and small patio inside. Quit busy, but the service was efficient. 23 taps spread over 13 styles doesn't seem bad at all, but bear in mind there will be more NEIPAs, fruited sours and pastry stouts than anything else. Taking that into account the quality of beers was quite good. Worth checking out.“ |
| 84 /100 The Whale Outpost (Bar) 2 BEVERLY RD “Was brand new when I paid it a visit. Was still smelling of fresh wood. Pretty large bar/bottleshop with modern neat interior. Nice selection on tap with well chosen breweries and styles. Some of the brews from Finback and Fonta Flora were made for the Whale exclusively. Nice selection of bottles too. Some Zebulon and Zillicoah bottles, but also some out of state and European gems I've not seen elsewhere. Friendly and knowledgeable service. Those can get a bit pricey. Although it's located a bit out of town this place was well worth visiting.“ |
| 86 /100 172 SOUTH CHARLOTTE ST. “20 taps: 8 guest+12 house (6 beers each with 2 yeast strains). Super cool to try different yeast strains, even though I could barely tell the difference. Nice food selection too. Must visit, if you are in Asheville.“ |
| 74 /100 Earth Fare - Asheville (Westgate) (Grocery Store) 66 WESTGATE PARKWAY “Nice upscale grocery store, just a notch below Whole Foods, but with better prices. Beer selection is pretty good. Lots of singles for rating. Nice huge indoor seating area, where you can eat.“ |
