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"Sunny Point Café – an Asheville institution and a place that is worth the wait, we recommend heading here for breakfast. They operate a farm to table concept using many ingredients straight from their garden out back. You can’t go wrong, no matter what you order, just make sure you go hungry."

"Sunny Point is the quintessential West Asheville eatery: food is simple, delicious, and not too expensive; dogs are welcome; herbs and some...Read More"

"Named after an Indonesian legend extolling the seeds of a plant that supposedly promotes divine conversation and physical satiation, this cafe has been a city mainstay for decades. Dedicated to local, organic ingredients and a global food sensibility, it puts folks at ease as it caters to their myriad tastes. As such, it presents salads, sandwiches, roll-ups, empanadas, pastas, and dishes like pad Thai and a rosemary cider-braised seitan steak."

"We met up with some friends for dinner at Laughing Seed Cafe, which is a bit more of an upscale restaurant and their dishes reflect this. Everything was bursting with flavor and had an overall wholesome, healthy, vibe. The menu features an array of salads, bowls, sandwiches, and amazing raw entrees like the spinach pesto manicotti stuffed with cashew ricotta."

"If you’re looking for farm-to-table, internationally influenced cuisine, look no further. The Laughing Seed Cafe serves up a delicious range of recipes that are prepared thoughtfully and thoroughly. Start off with the jalapeño onion fries."

"Sunshine Sammies brings Asheville delectable cookie and ice cream sandwich combos to residents and visitors, alike, 7 days a week. Yes, you can build your own sandwich, and they also have some classic combos like cookie dough ice cream between chocolate chip cookies and salted carmel ice cream between chocolate cookies. Seasonally, Sunshine Sammies will mix up their small-batch ice cream flavors so that you can try flavors like Blueberry Basil, Key Lime, or get a little wild with “Corn Dog.” Gluten or dairy allergies?"

"Summer hours: Sunday-Thursday 12pm-10pm, Friday and Saturday 12pm-11pm. Known for their handmade (huge!) ice cream sandwiches, Sunshine Sammies started out as a solar powered pushcart in the summer of 2013. Now with a physical location, they also have pushcarts and a vintage ice cream truck named Sunny that can be seen around town."

"What we love most: Maybe it’s because this place is only a stone’s throw away from where we live (a key workability factor if you’re too lazy to drive or hate wasting time getting places), but we love love love The Waterbird. We both gave this place 5 perfect stars for its vibes. We love their Cubano coffee and the fact that you can literally stay here all day because they serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and they have a full cocktail bar)."

"If you want to hang out at an Asheville cafe where you can get hand-crafted coffee beverages in the morning, a tasty sandwich for lunch, and high-end cocktails at happy hour, The Waterbird is what you’re looking for. This cafe-bar in North Asheville manages to do it all well. The cappuccinos and Cubanos are top-notch."

"Enjoy a New Orleans inspired coffee date at Bebettes Beignets & Coffee. Their made to order beignets and pour your own New Orleans cafe au lait is a fun way to indulge your sweet side. We recommend sharing The Monster, a sweet trio of beignets with powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar and chocolate."

"This is a super cute place with a great concept and adorable people working there, but it’s very disorganized, leading to unnecessarily long waits."

"One of the reasons why Asheville has a lively vibe is thanks to the city’s talented buskers. From 10 am to 10 pm most days, a variety of musicians create Asheville’s soundtrack. One of the city’s most famous buskers is Abby the Spoon Lady, one of the few professional spoon players in America."

"This outpost of the international restaurant group has sizzled its way to the top of the red-meat venues in Asheville. It may be a chain, but...Read More"

"copper crown is a neighborhood bistro in East Asheville, offering their take on New American cuisine with a nod to New Orleans standards. Their menu is updated often to reflect what is new and fresh in the kitchen. Their cuisine pays homage to New Orleans, Italy and the American south while also utilizing the relationships that they have built with local farmers over the years."