btw i've been to asheville once before but it was a brief 1/2-day trip
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
You got it.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
I lived in Black Mountain for a short spell. This new age center has a nifty Light Room that their website promises has been renovated: "Come experience the difference!"
http://www.urlight.org/
― petey p. pizzagarten (how's life), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link
I really liked the white pizza at this place, but maybe you could find good pizza more central to Asheville at this point. Pizza's really taken off these days.
http://www.myfatherspizza.com/
― petey p. pizzagarten (how's life), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
yes, I've beee hearing good things about pizza lately
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
My wife and I are going to Asheville for a few days at the end of June. Would love updated recommendations for things to do/see/eat/drink. I see liquor sales are controlled by local (state?) ABC -- any recommendations for best stores/widest selection?
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Sunday, 5 February 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
Was just there in October...Check out the Kava kava bar... and the nearby town of Marshall has beeyootiful views of the French Broad River...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Sunday, 5 February 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
If you plan to explore the Blue Ridge Parkway, or any parks/trails, go very early to avoid some of the crowds, which will be substantial during high season.
As for spirits, good luck finding anything special. But iirc Asheville does have a robust beer community.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 February 2023 16:44 (one year ago) link
my parents and sister live in asheville so I’m the once or twice a year. here are a couple of places i ate at last time we were there that i enjoyed, both in west asheville:https://www.leosavl.com/ - good for a nicer but not too fancy dinnerhttps://tacobilly.com/ - good tacos. I liked it better than white duck tacos but maybe I’ve just eaten at the latter too often
― na (NA), Sunday, 5 February 2023 18:23 (one year ago) link
chai panni is classic but it’s always crowded. but if you’re downtown and willing to wait it’s good
― na (NA), Sunday, 5 February 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
Thank you all, happy to get more recs over the next few months.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Sunday, 5 February 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
So crazy, I have fond memories of playing with my band at a festival in the river arts district, and visiting with family.
https://www.reddit.com/r/asheville/comments/1fs71af/river_arts_district_completely_washed_away/
https://www.reddit.com/r/asheville/comments/1fs8rh2/white_duck_taco_is_underwater_noo/
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 30 September 2024 17:27 (one month ago) link
Ugh, yeah, I was just there about this time last year.
― jaymc, Monday, 30 September 2024 19:25 (one month ago) link
The scale of the destruction is just mind-boggling. Cars on their sides half-buried in cinder block dunes. Little countertop islands of asphalt jutting into empty space where the hillside was licked away. Underground utilities unearthed, on display like the tunnels in an ant farm, or collapsed into piles of muddy scrap. It's apocalyptic, and I can't believe the death toll isn't higher -- I'm sure plenty of people ignored evacuation warnings until it was too late, because nobody had ever seen this sort of flooding in those mountains before.
― "Lunch" is self-explanatory (bernard snowy), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:31 (one month ago) link
my family lives there. what's crazy is i didn't even know this was happening until saturday afternoon. everyone in my family is OK and unhurt but the community is obviously devastated. there's still basically no running water, no power, almost no cell service. i saw online that FEMA was doing water drops but my sister said there was no information about accessing water or food as of yesterday morning.
― na (NA), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:36 (one month ago) link
for me personally this is the first time where i see pictures of destruction and i'm like "oh i've been there" or "i know where that is."
― na (NA), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:37 (one month ago) link
NA here's a facebook link to services available (food, water, wifi, etc)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatsupashevillenc/posts/1991630967945196/
― go polish your nose ring (sleeve), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:39 (one month ago) link
I have a fiend who lives in Morganton, NC about 50 miles away. His whole town was without power and water albeit less property damage than what you see in Asheville
― Bedrich Smetana's Ma Wife (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:43 (one month ago) link
I can't believe this is hurricane damage in North Carolina and Tennessee.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:46 (one month ago) link
thanks - my sister and her family have left town (partially for planned travel) and my parents seem to have a decent supply of food and water saved up. i think she was more just frustrated that there wasn't much evidence of government emergency services for residents at that point - the concern was more about the community
― na (NA), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:48 (one month ago) link
It’s just a terrible thing. Most people here in East Tennessee know western North Carolina very well, we all go to Asheville and Black Mountain and Hot Springs and all of those places. Seeing pictures from them is devastating. I have one Facebook friend there who seems to be basically OK, he has managed to post a few times to let people know he’s all right. Have not been able to get in touch with a writer I know who just moved to Asheville about six months ago. Certainly hope he and his wife and their new house are doing OK. Once they get through this initial emergency stage, which might not be for a week, there are months and months of rebuilding ahead.
― Blitz Primary (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 September 2024 19:52 (one month ago) link
update, just heard from my writer friend — they are "high and dry," no power, limited cell service, but ok.
― Blitz Primary (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 September 2024 20:14 (one month ago) link
my cousin got out last night, she's fine but said houses on her road were washed away
― symsymsym, Monday, 30 September 2024 22:54 (one month ago) link