Asheville Bar Guide
30+ bars across Asheville's drinking neighbourhoods, curated by editors who know the city.
Asheville has more breweries per capita than anywhere in America. The South Slope holds twenty-plus taprooms in eight blocks. The downtown cocktail scene built next to it — Sovereign Remedies, The Crow & Quill, Antidote — and runs as serious as anything in North Carolina. Appalachian-apple-and-rye is the local cocktail vocabulary.
Five neighbourhoods cluster the action. South Slope is the brewery spine. Downtown holds the polished cocktail rooms. The River Arts District covers the new creative-class drinking. West Asheville is the indie residential quarter. Biltmore Village runs the heritage estate-area bars.
Cocktails run $11 to $14. Pints $5 to $7. Tipping is 20 percent. Most bars run to 2am, weekend bars to 2:30am. Reserve The Crow & Quill — small format and cult-locally-loved.
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Sovereign Remedies
Asheville's most awarded cocktail bar. Seasonal-ingredient-forward menu — wild herbs, foraged berries, Appalachian apple. Long marble counter, leather banquettes.
The Crow & Quill
Members-only cocktail-and-absinthe bar with a serious back bar. Day membership available for $5. Reservations only. Twenty seats.
Antidote
Cocktail bar inside the Chemist apothecary distillery. House-distilled gin, Asheville-rye, and a tight rotating cocktail menu. The most polished room in the city.
Top of the Monk
Speakeasy above the Thirsty Monk pub. Twenty seats. Long bar, classic-cocktail menu, and a thirty-something local crowd.
Wicked Weed Brewing
Asheville's flagship brewery. Twelve house taps, large outdoor patio, and the most reliable South Slope evening. Family-friendly until 9pm.
Burial Beer Company
Cult-locally-loved brewery with a serious sour-and-saison program. Small taproom, communal tables, and a young engaged crowd.
Neighbourhood Guide
South Slope
The brewery spine south of downtown. Twenty-plus taprooms in eight blocks. The densest brewery district per square mile in America.
Downtown
The cocktail-room spine. Speakeasies, awarded cocktail rooms, and the densest concentration of serious bars in western North Carolina.
River Arts District
The creative-class quarter along the French Broad. Converted warehouses now hold breweries, cocktail rooms, and indie galleries.
West Asheville
The indie residential quarter. Neighbourhood pubs, music venues, and a thirty-something local crowd. Walk Haywood Road.
Biltmore Village
The heritage estate-area district south of the centre. Hotel cocktail bars, polished restaurants, and a quieter weekend pace.
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