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South Slope, Asheville
Founded in 2013, Burial is an independent Asheville brewery known for its bold, artful branding and its IPAs, stouts, and farmhouse ales. Its South Slope taproom anchors the operation.
Best for Sought-after IPAs and stouts; South Slope taproom visits; Artful craft beer branding
Asheville
Cooperative Coffee Roasters sources beans through direct partnerships with small farmers and roasts them in Asheville, NC. The shop sells single-origin and signature-blend coffee alongside a monthly coffee club subscription, mugs, and shirts.
Best for Single origin coffee and monthly subscriptions
Asheville, NC
East Fork makes durable, everyday stoneware dinnerware in Western North Carolina, known for its distinctive glazes. It grew from an Asheville-area studio into a nationally recognized homegoods brand while keeping production and its flagship store local.
Best for Handmade stoneware dinnerware; Modern ceramic homegoods; Made-in-NC pottery
Downtown Asheville
French Broad Chocolate sources cacao directly from farmers and roasts, grinds, and crafts it into bars, truffles, and drinking chocolate at its downtown Asheville factory. The bean-to-bar maker and lounge is a cornerstone of the city's food scene.
Best for Bean-to-bar chocolate bars and truffles; Drinking chocolate and desserts; Craft chocolate gifts
South Slope, Asheville
Established in 1997, Green Man is an Asheville brewery and a South Slope anchor known for its English-style ales. Its multi-level Dirty Jack's taproom draws a steady local crowd.
Best for English-style craft ales; South Slope taproom visits; Longtime local brewery
Grovewood Village, Asheville, NC
Grovewood Gallery presents American art and craft across two floors in Asheville's historic Grovewood Village, with work by makers from around the country. Established in 1992, the gallery occupies a site once used by Biltmore Industries for weaving and woodworking. Visitors can explore studio furniture upstairs and outdoor sculpture alongside smaller works ranging from glass to ceramics and jewellery.
Best for American craft, studio furniture and outdoor sculpture in Asheville
Grovewood Gallery occupies the former weaving and woodworking complex of Biltmore Industries, on eleven acres beside the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville. Edith Vanderbilt founded that enterprise with two teachers, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale. By the late 1920s, under Fred Loring Seely, it ran more than forty looms turning out handwoven wool fabric that shipped as far as China and Uruguay.
The customer list from those years ran to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Helen Keller, along with several American presidents and first ladies.
The gallery that fills the site now represents over 350 artists and craftspeople from across the United States, in a collection running from tableware to furniture. It is not a museum shop bolted onto a historic site. Working artist studios sit on the grounds, and craft demonstrations run through the year alongside rotating exhibitions.
The rest of the village holds the Biltmore Industries Homespun Museum and an antique car museum. A docent-led history tour ends inside the original Dye House, which is otherwise closed to the public and still holds the dye vats and the spinning mule.
South Slope, Asheville
Founded in 2013, the vaudeville-themed Hi-Wire brews lagers and approachable ales in Asheville. It has grown to multiple taprooms while staying rooted in the city, with a popular South Slope stop.
Best for Lagers and easy-drinking ales; South Slope taproom hangouts; Locally rooted craft beer
Asheville
High Noon Coffee, a small-batch, woman-owned roastery in Asheville, roasts on a 1987 vintage Probat L12 retrofitted for third-wave roasting. It sells pour-over, espresso blends, Sumatra, decaf espresso, and cold brew coffee, with retail pickup and wholesale supply.
Best for Small batch third wave roasted coffee
East Asheville
Founded in 1994, Highland is Asheville's original craft brewery and a founding force in the city's beer scene. The family-owned East Asheville brewery and taproom pours Gaelic Ale and other flagships and includes a rooftop event space.
Best for Gaelic Ale and flagship brews from Asheville’s original craft brewery
Asheville
James Condino builds mandolins, guitars, and double basses as a luthier in Asheville, North Carolina, in business since 1980. Instruments are available for sale directly through the shop.
Best for Custom mandolins guitars and double basses
Downtown Asheville, NC
Founded in 1982, Malaprop's is an independent bookstore and cafe in downtown Asheville known for its literary events and curated staff picks. It champions regional and diverse authors.
Best for Independent bookstore browsing; Author events and readings; Regional and diverse voices
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe has traded in downtown Asheville, North Carolina since 1982. Emoke B'Racz opened it without business loans in a 2,000 square foot space on Haywood Street. B'Racz came to the United States from Hungary at fifteen, her father having left as a political exile in 1956. She spent nine years working at a Waldenbooks in Connecticut before moving to Asheville. She took the name from malapropism, the comic misuse of a word, and stocked shelves of international literature and poetry while paying staff wages with health insurance. Downtown Asheville in the 1980s had boarded-up storefronts and little foot traffic, and cheap rent went into inventory. After fifteen years the store moved three doors down into a historic building that had been an Elks club, with community members helping carry the stock. It now stands at 55 Haywood Street. In 2000 Publishers Weekly named Malaprop's Bookseller of the Year and the city gave it a Seal of the City recognition. Gretchen Horn, on staff since 2001 as barista and later financial manager, became majority owner in January 2019. The shop carries books for adults and children as well as young adults, along with gifts. The cafe serves pastries from local bakeries and locally roasted coffee. Hand-lettered signage and event posters line the walls, and the store makes room for emerging regional writers. Our State magazine profiled B'Racz in 2011 and Blue Ridge Public Radio in 2019.
Downtown Asheville, NC
Mast General Store traces to an 1883 general store in Valle Crucis, and its Asheville branch keeps that old-time experience going. Under one historic roof it stocks outdoor gear, classic candy by the barrel, regional goods, and Appalachian gifts.
Best for Old-fashioned general-store shopping; Barrel candy and regional goods; Outdoor and Appalachian gifts
Asheville
One World is a locally owned Asheville brewery pouring globally inspired beers from an intimate underground taproom downtown and a larger West Asheville location. A community-minded, independent spirit runs through both.
Best for Globally inspired craft beers; Underground downtown taproom; Independent neighborhood brewery
Asheville
Poppy handcrafts small-batch gourmet popcorn in Asheville, in sweet and savory flavors that include the local Asheville Mix. The homegrown brand sells from its downtown shop and ships nationally by mail order.
Best for Gourmet small-batch popcorn; Local Asheville Mix flavor; Edible gifts and snacks
Downtown Asheville, NC
Kim Allen and Jillian Kelly opened Asheville Bee Charmer downtown in 2014, taking the name from a line in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. The shop sells single-origin and infused honeys, bee pollen, honeycomb, soaps made with raw honey. It publishes its own sourcing map and harvest calendar. Two downtown addresses trade, at 38 Battery Park Avenue and 32 Broadway Street, under the shorter name The Bee Charmer.
Best for Single-origin and infused honeys, honey body care and bee-themed gifts
Kim and Jillian met in Chicago, where Jillian traded commodities, and moved to Asheville after several weekend visits. Both had already swapped refined sugar for honey at home, and that domestic habit turned into an interest in bees and pollinators. They opened Asheville Bee Charmer in downtown Asheville in 2014. The name comes from page 87 of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which the owners told the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce is the piece of trivia nobody guesses. The shop sells infused honeys and bee pollen. Honeycomb and artisan teas sit beside soaps made with raw honey. It publishes a sourcing map, a harvest calendar and a crystallisation index. That index argues that crystallised honey is a good sign rather than a fault. The business grew into two downtown shops and an online trade, the first at 38 Battery Park Ave and a second on Broadway. A mead tasting bar was planned and then delayed. The business now trades under the shorter name The Bee Charmer.
River Arts District, Asheville
Operating from 44 Westgate Parkway in Asheville, The Village Potters Clay Center runs weekly pottery classes, workshops, and a multi-year Advanced Studies Program, and distributes Laguna, Standard, and KYMudworks clays. It is a nonprofit whose resident potters include Sarah Wells Rolland, Judi Harwood, Julia Mann, Katie Meili Messersmith, Karen Dubois, and Maria Andrade Troya.
Best for Weekly pottery classes and clay supplies
River Arts District, Asheville
Wedge is a neighborhood brewery in Asheville's River Arts District, with an outdoor beer garden set among sculptures and old rail yards. The locally owned spot is a relaxed place for a pint.
Best for Beer garden in the River Arts District
Downtown Asheville
Launched in 2012, Wicked Weed is an Asheville brewpub known for its hop-forward ales and its Funkatorium taproom for sour and wild ales. It became a defining name in the city's craft-beer boom.
Best for Hop-forward and sour ales; Brewpub dining downtown; Funkatorium wild ales
Downtown Asheville, NC
Woolworth Walk fills a restored 1930s Woolworth's five-and-dime with two floors of art and craft from more than 160 local and regional artists, spanning painting, jewelry, pottery, and glass. A working soda fountain still operates inside.
Best for Locally made art and craft; Discovering many regional artists; Historic soda-fountain visit
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