Guidebook for Asheville

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Guidebook for Asheville

Arts & Culture

When else can you WALK to a movie? They have cheap movies on Tuesdays. Historic building. Movie loving staff.
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Fine Arts Theater
36 Biltmore Ave
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When else can you WALK to a movie? They have cheap movies on Tuesdays. Historic building. Movie loving staff.
This art gallery has 3 stories. I tend to like the exhibits in the basement! Don't miss the work down there! I've been going to this gallery since I was a kid and it hasn't lost its integrity.
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Blue Spiral 1
38 Biltmore Ave
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This art gallery has 3 stories. I tend to like the exhibits in the basement! Don't miss the work down there! I've been going to this gallery since I was a kid and it hasn't lost its integrity.
45 minutes from downtown Asheville, this 85 year old craft school houses over 14 different studios for wood, clay, glass, textile, printmaking, photography, bookbinding. A must see for makers. Heaven.
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Penland School of Craft
67 Doras Trl
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45 minutes from downtown Asheville, this 85 year old craft school houses over 14 different studios for wood, clay, glass, textile, printmaking, photography, bookbinding. A must see for makers. Heaven.
$3 movies! Great specialty pizza and their own line of beer which can all be eaten while watching a film! Hurray!
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Asheville Pizza & Brewing Co
675 Merrimon Ave
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$3 movies! Great specialty pizza and their own line of beer which can all be eaten while watching a film! Hurray!
This hand made goods gallery is entirely volunteer run. There are so many beautiful treasures from all of the world here! A great place to pick up gifts and souvenirs for loved ones.
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Ten Thousand Villages
10 College St
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This hand made goods gallery is entirely volunteer run. There are so many beautiful treasures from all of the world here! A great place to pick up gifts and souvenirs for loved ones.
Walk from the house. In the heart of downtown, this gallery houses dozens of local artists (several of them dear friends of mine). It's two stories and has a soda fountain built into it!
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Woolworth Walk
25 Haywood St
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Walk from the house. In the heart of downtown, this gallery houses dozens of local artists (several of them dear friends of mine). It's two stories and has a soda fountain built into it!
A very North Carolina feeling venue, that gets big named acts but keeps the entry low. Also has a great kitchen! Yum! Check the Mountain Xpress for their upcoming shows.
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The Grey Eagle
185 Clingman Ave
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A very North Carolina feeling venue, that gets big named acts but keeps the entry low. Also has a great kitchen! Yum! Check the Mountain Xpress for their upcoming shows.
One of our biggest and most fun venues. Stand up only! Wear your comfortable shoes. Stick together. I once lost a friend in here for 2 hours.
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The Orange Peel
101 Biltmore Ave
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One of our biggest and most fun venues. Stand up only! Wear your comfortable shoes. Stick together. I once lost a friend in here for 2 hours.
Our downtown Art Museum!
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Asheville Art Museum
2 S Pack Square
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Our downtown Art Museum!

Shopping

My family used to drive 650 miles up from Florida to come to the bookstore! Incredible selection, friendly staff, great staff suggestions and picks. Check out the local authors shelf. . .
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Malaprop's Bookstore / Cafe
55 Haywood St
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My family used to drive 650 miles up from Florida to come to the bookstore! Incredible selection, friendly staff, great staff suggestions and picks. Check out the local authors shelf. . .
GREAT DRESSES!
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Minx Boutique
64 N Lexington Ave
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GREAT DRESSES!
This is the rugged sister to Malaprops. If you have books to trade, they buy on Fridays and Saturdays. Great selection of used books!
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Downtown Books & News
67 N Lexington Ave
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This is the rugged sister to Malaprops. If you have books to trade, they buy on Fridays and Saturdays. Great selection of used books!
Go treasure hunting in this huge antique mall! I love the feel of this place. I can get lost for hours. From postcards to pianos. . .
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The Antique Tobacco Barn
75 Swannanoa River Rd
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Go treasure hunting in this huge antique mall! I love the feel of this place. I can get lost for hours. From postcards to pianos. . .
A great boutique for both men and women! Vintage coats, boots, jackets, dress up clothing and jewelry. I always leave with something.
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Honeypot
86 N Lexington Ave
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A great boutique for both men and women! Vintage coats, boots, jackets, dress up clothing and jewelry. I always leave with something.

Food Scene

Good French food in the Blue Ridge Mountains? What? Yes. It melts in your mouth.
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Bouchon
62 N Lexington Ave
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Good French food in the Blue Ridge Mountains? What? Yes. It melts in your mouth.
Budget eating. Noodle and rice dishes, saki, edamame. Comfortable, clean ambiance. Almost always leftovers.
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Doc Chey's Noodle House
37 Biltmore Ave
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Budget eating. Noodle and rice dishes, saki, edamame. Comfortable, clean ambiance. Almost always leftovers.
Vegetarian food! Open til 3am on the weekends. Kombucha on tap. Sweet potato fries (better some days than others). Punk rock, anarchist workers.Rosetta and her crew feed the hungry and homeless too.
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Rosetta's Kitchen
68 N Lexington Ave
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Vegetarian food! Open til 3am on the weekends. Kombucha on tap. Sweet potato fries (better some days than others). Punk rock, anarchist workers.Rosetta and her crew feed the hungry and homeless too.
$9.95 Indian food buffet. Classy place on the main drag of downtown. Really good chai and mango lassi.
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Mela Indian Restaurant
70 N Lexington Ave
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$9.95 Indian food buffet. Classy place on the main drag of downtown. Really good chai and mango lassi.
The best coffee in town according to local coffee sippers. Wi-fi. Walk to it from the house on your way to downtown. Artist and bicyclist hub. Outside seating as well.
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High Five Coffee
190 Broadway St
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The best coffee in town according to local coffee sippers. Wi-fi. Walk to it from the house on your way to downtown. Artist and bicyclist hub. Outside seating as well.
I like this place when I need to get away from the airy fairy crystal fluff in Asheville. It's a loud, rocker environment, complete with tattoos, show posters, wi-fi and Counter Culture coffee.
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Izzy's Coffee Den
74 N Lexington Ave
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I like this place when I need to get away from the airy fairy crystal fluff in Asheville. It's a loud, rocker environment, complete with tattoos, show posters, wi-fi and Counter Culture coffee.
Want to walk to breakfast for a coffee and the best croissant in town? Here you go. No wi-fi here. Outside seating overlooks the street. GREAT fresh orange juice. (I'm from Florida).
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City Bakery
88 Charlotte St
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Want to walk to breakfast for a coffee and the best croissant in town? Here you go. No wi-fi here. Outside seating overlooks the street. GREAT fresh orange juice. (I'm from Florida).
Calling on leaf eaters! One of the best vegetarian restaurants in town!
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Laughing Seed Cafe
40 Wall St
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Calling on leaf eaters! One of the best vegetarian restaurants in town!
Have you ever been to Belgium? If so, you probably couldn't eat chocolate in the US afterwards. Here, you can indulge in quality chocolate as it is made oversees. Wi-fi. Great ambiance. Jazz. Couches.
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French Broad Chocolate Lounge
10 S Pack Square
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Have you ever been to Belgium? If so, you probably couldn't eat chocolate in the US afterwards. Here, you can indulge in quality chocolate as it is made oversees. Wi-fi. Great ambiance. Jazz. Couches.
Want to have brunch without a 2 hour wait on the weekend? Pop your head in this place, you may get lucky. The food is delicious and 95% locally grown! From farm . . . to Table!
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Eating Asheville
18 N Lexington Ave
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Want to have brunch without a 2 hour wait on the weekend? Pop your head in this place, you may get lucky. The food is delicious and 95% locally grown! From farm . . . to Table!
Good italian in the South? You got it.
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Strada Italiano
27 Broadway St
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Good italian in the South? You got it.
World-class-food. Incredible small plates. You won't be sorry. Reservation almost always required.
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Cúrate
13 Biltmore Ave
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World-class-food. Incredible small plates. You won't be sorry. Reservation almost always required.
This place is gluten free! and so savvy that they don't openly advertise it! Try the vitality tea for $2. . . and the kale salad. Yum!
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Posana Restaurant
1 Biltmore Ave
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This place is gluten free! and so savvy that they don't openly advertise it! Try the vitality tea for $2. . . and the kale salad. Yum!
Breakfast joint with a long wait on weekends that also serves breakfast all day. So, so, so good. Taste like home cooking.
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Early Girl Eatery
8 Wall St
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Breakfast joint with a long wait on weekends that also serves breakfast all day. So, so, so good. Taste like home cooking.
Tapas! Incredible desserts! Right next to Malaprops book store.
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Zambra
85 W Walnut St
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Tapas! Incredible desserts! Right next to Malaprops book store.
I often go here after Jubilee. It's easier then most places to get a table on the weekends and is delicious.
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Limones Restaurant
15 Eagle St
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I often go here after Jubilee. It's easier then most places to get a table on the weekends and is delicious.
Really good but with a long wait. If you are wanting to catch up with the people in your party, it's worth it!
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Over Easy Cafe
32 Broadway St
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Really good but with a long wait. If you are wanting to catch up with the people in your party, it's worth it!
Good sushi in the Blue Ridge? Yes.
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Wasabi Japanese Restaurant
19 Broadway St
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Good sushi in the Blue Ridge? Yes.
Innovative, fun, affordable and delicious Indian cuisine. Some of the most tasty, fun and affordable "street food". Colorful ambiance and my favorite, mango lassis!
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Chai Pani Asheville
22 Battery Park Ave
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Innovative, fun, affordable and delicious Indian cuisine. Some of the most tasty, fun and affordable "street food". Colorful ambiance and my favorite, mango lassis!
Thai food! High-quality ingredients. Warm, smooth, and savory flavors. Nice wait staff. Good portions.
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Suwana's Thai Orchid Restaurant
11 Broadway St
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Thai food! High-quality ingredients. Warm, smooth, and savory flavors. Nice wait staff. Good portions.
This place tastes like Mama's cooking! Whole foods, filling portions, relaxed lunchtime kind of environment with outdoor seating. Walkable from the house, but a little ways up.
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HomeGrown
371 Merrimon Ave
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This place tastes like Mama's cooking! Whole foods, filling portions, relaxed lunchtime kind of environment with outdoor seating. Walkable from the house, but a little ways up.
This place is good but not my #1 choice. It's PACKED almost all the time. Try off the beaten path destinations if you don't want to spend all day eating breakfast.
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Tupelo Honey
12 College St
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This place is good but not my #1 choice. It's PACKED almost all the time. Try off the beaten path destinations if you don't want to spend all day eating breakfast.
West Side! This place is a great breakfast place - a zoo on weekends, but is also open for dinner! They grow a lot of their food during the warm season. Outdoor seating.
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Sunny Point Café
626 Haywood Rd
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West Side! This place is a great breakfast place - a zoo on weekends, but is also open for dinner! They grow a lot of their food during the warm season. Outdoor seating.
A 20 minute stroll from the house, right next to the Orange Peel. More beer than I've ever seen a place make, some really fancy. Great appetizers. Tasty burgers and such. Good for big parties.
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Wicked Weed Brewing Pub
91 Biltmore Ave
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A 20 minute stroll from the house, right next to the Orange Peel. More beer than I've ever seen a place make, some really fancy. Great appetizers. Tasty burgers and such. Good for big parties.
One of my favorite places to eat in town! Incredible Indian/Tibetan food with a beautiful, roomy ambience. Lovely wait staff.
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Kathmandu Kitchen
90 Patton Ave
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One of my favorite places to eat in town! Incredible Indian/Tibetan food with a beautiful, roomy ambience. Lovely wait staff.
Best burritos in town. Great deal. Off the radar. Plantains too!
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Bandidos
697 Haywood Rd
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Best burritos in town. Great deal. Off the radar. Plantains too!
One of the most romantic restaurant settings in Asheville. Good crepes in a lovely little historic courtyard. A great BRUNCH spot with little wait when the lines are long on the weekends.
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Crêpe Bourrée
68 N Lexington Ave
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One of the most romantic restaurant settings in Asheville. Good crepes in a lovely little historic courtyard. A great BRUNCH spot with little wait when the lines are long on the weekends.
Supper club! Moonshine bar! Speakeasy! Walk from the house. A must see is you are into the 1920's. Great jazz music almost every night. http://lex18avl.com/
18 N Lexington Ave
18 North Lexington Avenue
Supper club! Moonshine bar! Speakeasy! Walk from the house. A must see is you are into the 1920's. Great jazz music almost every night. http://lex18avl.com/

Essentials

Walk here from my place! Snacks, trail mixes, kids foods, readily made wraps and salads as well as discounted wines, cheeses and desserts. If you don't have one of these in your town you can stock up!
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Trader Joe's
120 Merrimon Ave
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Walk here from my place! Snacks, trail mixes, kids foods, readily made wraps and salads as well as discounted wines, cheeses and desserts. If you don't have one of these in your town you can stock up!
Secretly a Whole Foods with a different name. Juice bar, smoothie bar, coffee bar, breakfast pastries and muffins, ready made sushi, soups, pizzas, salads. Walk from the house.
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Whole Foods Market
70 Merrimon Ave
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Secretly a Whole Foods with a different name. Juice bar, smoothie bar, coffee bar, breakfast pastries and muffins, ready made sushi, soups, pizzas, salads. Walk from the house.
Walk from the house. It's open 24 hours!
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Harris Teeter
136 Chestnut St
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Walk from the house. It's open 24 hours!

Entertainment & Activities

Baskets and basket of minerals and gem stones! Many priced at $2-$5. A fun place to take kids and go treasure hunting. The staff is always willing to help with the healing properties of stones.
Cornerstone Minerals
52 N Lexington Ave
Baskets and basket of minerals and gem stones! Many priced at $2-$5. A fun place to take kids and go treasure hunting. The staff is always willing to help with the healing properties of stones.
I go every Sunday to this foot stomping, artist, activist, farmer, church where ALL are welcome (dogs and babies too). Enjoy poets, dancers, a choir, a grammy award winning band. This is Asheville!
Jubilee Community Church
60 Wall St
I go every Sunday to this foot stomping, artist, activist, farmer, church where ALL are welcome (dogs and babies too). Enjoy poets, dancers, a choir, a grammy award winning band. This is Asheville!

Drinks & Nightlife

Open late. Little bites of goodness if you are hungry after seeing (or playing in my case) a show. International, metropolitan vibe. Romantic ambience.
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MG Road
19 Wall St
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Open late. Little bites of goodness if you are hungry after seeing (or playing in my case) a show. International, metropolitan vibe. Romantic ambience.
You can go here any night of the week and are sure to hear good (by donation) music. It's a small artist hub with good wine, cheese plates and a friendly, sophisticated crowd.
5 E Walnut St
5 East Walnut Street
You can go here any night of the week and are sure to hear good (by donation) music. It's a small artist hub with good wine, cheese plates and a friendly, sophisticated crowd.
This place is one of a kind. Where else can you CANOE or KAYAK to an out door bar with grills, corn hole, dog friends and live music? This is the South folks, the real South. $5 membership.
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Bywater
796 Riverside Dr
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This place is one of a kind. Where else can you CANOE or KAYAK to an out door bar with grills, corn hole, dog friends and live music? This is the South folks, the real South. $5 membership.
Want a late romantic night drink? Want to have the best dessert you have ever had? There chefs are internationally recognized.
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Nightbell
32 S Lexington Ave
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Want a late romantic night drink? Want to have the best dessert you have ever had? There chefs are internationally recognized.

Everything Else

This spa is one of the top 10 spas in the country! It's an under ground water world of essential oil infused saunas, whirlpools and tubs. They have a nice after hours rate from 5-9, mon-thurs.
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The Omni Grove Park Inn Spa
290 Macon Ave
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This spa is one of the top 10 spas in the country! It's an under ground water world of essential oil infused saunas, whirlpools and tubs. They have a nice after hours rate from 5-9, mon-thurs.
Walk from the house! Indulge in over 15 classes a day, including yoga and zumba, a lap pool, sauna, showers, weight benches and treadmills. Day passes available. I'm there everyday.
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Asheville YMCA
30 Woodfin St
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Walk from the house! Indulge in over 15 classes a day, including yoga and zumba, a lap pool, sauna, showers, weight benches and treadmills. Day passes available. I'm there everyday.
Want a spa right down town? Here you go. Walkable from the house. Great staff. The girls can get treated while the guys grab a beer - if you are that kind of party.
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Sensibilities Day Spa
59 Haywood St
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Want a spa right down town? Here you go. Walkable from the house. Great staff. The girls can get treated while the guys grab a beer - if you are that kind of party.
I love, love, LOVE shoji in the winter time! The snow! The zen of it all. A real romantic getaway for yourself of with loved ones.
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Shoji Spa & Lodge
96 Avondale Heights Rd
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I love, love, LOVE shoji in the winter time! The snow! The zen of it all. A real romantic getaway for yourself of with loved ones.
This is 14 tons of himalayan salt in downtown Asheville! If you have sinus issues, asthma or just over all stress you will feel amazing afterwards! I provide 2 for 1 brochures in the house!
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Asheville Salt Cave | Massage & Salt Spa Therapy
16 North Liberty Street
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This is 14 tons of himalayan salt in downtown Asheville! If you have sinus issues, asthma or just over all stress you will feel amazing afterwards! I provide 2 for 1 brochures in the house!
This is a HUGE space on the up and coming South Slope of town. This what I call beer ville. There is a cluster of other breweries around here. It's a bit far to walk.
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Catawba Brewing Company, Biltmore Village, Asheville
63 Brook St
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This is a HUGE space on the up and coming South Slope of town. This what I call beer ville. There is a cluster of other breweries around here. It's a bit far to walk.