American Burlesque & Sideshow Festival Sizzles into Asheville

The American Burlesque & Sideshow Festival sashayed into Asheville Friday evening. Bringing Vaudeville Revival back to this boutique mountain town, the festival promises contortion, fashion, trapeze and tease! Renowned circus and burlesque artists from across the USA, as well as Scotland, Germany, and Japan will descend upon Asheville.. are you ready?

The show isn’t XXX rated, but the cuisine in Asheville might be! Here is a teaser of a plate from Restaurant Solace: bacon wrapped North Carolina shrimp slider with a seasonal onion cucumber slaw. Yes, food is sexy in Asheville!

Do you feel scandalized? You should… join us on our next tantalizing food tour of Asheville.

Tips to Surviving Asheville Beer Week

Asheville Beer Week kicks off on Thursday! Asheville celebrates its fourth year as champion Beer City, USA with an 11-day beer festival!

To survive Beer Week in Asheville, North Carolina you must remember 3 things:

•  Hydration

- Local watering holes can help here – Thirsty Monk, Craggie Brewing Company, Asheville Brewing Company, Lexington Avenue Brewing Company & Oysterhouse Brewing Company to name a few!... No worries, Asheville Beer Week will provide plenty of opportunities for hydration. Try plenty of local beer, but keep up with your hydtration with plenty of fresh Asheville water. 

•  Nutrition

- Eat & eat like a local with Asheville’s best tour: Eating Asheville. We visit only the best field-to-table restaurants and show you the local scoop on the Asheville food scene. For example, this delicious Local beef tenderloin and seasonal veggies from Zeb Jolly himself!

Tour Ashevillle with your taste buds!

•  Humor 

- Asheville Beer Week will be a constant party, so remember to laugh & be jolly. Check out the Lazoom! bus for some added laughter! 

Welcome to the first ever Asheville Beer Week!!!

Savor Spring in Asheville

Welcome to Spring in Asheville, North Carolina.

The growing season is well under way in the Blue Ridge Mountains and our Field-to-Table partner restaurants are doing amazing things with the seasonal food grown by Western North Carolina farmers!

At Restaurant Solace, Executive Chef Brian Kimmet
prepared grilled local ramps, heirloom cherry tomatoes, asparagus and shaved grilled shitake!

Tuna Sashimi, dehydrated olives, Greek olive oil, shaved fennel, and a Myer lemon crème fraiche. Pared with Prosecco. Prepared by Executive Chef Brian Canipelli at Cucina 24. So fresh & delicious. 

Are you drooling yet? Ready to tour Asheville with your taste buds? 

Try our Asheville Tour!

Welcome! 

We are Eating Asheville 

{an Asheville Tour that focuses on eating, drinking, 

and learning the culinary and beer culture of Asheville}.

 We hope you will join us and discover the “Paris of the South,” “The Nation’s Only Foodtopian Society,” and “Beer City, USA” all in a 2 and ½ hour walking tour of Asheville! Allow Josh and Stephen to guide you through a foodie Mecca with a vibrant art scene. Dive into the sights and flavors that make Asheville famous!  Enjoy true field-to-table experiences with some of Asheville’s best chefs!

Good Morning! Sold out tour today!!!

I love this trend of sold out tours! I guess we must be doing something right! Man that feels good! I know that the only one to read this blog is me, so I'd like to offer myself a %25 percent discount for next weekend!! Why yes, I think I'll take it!

October 1st Food Tour!

What a great group of people! We are truly lucky to have this job! Again we had a varied group of guests from as far as California to New Orleans. The food and wine was wonderful, the skies were bright and clear, and the whole experience was a blast! Thank you everyone for joining us!

Eating Asheville, what we do!

Our tour is about getting a taste and feel for Asheville. We spend two and a half hours walking around downtown Asheville stopping at five to seven places, where we're treated to some gourmet food, wine, chocolate, sangria, cheese......and learn a little about each place we stop. Along the way we give you some interesting facts about the history of Asheville and talk about some of the amazing architecture. This tour is for locals and tourists alike. You can always check us out at www.eatingasheville.com