Great Main Street. All quaint town outside of Asheville. Worth a visit. They are making it good…read more Cool place is Blue Mountain pizza, the bakery, Jack of Hearts. A lot of bluegrass/Americana music to be found here...and a few galleries.

Stayed in an Air BnB here while visiting Asheville. What a cute town! We felt very safe and the…read morepeople were so friendly! I would return any time and much preferred Weaverville over Asheville.

What a great event! Pizza, beer and video games! How can you go wrong?…read more I had a blast checking out the vintage games and trying my hand at them. Many thanks to Hi-Wire for the beer, Standard Pizza for the food and Retrocade for having us out. It was a fantastic time.

I would give this event 5 stars just for the fact that I got to play DDR with friends and there are…read morefew things that make me THAT happy! Really though, I had a great time at the event. It was super fun and interactive. The Retrocade is very entertaining and before going there, honestly, I was cynical but now I already can't wait to go back. This would be a great place to take visiting friends. The upstairs is bright and airy and has a variety of games from pinball, pacman, DDR and downstairs is dark and feels more like a bar. Thank goodness they even have skeeball down there! The pizza from Standard was really yummy as usual and the staff working was friendly and accommodating. Hi-Wire beer was available and it's always nice to support a local brewery. A+ event!

Cue the Hallmark Channel film crew... I swear I was on the set of a Hallmark movie. I was in…read moreAsheville for a family wedding, and the entire trip was five stars from start to finish. We were having breakfast outside at Tupelo Honey when we started noticing a lot of commotion, people gathering, and everyone trying to grab seats. All of a sudden, we were completely enveloped by the town's Holiday Parade. It was absolutely magical. After we finished eating, we walked over to the town square to watch the rest of the parade, and it made for the perfect day with family and friends. The whole experience felt warm, festive, and full of small-town charm. This is an amazing community, and I am so glad I got to be there to enjoy it. I hope to visit Asheville again soon!

Beware Veterans, Disabled Veterans, and anyone who relies on a medical Service Dog: The way I have…read morebeen mistreated by the City of Asheville and its public infrastructure is beyond words. I am a permanently disabled Veteran and a 34-year Veteran Advocate whose work has been featured in the Huffington Post and Stars and Stripes (a simple search for "Lisa Groves Veterans" will show my life's dedication). Yet, Asheville has treated me with utter cruelty and zero empathy. I flew in on Delta from Atlanta on June 15th with my two service dogs (one I've had for 7 years, and one in training, after recently losing my dedicated dog Koko of 10 years). Both dogs were fully cleared by the TSA. Because I am in a mobility wheelchair with a complete loss of my lower extremities, I cannot drive and rely entirely on accessible transit. Before arriving, I reached out to Loyalty Transportation via emails and voicemails to arrange rides to this day, they have completely ignored me. But my experience with Asheville Rides Transit (ART) has been a living nightmare that has now left me broke and facing homelessness. An ART supervisor left me hanging at a bus stop, demanding that I put my service dog in a crate and requiring paperwork. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), both of these demands are completely illegal. When I explained that I was having a severe panic attack, the supervisor did not care. My 7-year PTSD Service Dog did exactly what he is medically trained to do: he barked to alert and signal that I was in medical distress, continuing to bark until I received assistance. The ART supervisor used his life-saving medical alert behavior to penalize him, claiming he "isn't a real service dog." I would love to know what federal training this local transit supervisor has to override the TSA and the federal government. When I tried to tell her that I regularly access MARTA buses, trains, and Paratransit in Atlanta with this exact mobility wheelchair and service dog profile, she completely snubbed and ignored me. To make matters worse, ART employees complained about my three bags. I am paralyzed; I carry life-essential medical equipment when I travel. I cannot "travel light," especially when a city's infrastructure leaves me stranded. What makes this discrimination so blatant is that my dogs and I had already ridden four ART buses for over an hour and waited at the Transit Center twice before this with absolutely no issues. Suddenly, I was targeted, wrongly judged, and punished. Because of ART's refusal to provide legal accommodation, I have been forced to burn through my limited disability money just to pay for a hotel room. Tomorrow, I will be completely out of funds and facing homelessness in the grass of a city in a country I honorably served, all because I cannot get transportation back to Georgia. What this supervisor and bus driver do not know is that two separate federal government entities overheard their entire unprofessional, illegal exchange. I was on the phone with a VA Nurse who was calling to give me medical results, as well as a US Department of Transportation (DOT) Supervisor. The DOT Supervisor heard everything, confirmed the violations, and explicitly instructed me to file a formal complaint against them. Additionally he will add to my complaint what he overheard unprofessionally saying. I will absolutely be filing an official ADA complaint with the Federal Transit Administration, the US Department of Transportation, and the Department of Justice. Furthermore, I will be filing a lawsuit soon against the City of Asheville and ART. To Mayor Esther Manheimer and the leadership of Asheville Rides Transit / RATP Dev Management: Your total lack of professionalism, empathy, and basic adherence to federal ADA laws is disgusting. You have discriminated against and stranded a disabled veteran.

Still a fun event. Super family friendly. No adult beverages but plenty of food and ice cream…read more Bring your chair. Great local bluegrass

Lovely concert series in Pack Square! Really enjoy this summer tradition - free music, dance and…read moreentertainment. Seating is plentiful, either bring your own chair or pop down on one of the many terraced seating areas on either level of the square. A really cool event that's family friendly and a great addition to a night out on the town. For a real treat - take a walk backstage where bands practice before and after their sets, it's like enjoying several concerts in a matter of minutes.

This observation deck has an amazing review!! I honestly don't know why the reviews are so slow…read more You don't need to stay at the lodge or eat at the restaurant to enjoy the stunning views. I highly recommend you pull off here, grab a drink, sit in one of their chairs and soak in the view. This is definitely a hidden gem as you can not tell from the road how nice this place is. I will comeback again. Might stay in the hotel or have a meal in the restaurant next time.

Hard to get a table unless you are a guest. Food is a average, but priced for tourists. You are…read morepaying for the view (which is amazing!)

Asheville is on fleek when it comes to the public arts! They have things down around here. This is…read moresuch an artists' town! This town can't just have a blank wall or an empty street corner here. Instead, they fill their empty spaces with wonderful murals and sculptures! It's really cool! I enjoyed the fact that so many of the arts are in the downtown area. All within a few blocks of each other you can tour a few dozen different large scale works of art. Be sure to check out the large iron on the street corner. Some of the old paintings are really, really old- like old advertisements. There's a lot of history in this town, much of which is connected to today through the art. Be sure to check out the stuff dealing with O Henry, the San Antonio short story author. If you're an arts tourist, there's a map you can find online that has a walking route planned out for you where you can get the most efficient route, and a bit of history on each piece of work.

River Art District is a nice block to stroll but weather in summer could damper your mood so best…read moreto enjoy early evening hours. Lots of independent artists studios, many walks painted with "stories", and some local eatery -- seems like oven fresh pizza is a hit here! The road leading to the Art District is beautiful and yet to walk across the bridge.

Get Woke! This Wake sculpture was commissioned as part of…read morethe Mel Chin: All Over the Place exhibition that led to this artwork being displayed in Times Square. It's supposed to be animatronic and move or something, but I didn't see it doing any moving. Maybe Wake was sleeping? It kinda looks like the person at the helm of a ship, with the parts of the helm behind them. When we came, during Pandemic, the Wake person was wearing a mask, which was most appreciated. This giant work of public art is nestled in a triangular lot right next to Burial Brewery on the South Slope of Asheville's brewing district. It fits right in with all the cool, unique weird stuff going on in this neighborhood!

This amazing sculpture was engineered and sculpted by a team of UNC Asheville students and staff…read moreand community artists. It was displayed in Times Square and has since been brought home and is on display in Asheville's South Slope. It's a beautiful piece designed to make a statement about climate change. It's 40 feet tall and the coolest part? It's animatronic! I highly recommend stopping by, visiting her and then hitting one (or three) of the brewers that are in the area. Have fun!!

Installed in 1983, Energy Loop by Dirck Cruser holds the distinction of being Asheville's first…read morepublic art piece. Originally slated for the sidewalk in front of the Jackson Building, the sculpture was relocated to Gantt Plaza due to structural concerns. It now stands across from the Buncombe County Courthouse, where its looping metal forms suggest motion, continuity, and transformation. It is an apt visual metaphor for a civic space that honors Harvey B. Gantt's legacy of progress and inclusion. Cruser's contribution came at a pivotal moment in Asheville's cultural development, when the city was beginning to embrace public art as a vital part of its urban identity. Though his name may not carry the same recognition as later figures like Hoss Haley or Mel Chin, Energy Loop helped establish the tone for Asheville's evolving commitment to creative placemaking. Its abstract design invites interpretation, while its permanence anchors it as a foundational piece in the city's public art collection. Gantt Plaza is named for Harvey B. Gantt, the first African American student admitted to Clemson University and a pioneering architect and mayor of Charlotte. The space serves as more than a pedestrian thoroughfare. It's a symbolic site for civic engagement and artistic expression. While the sculpture predates the plaza's naming, its presence reinforces the space's ethos: bold, inclusive, and forward-looking. [Review 1235 of 2025 - 4420 in North Carolina - 24787 overall]