The summit will then begin with our first-ever Creative Sector dinner on April 30th where we will present the results of our arts sector survey and hear from the city, county, and state leaders about current and upcoming arts initiatives.
Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
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Wednesday, April
29, 2020
How to Buy Local While Social Distancing: On-Farm Pickups and More
Local Restaurants Providing Takeout/ Delivery
The Edible Essay: Writing a Culinary Memoir w/ Recipes with Jennifer Cognard-Black
Kickback AVL—Local Food Delivery
Meals for Non-Contact Pick Up or Delivery #AVLTakeout #Ashevilletakeout
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at
Margaret & Maxwell retail wine store is open
Dine In For Life Ice Cream Sale Benefits Western North Carolina AIDS Project
VIVIAN OPEN for takeout + groceries
Many farms across North and South Carolina have added on-farm pickups, home delivery & online pre-orders to accommodate for social distancing in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Please see the listings below for more information, and check out our interactive Google Map for farm locations near you!
Are you a farmer interested in being listed? Email [email protected]
Please:
- DO NOT show up at farms without prior permission.
- Follow specific instructions provided by each farm.
- Stay home if you are feeling ill.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10myGYMeN0yovKmwoZgam91TgNDc37huzkqOHOxrg_y0/edit#gid=0
Updated list of restaurants offering takeout and delivery services created by The Asheville Independent Restaurant Association (AIR)
A recipe is a slice of history—an archival document that offers information about the author-cook’s complex identity. In this workshop, participants will work with Jennifer Cognard-Black to consider the recipe as a form of storytelling and meaning-making all its own—and will also have the opportunity to excavate one of their own recipes to write a culinary memoir or Edible Essay. Bringing in a favorite, cherished, despised, secret, and/or “lost” recipe from their own family or background, participants will discuss what aspects of individual and collective memory are contained within these recipes. Participants will then have the opportunity to engage in writing prompts that will launch their own Edible Essay.
*All events are open to everyone – we have a suggested $5 – $20 pay what you can option, as well as free
KICKBACK. RELAX. WHILE WE DELIVER.
Asheville Area Deliveries
20 Battery Park Ave, Unit 807
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
- Sunday: 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
- Monday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Tuesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Wednesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Thursday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Friday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 am
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at(828) 348-8448. For delivery, please visit takeoutcentral.com
- Sunday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Monday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Tuesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Thursday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Friday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
- Saturday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
- Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Monday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Tuesday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Thursday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Friday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
A special two-day-only online sale to benefit Western North Carolina AIDS Project! A portion of all online orders purchased on Wednesday 4/29 and Thurs 4/30 will be donated to Western North Carolina AIDS Project as part of Dine In For Life. Curbside pick up for orders will be any time on Thursday 4/30 between 2 and 8pm at The Creamery, located at 167 Haywood Rd across from Hole Doughnuts. No need to even get out of your car!
Link to order is https://my-site-100004-108923.square.site/. For curbside pick up please call 8287745058 when you arrive at The Creamery.
For details and a list of participating restaurants visit https://wncap.org/dineinforlife/
VIVIAN is open for takeout and grocery offerings with curbside service. Check out their Facebook page for daily menus and updates. https://www.facebook.com/vivianasheville
Thursday, April
30, 2020
Kickback AVL—Local Food Delivery
Meals for Non-Contact Pick Up or Delivery #AVLTakeout #Ashevilletakeout
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at
Margaret & Maxwell retail wine store is open
Dine In For Life Ice Cream Sale Benefits Western North Carolina AIDS Project
Purple People Feeder Hibachi Food Truck
VIVIAN OPEN for takeout + groceries
Creative Sector Dinner
Mitch’s Totally Rad Trivia
KICKBACK. RELAX. WHILE WE DELIVER.
Asheville Area Deliveries
20 Battery Park Ave, Unit 807
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
- Sunday: 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
- Monday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Tuesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Wednesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Thursday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Friday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 am
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at(828) 348-8448. For delivery, please visit takeoutcentral.com
- Sunday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Monday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Tuesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Thursday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Friday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
- Saturday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
- Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Monday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Tuesday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Thursday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Friday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
A special two-day-only online sale to benefit Western North Carolina AIDS Project! A portion of all online orders purchased on Wednesday 4/29 and Thurs 4/30 will be donated to Western North Carolina AIDS Project as part of Dine In For Life. Curbside pick up for orders will be any time on Thursday 4/30 between 2 and 8pm at The Creamery, located at 167 Haywood Rd across from Hole Doughnuts. No need to even get out of your car!
Link to order is https://my-site-100004-108923.square.site/. For curbside pick up please call 8287745058 when you arrive at The Creamery.
For details and a list of participating restaurants visit https://wncap.org/dineinforlife/
Best dang hibachi, dumplings, and egg rolls in town!
VIVIAN is open for takeout and grocery offerings with curbside service. Check out their Facebook page for daily menus and updates. https://www.facebook.com/vivianasheville
Mitch Fortune brings you an irreverent and nostalgia filled night of pop culture trivia every Thursday night 7-9 pm at the One Stop in Downtown Asheville. A potpourri of movies, music, TV show trivia just for you!
Friday, May
1, 2020
Kickback AVL—Local Food Delivery
Meals for Non-Contact Pick Up or Delivery #AVLTakeout #Ashevilletakeout
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at
Offering meal pick-ups to those in need in our community: H&F Burger Asheville
Margaret & Maxwell retail wine store is open
Grassroots Aid Partnership (GAP) plans to serve free, plant-based food every Friday – Sunday from 4 -7 p.m.
VIVIAN OPEN for takeout + groceries
Free Dead Fridays
KICKBACK. RELAX. WHILE WE DELIVER.
Asheville Area Deliveries
20 Battery Park Ave, Unit 807
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
- Sunday: 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
- Monday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Tuesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Wednesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Thursday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Friday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 am
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at(828) 348-8448. For delivery, please visit takeoutcentral.com
- Sunday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Monday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Tuesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Thursday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Friday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
- Saturday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 11am-2pm, we are offering meal pick-ups to those in need in our community. 200 meals will be provided on a first come, first serve basis.
- Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Monday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Tuesday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Thursday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Friday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Grassroots Aid Partnership (GAP) plans to serve free, plant-based food every Friday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 1022 Haywood Road.
VIVIAN is open for takeout and grocery offerings with curbside service. Check out their Facebook page for daily menus and updates. https://www.facebook.com/vivianasheville
Join us at The One Stop at Asheville Music Hall every Friday at 5:30PM for our FREE Acoustic Grateful Dead series Featuring members of Phuncle Sam and great drink and food specials.
Saturday, May
2, 2020
Kickback AVL—Local Food Delivery
Meals for Non-Contact Pick Up or Delivery #AVLTakeout #Ashevilletakeout
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at
Margaret & Maxwell retail wine store is open
Service Industry Heroes Complimentary Meal w/ Food Connection
Grassroots Aid Partnership (GAP) plans to serve free, plant-based food every Friday – Sunday from 4 -7 p.m.
VIVIAN OPEN for takeout + groceries
Fontana Trestle Train ft. BBQ & Brews
KICKBACK. RELAX. WHILE WE DELIVER.
Asheville Area Deliveries
20 Battery Park Ave, Unit 807
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
- Sunday: 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
- Monday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Tuesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Wednesday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Thursday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Friday: 8:00 am – 2:00 am
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 am
Strada will be closed for dine-in service until further notice. For curbside carryout please call the restaurant at(828) 348-8448. For delivery, please visit takeoutcentral.com
- Sunday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Monday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Tuesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Wednesday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Thursday: 11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Friday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
- Saturday: 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
- Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Monday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Tuesday: CLOSED – CLOSED
- Wednesday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Thursday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Friday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
To our friends who’ve lost their jobs including those in the service industry and hospitality workers: Please join Food Connection for a free “to go” meal lovingly prepared by Wicked Weed Brewing’s Cultura thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor! We will be setting up in the parking lot against the Asheville Masonic Temple. We will be offering curbside service distributing meals from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm or until they run out.
For the safety of our beautiful community:
* If you come by car, please stay in your car at all times.
*There is 1 Entrance In By AMT and you will drive through and exit at the back of the lot.
• If you come by foot, please keep a social distance of at least 6 feet.
* Wear a mask if you have one
Thanks, y’all! We hope to see you Saturday!
Grassroots Aid Partnership (GAP) plans to serve free, plant-based food every Friday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 1022 Haywood Road.
VIVIAN is open for takeout and grocery offerings with curbside service. Check out their Facebook page for daily menus and updates. https://www.facebook.com/vivianasheville
Back by popular demand our BBQ & Brews now featured on the Fontana Trestle Train, will roll out this Summer! Featuring slow-cooked BBQ prepared fresh and beer tastings showcasing our local breweries! Family friendly seating will be available on this experience!
Departing from Bryson City, these trains will travel to the Fontana Trestle and beyond remaining parallel to the Fontana Lake stopping at the perfect viewing spot just around sunset for a spectacular view! A delicious BBQ meal will be served during the trip. Returning back to the Bryson City Depot at 9pm.
In the Basket
Each of you will get your own basket of Southern-style barbeque goodness with hand-pulled pork slider, a couple pork ribs, and chicken drumstick accompanied by baked beans and house-made coleslaw.
And, of course, no respectable Southern barbeque would forget to warm up some apple cobbler for dessert.
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