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Category: Food and Drink

Fairview Musical Moments

A couple of weeks back, I guess I was feeling wild because I ended up out longer than I wanted … More

Fairview, Fairview Finds, music, The Joint Next Door, Turgua Brewing

Asheville Pizza Updates

I’ve previously lamented that aside from my beloved Pizza Mind—I’ll stand by my claim that any pizza place that serves … More

Asheville Pizza and Brewing, Contrada, food thoughts, Foodie Finds, Mean Pies, pizza, Pizza Mind

For Display Only

During Covid, my cousin Mikey lived in Asheville Air BnBs for two months. During his tenure here, we typically ended … More

Asheville, Burial Beer, Deep Thoughts, history, news, north-carolina, observations, travel

No One Asked for My Recipe for a Nice Little Sunday, and That’s OK

I’m often tickled by influencers of all success levels (but honestly, in this case, most tickled by those of middling-to-not-very … More

Asheville, French Broad River, hiking, Influencer Things, Marshall, mountains, north-carolina, Sunday Funday, The Best Way to Spend an Asheville Summer Sunday, travel

Asheville Needs to Up Its St. Patrick’s Game

My first two years in Asheville were all messed up by a little thing called Covid (it’s wild how long … More

Asheville, Deep Thoughts, holidays, ireland, irish, Irish things, saint-patricks-day, Social justice warrioring, St. Patrick's Day

The Salad at the Piazza is Proof That Every Other Restaurant in Asheville is SCAMMING YOU

I recently partook in a lovely winter getaway to Boston. Why? Well, for one, Boston in February is shockingly cheap. … More

Deep Thoughts, food thoughts, Foodie Finds, hot wings

Cosplaying Tourists on the Asheville Pubcycle

Even though the bulk of the economy is built on and around it, the people of Asheville largely hate tourists. … More

Asheville, Asheville Tourists, mountains, north-carolina, tourist things, travel, traveling

Asheville is Making Me Reconsider My Stance on Nutella

Like Siracha and Tahini before it, a couple of years back, Nutella was one of those condiments that people attempted … More

Deep Thoughts, food thoughts, Foodie Finds, Taco Billy's

I’m Possibly Prematurely—but CONFIDENTLY—Crowning Riverside Rhapsody Asheville’s Best Brewery in 2024

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Asheville brewery bubble is perilously close to bursting. 2023 saw the closures of … More

beer, best of, breweries, brewery, craft beer, food thoughts, Foodie Finds, RIverside Rhapsody Beer Company, travel, Woodfin

The Coziest—and Potentially Cringiest—Spot in Asheville

The Saturday after Thanksgiving—this is taking place back in my native Northeastern Pennsylvania, FYI—my brother, friend Jacki, and I traditionally … More

Deep Thoughts, hipster nonsense, River Arts District, Upstate

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