We’ve been fishing around and AVL is swimming in sushi. From trendy menus to laidback atmospheres, we’ve rounded up some top spots to score sushi. |
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🍣 Date night dining Wasabi Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar, 19 Broadway St.
Wasabi is a great spot to take your date when you want to make it o-fish-al. This downtown spot offers a mix of both traditional and new age sushi rolls as well as teriyaki, hibachi, and noodle entreés. Pro tip: Enjoy the Sweetheart roll featuring fresh crawfish, tuna, avocado, mango + tobiko with your sweetie. |
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Can’t decide between a burger or sushi? Have both at The Madness. | Photo by @ashevillenoms |
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🍣 Impress the foodies The Madness Sushi, Burger & Bar, 275 Smokey Park Hwy. + 1020 Merrimon Ave.
The Madness has premier sushi + with an innovative menu that incorporates American classics like the cheeseburger + fried chicken sandwich. Order a bento box for the chance to try a little bit of everything — a burger slider + 4-piece roll of your choice, edamame, fries, gyoza, and ginger salad. |
🍣 Tako-bout takeout Asheville Sushi & Hibachi, 1636 Hendersonville Rd.
Stay in with your sashimi and try Asheville Sushi & Hibachi. This South Asheville fixture is located in the Forest Ridge Shopping Center + offers online ordering with speedy preparation. Honorable mention goes to Mr. Sushi with locations in North and South Asheville. 🍣 Drink up Holy Water Brew Pub, 20 Gala Dr.
An underrated element of the sushi experience? The booze. Holy Water Brew Pub keeps the drinks flowing with its award-winning hard seltzers. That’s right, this unique sushi bar offers small batch, hand-crafted hard seltzers in flavors like lavender and lemon + pomegranate, hibiscus, and ginger. Pro tip: Visit Holy Water on Wednesdays for its $15 Seltzer Roll Deal featuring a roll + seltzer pairing.
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Today - PATIO SHOW: Clint Roberts | Thurs., May 12 | 5 p.m. | The Grey Eagle | $10 | A mix of acoustic Americana and folk music with a splash of rock. 🎵
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A Siren's Sound | Thurs., May 12 | 9 p.m.-1 a.m. | Polanco, 10 N. Market St. | Free | Listen to chill music while enjoying a cocktail and bites from Polanco’s special menu.
Friday -
An Evening with Reggie Harris | Fri., May 13 | 7 p.m. | Isis Music Hall, 743 Haywood Rd. | $20+ | A singer, songwriter + storyteller with a passion for global peace and justice. 🎤
Saturday - Hard 2 Recycle | Sat., May 14 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | North Buncombe High School, 890 Clarks Chapel Rd., Weaverville | Free | Volunteer to keep the hard-to-recycle items out of the landfills. ♻️
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Furever Friends Festival: A Benefit for Mountain Pet Rescue | Sat., May 14 | 1-5 p.m. | Wagbar, 320 Merrimon Ave. | Free | This event will include live music, an artisan market, Peruvian vegan eats from Ayni 51 and ’za from Smokee’s Pizza, and a chance to meet your new fur baby. 🐕
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“From Sunrise to Sunset” Opening Reception | Sat., Mat 14 | 5-7 p.m. | Pink Dog Gallery, 348 Depot St. | Free | A photography exhibit showcasing the serenity of WNC by Army veteran Franklin Oldham. 📸
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Playdate: ‘Jammin Gellis & Journals’ | Sat., May 14 + Sun., May 15 | Various times | ArtPlay Studio, 372 Depot St. | $175 | Learn a variety of mono-printing processes using gelli with guest artist Kirah Van Sickle. 🎨
Sunday -
Dialogue & The Memoir | Sun., May 15 | 2-5 p.m. | Virtual | $75 | Learn how dialogue can help reveal character and deepen stories in memoir with author Laura Kalpakian. 📖
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Gone Gone Beyond | Sun., May 15 | 9 p.m. | Asheville Music Hall, 31 Patton Ave. | $15+ | Folk-Americana songwriting with a mix of jazz and soul. 🎤
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Delta-9 is federally legal when extracted from hemp and appears in a concentration no greater than 0.3% by dry weight. | Photo provided by Hometown Hero |
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Number: 50. The number of states where hemp-derived THC gummies are legal. Yes, you read that right.
If you struggle to keep up with the status of cannabis, we recently published an explainer with help from the experts at Hometown Hero. Give it a read, then, if you're intrigued, get more info about safety from our friends at Hometown Hero, who are offering free (and completely legal) samples of Delta-9 THC gummies.*
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Please note: Hometown Hero advises consumers to read their terms & conditions, consult their physician before trying their products, start only with small amounts, and to not consume Delta-9 before driving or before a drug test. The information about providers and services contained in this newsletter does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by AVLtoday.
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| Weather - 74º | Partly cloudy | 18% chance of rain
Civic -
Asheville City Council approved $11.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding during its Tues., May 10 meeting. The funds will be dispersed among local organizations, including $999,990 for Homeward Bound of WNC, $1 million for Pisgah Legal Services + $2 million for Helpmate. 💵 (WLOS)
Edu -
Local school administrators have requested 2023 fiscal year budget increases. Buncombe County Schools requested a $23.9 million increase + Asheville City Schools requested a 2.5% increase over the prior year. The budget is not finalized, but will be before the 2023 fiscal year begins on Fri., July 1. (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Community -
The Asheville Rides Transit (ART) is reducing service on the N3 and W6 routes to once an hour due to driver shortages. This comes less than a month after the WE1 route was reduced to hourly service for the same reason. See the updated N3 route + the updated W6 route. 🚍 (WLOS)
Biz -
WNC-based Johnson Price Sprinkle PA (JPS) and Greensboro-based DMJ & Co., PLLC (DMJ) are merging their professional accounting and advisory firms to become DMJPS PLLC. The merger will go into effect on Wed., June 1 + aims to extend the firm's reach across the entirety of the state. 💼
Jobs -
This is a-maize-ing. Gaining Ground Farm (298 Sluder Branch Rd., Leicester) is seeking applicants for full-time apprenticeship positions + part-time hourly positions. The positions offer experience working on 12 acres of diverse vegetable crops. Email them to learn more. 🥕
Cause -
Appalachian Wildlife Refuge is running low on animal formula + is seeking donations so that it can continue to rescue and care for injured and infant wildlife. The Candler-based nonprofit rehabilitates WNC animals like squirrels, opossums, groundhogs, and birds. See the org’s complete wishlist and donate. 🐿️
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Weaverville Community Center at Lake Louise (60 Lakeshore Dr., Weaverville) will host a Benefit Concert for Ukraine on Fri., May 27 from 6:30-9 p.m. The evening will include refreshments, a silent auction, and live music. Proceeds will benefit the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. 🎵
Drink -
Coo yah — Nine Mile is turning 14. This Asheville staple is celebrating its birthday on Sat., May 15 by giving out collector’s pint glasses with the purchase of beer on dine-in orders at its Montford location. We’ll be enjoying a plate of Negril Nights with our pint. What about you? 🍺
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Devil’s Foot Beverage Company's craft sodas + ginger beers can now be found in select NC locations of The Fresh Market, including stores in Asheville and Hendersonville. Eight flavors are available in-store, including Sparkling Blueberry Lemonade, Classic Ginger Beer + Sparkling Limeade.
The Buy -
We like this a choco-lot. Franny’s Farmacy recently announced a collaboration with chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt to create Franny’s Bon-Bon Chocolates — premium, hand-crafted chocolates that are infused with organic CBD. Flavors include elderflower jam, caramel, garden mint, tangerine and ancho chili, dark chocolate, and hazelnut. Don’t mind us over here drooling … 🍫
Festival -
Bold Rock Mills River Cidery’s (72 School House Rd., Mills River) second annual Lemonade Festival will be held from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. on Sat., May 28. The free event will feature live music, yard games, lemonade bucket specials, a lemonade stand, slushies + specialty cocktails, and food from Dreadlife Kitchen. 🍋
Show -
The Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (44 College St., Mars Hill) is kicking off its season of Sisters of Swing on Thurs., May 19 at 7 p.m. The musical follows the story of the Andrews Sisters + will run until Sun., May 29 with 10 total performances. Get tix. 🎭
Wellness -
Have loose jowls? If you’re looking for smoother, firmer skin on your neck and jawline without resorting to cosmetic modification or expensive skincare products, this simple DIY technique (pioneered by world-renowned Hollywood plastic surgeon Dr. Layke) just might do the trick.*
Featured Home -
Move-in-ready cabin in Old Fort Close to Black Mountain | 3 BD, 2 BA | $399,000 | This private, well-maintained cabin in the woods offers a covered front porch with mountain views in the winter and lush woodland views in the summer/fall — perfect for a primary residence or a vacation rental property. 🌲*
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We’re succ-as for a good plant sale + the NC Arboretum Plant Sale and Vendor Market is no exception.
The sale will run from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sat., May 27 + Sun., May 28 with plants and treasures from 20+ local growers and the Arboretum’s seasonal landscapes. There will also be live music + parking is $16 for non-members. |
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Editor's pick: Each month, the WNC Nature Center features animals on its Instagram that its keepers have observed being naughty or nice. This month, Leafa the red panda has been naughty for refusing to eat apples and only eating grapes. Buzz the turkey vulture has been nice for "gladly eating any and all foods, including other animals' leftovers."
All I have to say is, "Grapes are delicious and Leafa is cute enough to get away with anything in my book."
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