It's best known for its stunning views of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains and for the Biltmore Estate (America’s largest home), but this graceful Southern city is now attracting a fresh generation with recent additions: an innovative, farm-driven food scene and a thriving design community with sprawling antiques markets and well-curated shops.

This old-fashioned store in neighboring Black Mountain offers a little of everything, including locally made laundry detergent, Mason jar lamps, and a vast selection of obscure American sodas.

103 West State Street, townhardware.com

As its name suggests, this barbecue joint is known for its ribs, specifically baby backs infused with seasonal flavors such as roasted pumpkin and blueberry chipotle.

5 Riverside Drive, 12bones.com

This former chicken hatchery overlooking the French Broad River stuffs everything from banh mi tofu to mole roasted duck confit into its tortillas.

1 Roberts Street, whiteducktacoshop.com

The focus here is ultralocal: Chef Jacob Sessoms makes his own country ham, and the mushrooms are foraged from the lowlying hills of the Appalachian Mountains.

48 College Street, tableasheville.com

This huge antiques emporium features well-styled (and well-priced) antiques from all over the South.

115 Fairview Road, screendoorasheville.com

A multidealer design warehouse, it gets fresh shipments of rugs and furniture -- ranging from midcentury pieces to European antiques -- almost every day.

124 Swannanoa River Road, oddfellowsasheville.com

Crowds gather for hearty breakfasts of ricotta hotcakes and huevos rancheros, but its pretty garden is a lovely place to wait.

626 Haywood Road, sunnypointcafe.com

Chef Katie Button opened this tapas place with her parents and Spanish husband after interning at Spain's renowned El Bulli.

11 Biltmore Avenue, curatetapasbar.com