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