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Mountain Xpress: Naughty or Nice? Two very opposite sides of the holiday food spectrum

Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian or just looking for nourishing alternatives, Xpress provides you with a few ideas to leave you feeling light and satisfied this holiday season...

 

Mountain Xpress: LAAFF has eats and drinks to keep you dancing

What's a street festival without food? A grouchy group of drunken zombies, that's what. Fortunately, for festival-goers, there are plenty of local restaurants available to help soothe the blood-sugar woes at LAAFF. Just what can revelers expect to see and taste?

July 6, 2010

Mountain Xpress: Eatin' in Season - Crooknecks, Patty Pans, Zephyrs, and Zucchinis…

Summer is officially here, and so is local summer squash. The blossoms and bold hues of the many available varieties of squash began brightening up area farmers markets in June, and remain a market staple through September...

Mountain Xpress: Small Bites - New restaurants are getting into the game

Sure, there are sad stories in the WNC restaurant scene; casualties of the past year include Southside Café, Nova and longtime Asheville favorite, Picnics. However, plenty of the hopeful are throwing themselves headlong (and bravely) into restaurant ownership. The overriding theme of most of these budding business? Most new restaurants seem to be geared toward affordability...

Vegan Girl: New Vegetarian Restaurant: Green Light Cafe

A new vegetarian restaurant opened up today in downtown Asheville. Green Light Cafe, on Lexington near College (across from Tops Shoes) offers a new healthy option for dining out...

Mountain Xpress: New Kid on the Block

The Green Light Cafe is opening a downtown Asheville location. The original Green Light restaurant, once located in Black Mountain, closed in 2007. The owners of the vegetarian restaurant, Shannon and Michael Blair, have been catering and traveling the festival circuit with their mobile kitchen since then, and plan to continue doing so once the Asheville spot is well under way...

Mountan Xpress: A Wonderful World -  Asheville Earth Day offers food, music and fun for a town with a hefty per-capita consciousness

Many Ashevilleans take pride in treating every day as though it's Earth Day. But on Saturday, those scattered individuals will come together as one in Martin Luther King Jr. Park to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with music, food, crafts and community...