West Asheville

Stephanie
West Asheville

Eat

0.8 miles | Grab a bag with one of each, including the weekly flavor, and enjoy while you wander West Asheville. An excellent way to build stamina for the walking ahead of you. It's worth the mess.
231 locals recommend
Hole Doughnuts
168 Haywood Rd
231 locals recommend
0.8 miles | Grab a bag with one of each, including the weekly flavor, and enjoy while you wander West Asheville. An excellent way to build stamina for the walking ahead of you. It's worth the mess.
1.1 miles | If you're here for the weekend, this is a must-try. Excellent baked goods, coffee, and bread. Go early, this place tends towards lines. Only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
156 locals recommend
OWL Bakery
295 Haywood Rd
156 locals recommend
1.1 miles | If you're here for the weekend, this is a must-try. Excellent baked goods, coffee, and bread. Go early, this place tends towards lines. Only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
.9 miles | Breakfast tacos! From a former Austinite, the queso is legit.
183 locals recommend
Taco Billy
201 Haywood Rd
183 locals recommend
.9 miles | Breakfast tacos! From a former Austinite, the queso is legit.
1.8 miles | YES it's good, YES there's a wait. Don't park in their lot, it's handicap only.
587 locals recommend
Sunny Point Café
626 Haywood Rd
587 locals recommend
1.8 miles | YES it's good, YES there's a wait. Don't park in their lot, it's handicap only.
21 locals recommend
Tastee Diner
575 Haywood Rd
21 locals recommend
93 locals recommend
The Hop West
721 Haywood Rd
93 locals recommend

Do

2.3 miles | An arcade filled with classic and vintage arcade games: ski-ball, pinball, Burger Time. It's a flat fee to play, so save your quarters for laundry day. There's a bar, too, because Asheville.
67 locals recommend
Retrocade
800 Haywood Road
67 locals recommend
2.3 miles | An arcade filled with classic and vintage arcade games: ski-ball, pinball, Burger Time. It's a flat fee to play, so save your quarters for laundry day. There's a bar, too, because Asheville.
1.6 miles | Get married while buying a vintage fur duster. Sure, why not? They frequently host pop-ups and live music. You'll see it from the road.
20 locals recommend
Fleetwood's
496 Haywood Rd
20 locals recommend
1.6 miles | Get married while buying a vintage fur duster. Sure, why not? They frequently host pop-ups and live music. You'll see it from the road.

Sightseeing

2.2 miles | The Dolly & Ru Paul mural.
Beauty Parade
783 Haywood Rd
2.2 miles | The Dolly & Ru Paul mural.

Drink

1.3 miles | Honestly anything that kitchen puts on a plate, I'll eat. A great place to hang out and grab a snack or a drink.
97 locals recommend
West Asheville Lounge and Kitchen
401 Haywood Rd
97 locals recommend
1.3 miles | Honestly anything that kitchen puts on a plate, I'll eat. A great place to hang out and grab a snack or a drink.
2.9 miles | Sometimes you just want to kick back and devour a cheese board. No judgement, I'm the same.
48 locals recommend
Leo's House of Thirst
1055 Haywood Rd
48 locals recommend
2.9 miles | Sometimes you just want to kick back and devour a cheese board. No judgement, I'm the same.
2.8 miles | Extremely West Asheville. Say hi to Jenny-Lou the bartender.
54 locals recommend
The Odditorium
1045 Haywood Rd
54 locals recommend
2.8 miles | Extremely West Asheville. Say hi to Jenny-Lou the bartender.

Shop

2.1 miles | You want cute things? This is where you buy cute things. If it's in stock, grab a bag of Poppy's Popcorn.
13 locals recommend
Provisions Mercantile
728 Haywood Rd
13 locals recommend
2.1 miles | You want cute things? This is where you buy cute things. If it's in stock, grab a bag of Poppy's Popcorn.

City advice

Getting around

Parking

Parking in West Asheville, quite frankly, sucks. Weekends and peak times are worse. If you are going to drive, look for Paid Parking signs pointing to off-street parking down side streets. Just make sure to follow the pay-to-park directions. Whatever you do, do NOT park in areas marked No Parking. You will be towed.
Book before you go

The breakfast line

If you're going to Early Girl, Biscuit Head, or Sunny Point, there WILL be a long wait, even on off-times. These are great places to grab breakfast, but there's plenty of other gems in West Asheville for folks who can't abide a line. The short or no-wait spots are the ones I've included in this guide.
Don't miss

Breweries and bars

West Asheville has too many great bars and breweries to list. You kinda can't go wrong. Just wander around and pop in wherever feels right. Some bars still enforce old NC Membership rules.