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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Mountain Xpress and WNC Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Rankin Vault Cocktail Lounge · Downtown
Mountain Xpress covered the Vault taking the first WNC Battle of the Burger with a Hickory Nut Gap burger under Heritage Farms bacon, white cheddar, arugula and red onion in a homemade vinaigrette, plus spicy Duke's mayonnaise. WNC Magazine's own write-up of the same cook-off notes that while other entries leaned on plantains, quail eggs and bacon jam, this one won on a plain burger done properly. Order that burger, late if you like, since locals have long come here for it after hours.
Farm Burger Asheville · Downtown
Mountain Xpress covered the opening in the renovated Leader Building on Patton Avenue, where passers by looked through the windows at glowing wood walls, a bocce court and the promise of one hundred percent grass fed burgers. The kitchen partners with farms in Georgia, the Carolinas and Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview for its beef, and the bar pours six local drafts. Order a grass fed burger and add whichever house cheese and topping the counter is running.