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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Mountain Xpress. Updated August 2026.
Little Jumbo · North Asheville
An award-winning neighborhood bar in a 1920s former grocery, named among Garden & Gun's Best Cocktail Bars of the South.
Sovereign Remedies · Downtown
A polished-but-approachable downtown bar and a reigning Best of WNC Cocktails winner, with foraged-leaning craft drinks.
Antidote Cocktail Lounge at Chemist · South Slope
An early-1900s apothecary-style cocktail lounge and rooftop atop a South Slope distillery.