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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Mountain Xpress, The Local Palate, Edible Asheville, and WNC Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Luminosa · Downtown
MICHELIN Green Star + Bib Gourmand 2025. Chef Graham House's Italian-Appalachian inside the Flat Iron, using a pizza oven, live-fire grill, and pasta extruder on local ingredients like country ham, daylily shoots, and serviceberries.
Soprana Rooftop Cucina · Downtown
MICHELIN Recommended 2025. The seventh-floor downtown rooftop where a Blue Ridge view meets wood-fired pizza and a broad Italian-American menu.
Strada Italiano · Downtown
Downtown Italian. a cozy, elevated pasta-and-wine room locals use as the white-tablecloth Italian default after the loss of Cucina 24.
The Original Vinnie's Neighborhood Italian · North Asheville
Eric Scheffer opened it in 2010 on the family-style hospitality of his Brooklyn childhood, and it has taken the local Best Service award eight years running.