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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.
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.