City Consensus · Asheville
Italian in Asheville
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Asheville below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 3 Italian in Asheville
The Asheville Italian picks — anchored by the MICHELIN Guide American South's 2025 selections and Salon's profile of Luminosa.
- #1
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.”
- #2
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.”
- #3
Strada Italiano
Downtown
“AVLtoday's 'fancier fare' downtown Italian — a cozy, elevated pasta-and-wine room that locals use as the white-tablecloth Italian default after the loss of Cucina 24.”