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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 August 2026.
Jerusalem Garden Café · Downtown
The vegetarian platter is the way in: baba ganoush with a deep roasted-eggplant flavor, tabbouleh nearly equal parts herbs and bulgur, and stuffed grape leaves so moist they drip. Weekend nights bring belly dancing in a tented room of low tables and cushions.
Gypsy Queen Market, Deli & Food Truck · West Asheville
Owner Suzy Phillips built the room to look like her native Lebanon, down to a commissioned mural, and carries the falafel, fattoush, and shawarma that made her food truck a fixture.
Baba Nahm - Middle Eastern Street Food · Downtown
A Middle Eastern counter in the S&W Market food hall downtown, named in WNC Magazine's Global Feast survey. Order a nahm bowl.
Zambra · Downtown
A long-running downtown tapas room on West Walnut named in WNC Magazine's Global Feast survey. Order a spread of tapas and a sherry.