Downtown
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Vegan fine dining that converts carnivores, on Merrimon.
Five vegan and vegetarian restaurants around Asheville, in Ashe’s order — fine dining that converts carnivores, downtown comfort food, a Wall Street institution and West Asheville’s vegan barbecue.
Ashe says Asheville is one of the best vegan towns in the South, and these five are why.
Downtown
Rosetta’s Kitchen
Downtown’s comfort-food vegan kitchen — the peanut butter tofu.
Downtown
Laughing Seed Cafe
The vegetarian institution on Wall Street since the ’90s.
West Asheville
The Smokin’ Onion
Vegan barbecue and comfort food in West Asheville — restaurant and truck.
West Asheville
Haywood Common
West Asheville brunch and dinner with a deep vegan menu.
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