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Restaurant rumors

Jason Sandford April 16, 2008

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Loyal readers funkymono, News and Arwen dished on what they’ve heard regarding the restaurant scene in Ashvegas. Here it is. Thanks, y’all!

– Rumor has it there’s a good new Mexican restaurant where BJ’s drive-in was in Woodfin …a nd they supposedly have a yummy avocado margarita, a concoction I’ve been dying to try for years.

– The old Trevi’s in Biltmore Village will soon become a high-end Mexi joint: Rosie’s Cantina, I think.

– I heard Caffiend has closed or is about to close. I was in there Tuesday morning and Matt told me, which seems like a pretty reliable source. Too bad, I like good coffee at 4 in the morning.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

I think I saw these guys in Marshall

Time to start thinking about Brewgrass ’08

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Clocky April 19, 2008

One of the fellas in Picholine told me that the restaurant would have a new owner and manager as of Thursday the 24th. According to this nice employee, the new owner will be working in the restaurant.

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funkymono (aka Jeremy) April 18, 2008

Here’s the scoop on the new Mexican place in Woodfin: it’s called Curras Dom, and it’s certainly more in the Limones vein of Latin restaurants as opposed to La Carreta or El Chapala (not that there’s anything wrong with those last two, of course). The decor is quite nice, the service impeccable, and the menu is far beyond the standard order-by-number fare at many area Mexican restaurants, with the entrees taken from the various areas of Mexico where the owner’s family hails from.

My companion and I didn’t have a full dinner (entrees average $18 or so, by the way), but we had a yummy quesadilla appetizer, although I couldn’t begin to tell you what was in it. But the best part: the avocado margarita. Yum. I first heard of this drink elsewhere several years ago and tried to reverse-engineer it with no luck, but the real thing is quite nice. It doesn’t really have an avocado flavor, but instead the avocado lends it a nice creamy texture. Very good, and for $7 not terribly pricey.

The restaurant is in the Woodfin section of Merrimon. Heading north away from Downtown, pass Beaver Lake on your left and the Food Lion shopping center on your right. It’ll be just past that…on your left where place called HB’s Drive In used to be. It’s a small place and the sign out front isn’t huge, so keep an eye out.

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Mike April 16, 2008

In the not-too-far-away-from-Ashvegas realm, let me also put in a good word for the new Latin grill El Dorado on Main Street. It’s worth the 18-minute drive from downtown metro Ashvegas.

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