The Top 48 Places to Eat Near White Wine & Butter
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Rank 2. Scoundrel
French
Greenville's hottest reservation is a Michelin-starred French bistro that makes you feel like a regular even on your first visit. The room is warm and unhurried, with hardwood floors and brick walls, and the bar seats are genuinely good rather than a fallback. The kitchen takes familiar food seriously, elevating classics without making you feel like you need a glossary to order. Dress up a little.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Southeast · Joe Cash
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 3. Comal 864
Mexican
- USA Today 2025 · Restaurants of the Year
- Eater 18 Essential Restaurants in Greenville, South Carolina
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Dayna Lee-Márquez
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Rank 4. Jianna
Italian
Jianna is the kind of polished Italian spot downtown Greenville genuinely needed, and locals clearly agree, so book ahead or you're at the bar. That's not the worst outcome, honestly. The menu runs the full Italian arc from pasta to proteins, done with real care rather than red-sauce nostalgia. The crowd leans date-night and celebratory, dressed just enough to feel like they tried.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Andrea Ciavardini-Royko
- Eater 18 Essential Restaurants in Greenville, South Carolina
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Rank 6. Topsoil Kitchen & Market
Contemporary New American
Farm-to-table gets thrown around so much it's basically meaningless, but Topsoil actually runs its own farm up the road, so when they say the produce is local, they mean embarrassingly local. It's a relaxed, three-course dinner spot with wood beams, cushioned chairs, and the kind of seasonal menu that changes before you've had a chance to get attached to anything. The crowd tends toward date-night couples who cleaned up just enough to feel fancy without trying too hard.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Tania Cienfuegos Harris
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Rank 7. Soby's
Southern
Soby's is the kind of downtown Southern restaurant that's been around forever and still earns its packed room every night. The kitchen does classic Southern cooking with real conviction, the wine list punches above what you'd expect, and the bar is always worth a perch if you didn't plan ahead. Regulars, date-nighters, and the after-work crowd all share the same buzzy dining room, which tells you everything.
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Rank 8. The Anchorage
New American
Part wine shop, part intimate New American dinner spot, The Anchorage is the kind of place where you wander in eyeing the bottles and somehow end up staying for a full meal. The menu is short on options but long on care, with locally sourced ingredients and a tasting menu that won't wreck your wallet. The crowd leans curious and relaxed, happy to let the team just run with it.
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- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Silver Iocovozzi
- USA Today 2024 · Restaurants of the Year
- Esquire 2023 · Adobo Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 23. Chai Pani
Indian
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Meherwan Irani and Molly Irani - Chai Pani Restaurant Group
- The New York Times 2021 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 24. Luminosa
Italian
Refined Italian in a beautifully restored hotel, with an L-shaped marble bar, brass fixtures, and the kind of room that makes you feel like you dressed at least semi-appropriately. The menu leans wood-fired and pasta-forward, with ingredients sourced seriously, local farmers and whole-animal butchery included. It earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which means the food punches above what you'd expect to pay. The crowd skews date-night, but nobody looks too stressed about it.
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Rank 25. Good Hot Fish
Seafood
Tucked into Asheville's brewery-heavy South Slope, Good Hot Fish is a casual counter-service seafood spot doing a traditional fish fry with real Southern soul. The fish sandwich alone is worth the trip, cornmeal-crusted and properly crunchy in a way that makes you rethink every sandwich you've had before. The crowd is relaxed, the space is small, and the neon fish out front means you won't walk past it twice.
- Eater Best New Carolinas Restaurant
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Eater 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 26. Cúrate
Spanish
A proper Spanish tapas bar in a beautifully converted old bus depot downtown, which sounds like a quirky detail until you're sitting inside and realize it just works. The vibe pulls you into ordering another bottle of wine and another round of small plates, which is exactly what the room is designed to do. The cured meat selection alone is a commitment. Asheville's flannel-and-festival crowd mixes easily with date-night couples here.
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Southeast · Katie Button
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · William Dissen
- Eater The 18 Essential Restaurants in Asheville, North Carolina
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Rank 30. The Admiral
New American
The Admiral is the kind of neighborhood spot that makes you feel like a local even on your first visit, a converted diner doing genuinely creative American cooking without making a big deal about it. The menu mixes small plates and rotating specials, so regulars never really open the menu. It's casual, a little scruffy, and the crowd shows up in whatever they wore that day, which is exactly right.
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Rank 31. The Bull and Beggar
Classic French
- Eater The 18 Essential Restaurants in Asheville, North Carolina
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Matt Dawes
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Rank 32. Sunny Point Café
American
Sunny Point Café is the kind of West Asheville breakfast spot where the line out the door on a Sunday morning just feels right. Everything is made from scratch, the sourcing is local, and the outdoor patio is full of dogs, regulars, and people who clearly have nowhere better to be. It's casual, it's cheerful, and the biscuits and gravy alone could justify the trip. Their sister bakery is right across the street, so plan accordingly.
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Rank 34. La Bodega by Cúrate
Tapas Spanish
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Rank 36. OWL Bakery
European
- Eater The 18 Essential Restaurants in Asheville, North Carolina
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Baker · Susannah Gebhart
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Rank 37. Mother
Bakery
A bakery and wine cafe in a converted garage in the South Slope, Mother is the kind of place where sourdough obsessives and natural wine people end up sharing a table and getting along surprisingly well. The garage door stays open, the outdoor seating fills up fast, and the vibe is loose and unhurried. Stop in to grab a loaf, or stay for quiche, crudo, and a glass of something interesting. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand, so the locals aren't the only ones paying attention.
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Rank 38. Little Chango
Caribbean
A Bib Gourmand Caribbean counter spot tucked into a cheerful yellow building that immediately makes you feel like you made a good decision. You order at the counter, get a playing card as your number, and wait for arepas stuffed with ropa vieja or a rice-and-meat lunch box that costs almost nothing and fills you completely. The sides are the move, so don't skip them. Exactly the kind of place locals pretend not to know about.
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- Eater 2025 · Best Third Place
- Eater Best New North Carolina Bar · The 2025 Eater Carolinas Award Winners
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Rank 40. Ukiah Japanese Smokehouse
Japanese
Asheville's instinct for the weird-but-right is on full display here, where Japanese small plates meet Southern smoke in a way that has no business working as well as it does. It's a lively neighborhood spot downtown with a big central bar, outdoor seating, and a fireplace for cooler nights. Order a round of grilled skewers, something smoked, and a cocktail that arrives with its own little smoke show. The crowd is exactly who you'd expect in Asheville: flannel-and-tattoos locals next to curious tourists, all sharing plates.
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Rank 41. Golden Hour
Wood-fired American
Housed in a converted factory inside the Radical hotel, Golden Hour is the kind of hotel restaurant that actually holds its own. The River Arts District crowd fills the room, all murals and exposed brick and tall windows overlooking the French Broad. Everything comes off a wood fire, and the kitchen leans into it without showing off. Order something small, order something big, and stay for the view turning golden at dusk.
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Rank 42. Addissae
Ethiopian
Ethiopian food is one of those cuisines that rewards curiosity, and Addissae is a warm, welcoming neighborhood restaurant that makes it easy to dive in. The staff will walk you through the menu if you need it, and everything arrives family style on spongy injera, which is really the main character here. The crowd tends to be a mix of regulars who eat with their hands without a second thought and first-timers who quickly figure out why.
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Rank 43. Table
New American
A Michelin-selected fine dining spot in downtown Asheville that somehow doesn't make you feel underdressed or intimidated. The seasonal New American menu runs the full range, from proper small plates and handmade pasta to a genuinely messy burger with house-made queso if you're feeling casual. The vibe is warm and unhurried, the staff is the good kind of Southern charming, and the outdoor seating draws a crowd that's clearly having a great night.
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Rank 44. Copper Crown
Southern/Italian
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Rank 46. Jargon
Modern New American
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Rank 47. Posana
American
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