Good Morning Reader,

Tom and I have been drinking our way through Asheville's coffee shops for 7+ years, and this is the list I wish existed when we moved here. And nope. It is not the same five spots on every travel blog (that closed 5 years ago with AI photos of... pasta).

Our Picks For The 15 Best Coffee Shops in Asheville

Think: A flower shop with vegan matcha cookies and strawberry lattes. A trendy biscuit café in the River Arts District (RAD) with decor that belongs in an equally rad magazine. A hidden gem along the French Broad River with London Fog bubble tea, vegan fruit scones, and a pirate ship across the street. How about a kitschy-hipster bar with the coolest flavors in South Slope, and an East Asheville indulgence pastry gem selling sweet local art?!

Uncorked Asheville's updated 2026 coffee shop list includes 15 spots, terrific neighborhoods, parking tips, and what we love to order.

Join us on Asheville coffee dates with these virtual tours

Are you following Uncorked Asheville on YouTube? We recently posted two new coffee videos for you (I'm trying, y'all; not my wheelhouse):

🎥 ☕️ 7 Coffee Shops in Asheville We Are Loving Right Now (especially for early morning strolls)

🎥 ☕️ The Coffee Shop It Took Us Years To Find, but now, we will live here

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What we are loving in Asheville right now

• Cherry lattes at Filo Pastries in East Asheville
• Sunday brunch guacamole flights at Mountain Madre's newer and gorgeous North Asheville location

• Coffee walks past the Grove Park Inn to OWL Bakery (North AVL)
• Cream ale outside at Wedge Brewing (Foundation/RAD)

• Reading next to the French Broad River with a Zillicoah smoky Helles
• Gorgeous cards and cat witch hats at Asheville Raven & Crone​

• Shopping at Foundation Woodworks, back in its pre-Helene location
• Saturday mornings at the North Asheville Tailgate Market​

• ​Two delicious sushi spots: Zen (North AVL) & Murasaki (Arden)

• Our Asheville friends: we have some juvenile black bears that rumble the ground

Oooooffffff bad news in the burger world

I saw rumors on Reddit that Romeo's recently closed on Merrimon Ave. Walking by, it is indeed closed, emptied, and off their Instagram account as an open location. I'll miss their vegan burgers and milkshakes. Dang it!

With that said, I gave quick updates to:

🍔 Best burgers in Asheville​

🌱 Our 2026 Asheville Veggie and Vegan Dining Guide​

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Let us know what you are loving in Asheville lately.

I'll be updating the second half of our Asheville events calendar and traveling up north to see my parents and IBD team for some Ulcerative Colitis doomsday conversations.

As an A+ student, I just bombed my UC inflammation test. Potential remission values should be under 50. Anything bad caps at 120. I'm rocking 4,000 for the first time in 20 years. That's a lot of zeros.

Rinvoq did me dirty, y'all, and I'm very much in trouble. Slaying the moon face. Expecting my Crohn's and Colitis medical program to suggest slaying my colon... Bear with me this summer.