Women-Owned Shops, Cafes and Services in Asheville

The Odd is a West Asheville dive bar and live music venue on Haywood Road, known around town as much for its oddities-museum decor as for its calendar. The all-ages room books drag, burlesque, punk, metal, comedy, magic nights, and game nights across the week, and it stays open late every day. Full bar with house cocktails, local craft beer, and Jell-O shots.

Spicer Greene Jewelers is a fine jewelry and watch store at 121 Patton Avenue in downtown Asheville, set in a 1920s Art Deco building that started out as a gas station. The business goes back to 1926, when E.O. Wick opened a small repair shop on Wall Street. Today it's run by Eva-Michelle and Elliott Spicer, both GIA graduate gemologists, who renamed it Spicer Greene in 2016. Come here to buy, sell or upgrade jewelry, and there's a second store on Main Street in Hendersonville.

Tiger Bay Cafe is a Black, woman-owned and family-run cafe that's back in business at 195 Hilliard Avenue, inside Ben's Tune Up on the South Slope. It closed its West Asheville counter inside BattleCat Coffee in late 2024, and now serves what it calls global street food. The menu runs from bagels, breakfast burritos and waffles to paninis and salads with Southern, East Indian and Latin twists. The breakfast panini stacks scrambled egg, bacon, cheddar and Swiss with herb mayo, and the BCT panini pairs bacon, tomato and avocado.

Sand Hill Kitchen is a scratch-made breakfast and lunch counter inside the BP station at Sand Hill and Sardis Roads, right where West Asheville runs into Enka-Candler. Chef and owner Jamie Wade opened it in January 2017, and in 2022 a statewide magazine contest named her North Carolina's Fried Chicken Champ. Everyone talks about the buttermilk fried chicken sandwich with house dilly pickles, cheddar and herbed Duke's mayo, but the Reuben, the burgers, the beet sandwich and the breakfast burritos hold their own. The chips are hand cut and fried in house, and the banana pudding takes after her grandmother's. Breakfast runs Wednesday through Saturday and lunch Tuesday through Saturday. It's closed Sunday and Monday.

Old Europe has been Asheville's Hungarian-rooted pastry shop since 1994, when Melinda Vetro, who learned to bake in pastry school growing up in Hungary, opened the first one on Battery Park. It's moved a few times since and now sits at 18 Broadway downtown. The case is packed with mousse cakes, eclairs, macarons and croissants, plus old-country picks like Rigo Jancsi chocolate cake and the Ishler, a pair of walnut shortbread cookies with apricot jam dipped in chocolate. A lot of the cakes are gluten free, and there are vegan options too, like a chocolate cupcake and a seasonal cobbler. Coffee is espresso from Dynamite Roasting in Black Mountain, and the bar pours Aperol spritzes, espresso martinis and Irish coffee. It's open 7:30 AM to 10 PM Sunday through Thursday and until 11 on Friday and Saturday.

VaVaVooom is a lingerie boutique and intimate toy shop at 57 Broadway Street in downtown Asheville, 100% woman and locally owned and open since 2008. It fills a restored 1920s building with about 3,000 square feet of stock, much more than the website shows. The racks carry lingerie, corsets, stockings and vintage-style pieces, some of it made by small local makers, alongside body-safe toys, many of them made in Europe, plus massage oils, playful accessories and educational books. Mountain Xpress readers have voted it Best of WNC for lingerie and intimate toys every year from 2013 through 2025. It's open daily from 11 AM, until 8 PM Sunday through Thursday and 9 PM on Fridays and Saturdays.

Instant Karma is a hippie gift shop with two Asheville locations, at 36 North Lexington Avenue downtown and 725 Haywood Road in West Asheville. The downtown shop has been on Lexington for more than 30 years, and the West Asheville shop opened in June 2016 between Biscuit Head and The Hop West, under a front mural by Flournoy Holmes. The shelves are packed with tie-dye, harem pants and boho dresses, Grateful Dead patches, tapestries and songbooks, tarot decks, crystals, incense and moon calendars, plus Astria Farm hemp gummies for adults. Downtown is open daily from 9 AM to 8 PM. West Asheville opens at 9 AM Friday through Sunday and 11 AM Monday through Thursday.

Hotel Eve is a speakeasy-style upscale jazz and cocktail lounge in downtown Asheville, featuring live jazz performances by local and rotating artists in an intimate hidden setting.Hotel Eve Jazz, Apple Maps, Stu Helm

Centreville Luncheonette is a neighborhood diner at 204 Weaverville Road in Woodfin, between North Asheville and Weaverville. Jill Rhodes took over in January 2026 and kept the lunch menu of burgers, Reubens, Philly cheesesteaks and hand-cut fries, then added breakfast Wednesday through Saturday and a short list of beer and wine.

Trout Lily Market & Deli is a neighborhood market and full-service deli at 1297 Charlotte Highway in Fairview. It stocks local, organic and natural groceries from Western North Carolina producers, pours Round Earth Roasters coffee, and carries a big cooler of craft beer and wine. Susan Bost co-founded it in 1998, and Laura Telford has run it since 2018.

Hemp 4 Victory is a neighborhood hemp and CBD shop on Weaverville Highway in Woodfin, just north of downtown Asheville. The glass cases are stacked with tinctures, gummies, chocolates, pre-rolls, vape carts, topicals and bath bombs, plus CBD treats for dogs, from brands like Mellow Fellow, Bhumi and JustCBD. Kratom is on the shelves too. It's a small, easygoing room with a fireplace and a lot of product to look at, and the folks behind the counter will walk you through what's what without making you feel dumb for asking. Open every day, 10 to 8 on weekdays and 11 to 7 on weekends.

Asheville Raven & Crone is a witch-owned metaphysical shop in North Asheville at 640 Merrimon Avenue, stocked with tarot cards, candles, crystals, books, and altar supplies, many of them locally handmade. It's the top metaphysical store in Asheville for both experienced practitioners and curious newcomers exploring earth religions and spiritual tools, with regular workshops and classes rounding out the offerings.

12 Bones Smokehouse and Brewing is a barbecue joint and brewery on Hendersonville Road in Arden, just south of Asheville, open every day from 11 to 8. Angela and Bryan King moved the smokehouse into an old industrial building by the railroad tracks in 2019 and put a brewery in with it, so you get ribs and house beer under one roof. The baby back ribs come four ways: Nekkid, Brown Sugar, Blueberry Chipotle and a very hot Pineapple Habanero. Plates come with two sides and cornbread, and the meats are smoked over oak and cherry. Sixteen taps rotate through ales, lagers and seasonals brewed in the back.

SweetPea's Photo Camper is a mobile photo booth built into a camper, based in Fletcher and serving events around Asheville and Western North Carolina. It rolls up to weddings, birthdays, corporate events and brewery parties with a full attendant, then handles delivery, setup and removal. Every package includes unlimited photo strips, a big box of props and costumes, and a custom designed event footer on each strip. Rentals run $125 an hour with a two-hour minimum, in 2, 3 or 4 hour packages, and travel fees may apply farther out.

Training Partners is a small personal training studio at 862 Merrimon Avenue in North Asheville, owned by Charlene Reeves. It focuses on active older adults, with one-on-one training, small group classes, Pilates on the reformer and chair, and nutrition coaching. It has served Asheville since 1996 and worked with more than 3,000 clients.

Curated Consignment Boutique is an upscale women's consignment shop in Dingle Creek Plaza at 1800 Hendersonville Road in South Asheville, next to Green Sage. Owner Vanessa King and her team pick quality-label clothing, designer handbags and art-to-wear jewelry, from Johnny Was and Magnolia Pearl to Frank & Eileen. The shop was formerly Linden Consignment.

Man's Ruin Tattoo & Piercing is a women-owned tattoo and body piercing studio at 1085 Tunnel Road, Suite 2A, in East Asheville, near the WNC Nature Center and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Established in 2000 with an all-female staff led by Heather Ruin, it does custom tattoos, tattoos from your own designs and body piercing. Its jewelry includes implant-grade 14k gold, titanium, glass, bone, horn and stone.

Spiritex is a clothing shop at 14 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville selling its own line of everyday clothing for men and women. Spiritex makes its clothes in the Carolinas from organic cotton, sustainable fibers and recycled polyester, so every shirt and dress on the rack was made close to home.

WAXON Batik & Dye Studio is a women-owned textile and fiber arts studio at 726 Haywood Road in West Asheville. It teaches classes and workshops in batik, ice dye, shibori and classic tie-dye, and offers custom dyeing like dyed shirts for businesses, batiked logos and banners and overdyeing old clothes. It also sells streaming online dye courses and at-home ice-dyeing kits, and its bigger workshop space fits larger classes.

Baked Pie Company is a dessert pie shop at 4 Long Shoals Road in Arden, making 15 to 25 homemade pies every day. You can get a whole pie, a slice, or the Pie Flight, three smaller slices with a scoop of ice cream.

Lex Twenty Menswear is a men's clothing shop at 16 Patton Avenue in downtown Asheville, in the same building as its sister store Hazel Twenty. The team behind Hazel Twenty opened it in spring 2021. The racks carry heritage and everyday brands like Filson, Barbour, Pendleton, Billy Reid, Red Wing, Faherty, Marine Layer, The Normal Brand, Mavi and Gola, with jeans, flannels, outerwear, boots and gifts. Lex Twenty keeps long downtown hours: Sunday through Thursday 10 to 7, Friday and Saturday 10 to 9.

Namaste in Nature runs outdoor yoga retreats near Asheville, called Micro Retreats, that mix hiking, meditation, forest bathing and yoga on trails in Pisgah National Forest and around Western North Carolina. Public tours run 2 or 3 hours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with waterfall, mountain vortex and sunset trips, and mats are provided. Private bookings cover birthdays, bachelorette parties, weddings, reunions and corporate retreats. The team also offers private yoga classes, sound baths, cacao ceremonies, Yoga in the Park and mobile massage from 30 to 90 minutes, either at your rental or in a park along the river.

All Bodies Movement and Wellness is a personal training and small group strength studio at 211 Merrimon Avenue, just north of downtown Asheville. Owner Betsy Archer, a licensed clinical social worker and certified trainer, runs it as a queer-owned, trans-positive and fat-positive gym. Choose from 1:1 personal training, Interval Strength, Weightlifting, Body Floss Pilates, self defense and weekday open gym, with classes capped at 6 to 12 people. It was formerly PlayFit AVL.

Asheville Bee Charmer is a honey shop with two free tasting bars in downtown Asheville, at 32 Broadway Street and 38 Battery Park Avenue. Owners Jillian and Kim are beekeepers who opened in 2014, and they stock 40 to 50 honey varietals from North Carolina and around the world. Sourwood honey from Southern Appalachian forests is the best seller, and the shelves also carry tupelo, orange blossom, fireweed and infused honeys like Smokin' Hot. Beyond the jars, there's honey soap, lotion, salves and balms, candles, books, bee jewelry and gift sets. A tasting takes 10 to 15 minutes, and a staffer at the bar walks you through it.

Hello, Gorgeous! is a bra fitting boutique at 61 N Merrimon Avenue, Suite 107, in Reynolds Village in Woodfin, just north of downtown Asheville. Owners Kim and Michelle offer complimentary professional fittings and carry a size-inclusive range of bras and lingerie, including the Evelyn & Bobby brand, so you leave with something that fits and feels good.

Wilderness Muse is a maker market on Charlotte Highway in Fairview, set inside an old car wash. Owner Leigh Shultis fills it with work from more than 65 local artisans, farmers and tradespeople, so you'll find art prints, cards, houseplants, tinctures, teas and spice blends side by side. It opened in September 2024 and also hosts pop-up markets around Fairview.

Hazel Twenty is a clothing boutique at 16 Patton Avenue in downtown Asheville, opened by owner Lexi DiYeso, who started the business in 2014 as a mint green mobile boutique rolling out to breweries and festivals. The storefront opened in December 2018 in a historic building on Patton Avenue. The main floor carries women's clothing, premium denim, jewelry, bags and accessories from brands like Free People, Le Jean, Aviator Nation and RE/DONE. Kids' clothing for babies through tweens is upstairs, and Lex Twenty Menswear is on the bottom level facing Lexington Avenue. There's a second Hazel Twenty in Charleston on Wentworth Street. The Asheville shop is open daily, until 9 PM on Fridays and Saturdays.

Sugarcane Studios is a custom sewing and alterations shop at 1550 Hendersonville Road in South Asheville. Owner Tara Nyanga is an Asheville native who sewed costumes for Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera and TV shows like Gossip Girl before coming home. The studio specializes in bridal and formal wear, and also handles men's tailoring, everyday alterations, custom clothing and vintage redesigns.

Poppy Hand-Crafted Popcorn is a woman-owned gourmet popcorn maker based in Asheville, popping small batches of all-natural popcorn in dozens of flavors since 2014. Best sellers include the Asheville Mix of White Cheddar and Salted Caramel, Pimento Cheese, Mexican Street Corn and Birthday Confetti, and it's sold at about 90 Ingles Markets stores.

Elevated Kava Lounge is a non-alcoholic bar with two Asheville lounges, one upstairs at 747 Haywood Road in West Asheville and one downstairs at 122 College Street downtown, a short walk from Pack Square. Both serve kava and all sorts of other non-alcoholic drinks in a cozy setting. The West Asheville lounge is open every day from morning until midnight, so it works as a coffee-hour hangout or a late-night alternative to a regular bar, and both host open mic nights.