Name: $10 Blue Ridge Mules and $6 Hazy IPAs
Start: 2026-10-22
End: 2026-10-22
Location: Pack's Tavern

Thursday at Pack's Tavern means a $10 Blue Ridge Mule and $6 pints of Hazy Blues IPA, right next to Pack Square Park.

Start the weekend a day early. Find a table on the patio at 20 South Spruce Street and bring the crew.

Pack's Tavern is a family-owned restaurant and bar at 20 South Spruce Street in downtown Asheville, next to Pack Square Park. The menu runs from burgers, salads and entrees to wood-fired pizza and hot subs, with a parkside patio, 15 TVs and event space inside a restored building with exposed brick and 100-year-old floors.

Locals come for the daily drink specials and stay to catch the game on one of the TVs. It's an easy downtown pick when you have a group to feed.

Pack's Tavern

Asheville's food scene is mostly local, and this guide walks it neighborhood by neighborhood. Many of these spots post their daily specials, happy hours and events on Dig Local, so check a profile before you go. Downtown, Posana on Biltmore Avenue builds its menu around local farms, The Rhu on South Lexington Avenue is known for its cruffin, Old Europe Pastries has made Hungarian pastries since 1994 and now sits on Broadway, and Capella on 9 serves tapas on the roof of the AC Hotel. On the South Slope, Tiger Bay Cafe cooks Latin and West Indian food inside Ben's Tune Up, and the Funkatorium on Coxe Avenue pours sour beer. Haywood Road in West Asheville has Biscuit Head, Thai Pearl, Finest and Westville Pub. Merrimon Avenue in North Asheville has plant, Mountain Madre, Mother Ocean Seafood Market and 828 Family Pizzeria. In East Asheville, RendezVous serves French bistro food on New Haw Creek Road. Rocky's Hot Chicken Shack fries Nashville-style hot chicken on Patton Avenue in West Asheville and on Sweeten Creek Road in South Asheville. For fully vegan kitchens, restaurants with real meat-free menus and answers to common questions, see our Dig Deeper guide to vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Asheville.

$10 Blue Ridge Mules and $6 Hazy IPAs

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