Name: Hannah Scalf
Start: 2026-10-28T19:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-10-28T19:00:00.000-04:00
Location: Blue Mountain Pizza and Brew Pub

Wednesday night at Blue Mountain Pizza in Weaverville, which is a solid low-key spot if you want to grab a slice and catch some live music without making it a whole thing. Good midweek option when you want to get out but still be home at a reasonable hour.

This downtown spot has funneled over $144,000 back into local organizations through steady fundraising efforts, proving that a pizzeria slinging hand-thrown pies and hosting nightly shows at 7pm can anchor more than just appetites. The commitment runs deep enough that they throw a free community Thanksgiving dinner every year, treating the neighborhood like actual family instead of just customers.

Blue Mountain Pizza and Brew Pub is Weaverville's hometown pizzeria on North Main Street, serving homemade pizza, small-batch craft beer and homemade ice cream for over 20 years.

Locals treat it as the family-friendly hangout in downtown Weaverville, with free live music most nights, from Americana and bluegrass to acoustic singer-songwriters.

Blue Mountain Pizza and Brew Pub

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.

Asheville Food and Drink: Restaurants, Specials and Happy Hours

Asheville breweries pour everything from crisp lagers to wild sours, and these taprooms, brewpubs and craft beer bars are worth the trip, downtown and across the mountains. On the South Slope, the Funkatorium pours sour and funky beers, Wicked Weed's original brewpub anchors Biltmore Avenue, and Asheville Brewing Company has taprooms on Coxe Avenue and Merrimon Avenue. The River Arts District has Wedge Brewing, New Belgium on the French Broad River, RAD Brewing and Ginger's Revenge for gluten-free ginger beer. West Asheville has Archetype Brewing, One World Brewing West and Westville Pub on Haywood Road. Just north in Woodfin, Zillicoah and Riverside Rhapsody sit along Riverside Drive, and Salt Face Mule adds 36 holes of mini golf. East Asheville's Highland Brewing is the city's first craft brewery, and Black Mountain has Pisgah Brewing and Lookout Brewing. South of town, try Sweeten Creek Brewing, Turgua in Fairview, 12 Bones Smokehouse in Arden, and Sierra Nevada and Mills River Brewing in Mills River. Every brewery below has hours, photos and directions. For picks by food, dogs and live music, more breweries to try and answers to common questions, see our Dig Deeper guide to Asheville breweries.

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