The canonical version and where to order it.
Bomba rice cooked in a wide pan with chicken, rabbit, garrofó beans, green beans and saffron-tomato sofrito. The traditional Valencian recipe served at lunch.
Katie Button and Felix Meana's Cúrate opened on Biltmore Avenue in 2011 and won the 2022 James Beard Outstanding Hospitality award. Meana was raised in Valencia, where his family ran a restaurant; Cúrate's paella Valenciana follows the canonical Valencia version (chicken, rabbit, garrofó, green beans; never seafood). The daily paella lunch became the city's standout splurge value-meal in the 2010s, and the dish put Spanish cooking on the Asheville food map permanently. The kitchen runs traditional Valencia, plus seasonal seafood paellas at dinner.
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Katie Button and Felix Meana's Cúrate in Asheville opened on Biltmore Avenue in 2011 and won the 2022 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding.
OrderThe jamón ibérico with pan con tomate, plus the paella Valenciana for the table.
TipBook on Resy 30 days ahead. Bar seats and the chef's counter take walk-ins from 17:00; arrive at opening.
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