Asheville: Downtown Street Art Walking Tour
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Botanist and Barrel Tasting Bar is a wine bar in Downtown, Asheville.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Cheese plates, snacks
Tip: Cider flights are the easiest entry; the orange wine flight rotates monthly.
Explore Downtown Asheville’s South Slope and discover vibrant murals and hidden art gems. Hear the stories behind the city’s creative street art scene.
Discover downtown Asheville on a guided food tour with 6 tastings. Learn about the city's history and architecture as you savor local flavors, including a chargrilled ...
Each tasting is included so you can savor without pause. What hidden hands shaped these flavors across time?
Address: 32 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801
Battery Park Book Exchange in the Grove Arcade pairs a champagne bar with a used-book store. Literary cocktails and grower champagne on rare-book shelves.
Signature pour: Grower champagne by the glass
Wine focus: Champagne and sparkling, broad by-the-glass list
Food: Cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: Walk-in only. The cellar-room champagne flights take the literary cocktail crowd on weekends.
5 Walnut Wine Bar on West Walnut Street in downtown Asheville has been the city's live-music wine bar since 2008. TableJourney editor pick for the year.
Signature pour: Italian regional reds, $5-15 by the glass
Wine focus: Eclectic by-the-glass, value-leaning list
Food: Cheese, charcuterie, small plates
Tip: Walk-in. The live-music calendar runs nightly; brass and Afrobeat on weekend evenings.
WALLS Wine Bar at the Benjamin Walls Gallery on Broadway Street pairs Walls' large-format wildlife and landscape photography with self-pour wine cards.
Signature pour: Tasting flights at the wine wall
Wine focus: By-the-taste, by-the-glass, by-the-bottle global
Food: Cheese, charcuterie, snacks
Tip: Self-pour wine card system; pre-load and walk the gallery between tastings. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Drew Wallace's Leo's House of Thirst on Haywood Road in West Asheville was a 2025 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program.
Signature pour: Natural pet-nat or skin-contact white by the glass
Wine focus: Natural, low-intervention wines by the glass and bottle
Food: Seasonal small plates, all-day cafe
Tip: Open from 09:00 for espresso and breakfast; the wine list opens midday. Closed Mondays.
Battery Park Book Exchange in the Grove Arcade pairs a champagne bar with a used-book store. Literary cocktails and grower champagne on rare-book shelves.
Signature pour: Grower champagne by the glass
Wine focus: Champagne and sparkling, broad by-the-glass list
Food: Cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: Walk-in only. The cellar-room champagne flights take the literary cocktail crowd on weekends.
5 Walnut Wine Bar on West Walnut Street in downtown Asheville has been the city's live-music wine bar since 2008. TableJourney editor pick for the year.
Signature pour: Italian regional reds, $5-15 by the glass
Wine focus: Eclectic by-the-glass, value-leaning list
Food: Cheese, charcuterie, small plates
Tip: Walk-in. The live-music calendar runs nightly; brass and Afrobeat on weekend evenings.
WALLS Wine Bar at the Benjamin Walls Gallery on Broadway Street pairs Walls' large-format wildlife and landscape photography with self-pour wine cards.
Signature pour: Tasting flights at the wine wall
Wine focus: By-the-taste, by-the-glass, by-the-bottle global
Food: Cheese, charcuterie, snacks
Tip: Self-pour wine card system; pre-load and walk the gallery between tastings. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.