Babban dutsen dutse mai suna Asheville ya zama daya daga cikin manyan garuruwan da ke cikin kasar don masana'antun sana'a, gidajen cin abinci da cin abinci, da kuma gidajen shakatawa. Har ila yau, birni ne mai ci gaba tare da al'umma mai kyau da yawa da kuma wasu 'yan gay da yawa masu ban sha'awa sosai da kuma wasu manyan wuraren da aka yi tare da gay / madaidaiciya. Ga alama, a cikin jerin kalmomi, a wasu wurare masu mahimmanci ga mazauna gay da 'yan mazan jiya don ci da sha a Asheville.
Ka lura cewa, abin bakin ciki, shagon na Smokey's After Dark, a cikin gari a 18 Broadway, ya rufe.
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O'Henry da kuma Kasa
hoto daga O'Henry's A gefen yammacin gari, kimanin minti 10 daga Scandals , za ku sami gine-ginen gine-ginen (235 Haywood St.) wanda ke da gidan O'Henry ta masaukin tarihi (828-254-1891). a matsayin filin wasan kwaikwayon masana'antun mashaya da ke karkashin kasa. Ko da yake an ci gaba da karfi tun 1976, wannan wuri mai karɓar gaske ya shafe tsabtacewa tun lokacin da sababbin 'yan wasan suka karbi' yan shekaru da suka wuce.
Babbar mashaya tana da kyau tavern tare da tebur teburin da yalwa da dakin da za a haɗu; yana buɗewa da dare, yana ba da dama na kwarai, kuma yayin da yake maraba da kowa da kowa yana mai da hankali ga mutane 30s zuwa 50s, bears, mutane na yau da kullum, magoya bayan fata (yawancin mambobi na WNC Leathermen suna kwance a nan), da kuma irin su . Gidan da ke karkashin kasa ya bude a karshen mako da kuma abubuwan da suka faru na musamman - yana da wani slick da tsinkaye na masana'antu, kuma dukkan nau'o'in jam'iyyun suna karbuwa a nan, daga shagon nunawa zuwa dakin kiɗa a kowane lokaci don "rawa da jakinku" ga masu sana'a da sauransu. "Taro na dare". Yana da kyau a ga irin wannan gagarumin darajar da ke cikin yankin gayakan yammacin Arewacin Carolina na ci gaba da bunƙasa a karkashin sabuwar mallakar.
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Scandals
photo by Andrew Collins Wata kila mafi kyawun gidan wasan kwaikwayon gay a Arewacin Carolina, tare da tarihin gay-club wanda ya zuwa 1982 da kuma tarihin gine-ginen da suka gabata a shekarun 1920, Scandals (11 Grove St., 828-505-1612) shi ne mafi kyawun GLBT nightspot na Asheville , da kuma mafi girma gay mashaya na jihar. Kulob din yana zaune a ginin Grove House kuma ya ƙunshi shaguna guda huɗu, Gidan kayan ado na Pride da kyauta kyauta, da kuma abubuwan da ke faruwa. Yana a gefen yammacin gari, mai sauƙin tafiya daga cin abinci da cin kasuwa da kuma dama hotels.
Scandals bude a matsayin gay bar a 1982, a cikin tsohon gymnasium na abin da aka Asheville ta YWCA. A tsawon lokaci, an buɗe sassa daban-daban na ginin a matsayin sanduna masu rarrabe, kodayake duk wani babban kulob din. Kuna shiga alhakin gefe kusa da (a gefen arewa) na ginin, ku biya kuɗin kuɗi idan ba ku kasance memba ba (kamar sauran shaguna na Arewacin Carolina, wannan ƙwararrun kulob din ne, amma baƙi suna maraba da ID kuma kudaden baƙo ba su da tsayi), kuma kuna da ginin gine-gine na gine-gine da sanduna daban.
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Zambras
photo by Andrew Collins Haske mai haske, romantic, duk da haka cike da jin dadi na sararin samaniya kawai a kan Haywood Street, Zambras (85 W. Walnut St., 828-232-1060) ya haɓaka a cikin tapas na Spaniya da na Ruman kuma yana da alamun jerin sunayen giya daga yankin. Za ku iya cin abinci a kan farashi mai kyau, kyautar Mutanen Espanya da aka kashe a nan, da kuma haɗin ƙananan matuka da yawa shine manufa don abokan tarayya ko raba jin dadin abinci. Abokiyar Zambras mai kyau yana da kyakkyawar zabi ga wani gari mai sanyi a garin.
Jerin menu ya kirkiro haɗakar gargajiyar gargajiya da kuma karin kayan fasaha, da kuma ɗayan abincin ya dogara da kayan aikin da aka gina, sau da yawa kwayoyin halitta - sinadaran Hickory Nut Gap Farmchera steak tacos da cebollitas da Mint; yankakken Arewacin yankin Carolina da ke da tsalle-tsalle tare da fis tend-and-cashew pesto da pequillo barkono; pistachio-crusted veal sweetbreads tare da blackberries, miticana, da kuma sage. Fara fara tare da kwandon "tsutsaccen gurasar" (gurasar gurasar gari) da kuma wasu itatuwan zaitun da aka tanada tare da lemun tsami. Don abinci mai dadi, ku shiga cikin farantin gargajiya na gargajiya na gargajiya (abincin teku, kayan lambu, da gida - tare da chorizon, kaza, da tsire-tsire - iri suna samuwa).