Enjoy Asheville Cocktail Week and 21 Amazing Bloody Marys

Asheville Cocktail Week returns.  Get your tickets NOW for this popular event.

Best Bloody Mary Contest continues for a FULL WEEK, from May 1 to May 8, 2016.  Your Vote Determines the Winners.  Twenty-One Asheville Bars will be serving their very best Bloody Mary to claim the title of Asheville Cocktail Week “Best Bloody Mary”, all culminating end of week on May 8 for final results.

Visit any or ALL of the contestants for the Best Bloody Mary: 

• Bens Tune Up
  195 Hilliard Ave, Asheville, NC
• Biscuit Head
  417 Biltmore Ave #4F, Asheville NC
  733 Haywood Rd, Asheville NC
• Buffalo Nickel
  Address: 747 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC
• Carmels
  1 Page Ave, Asheville, NC  
• Early Girl
  8 Wall St, Asheville, NC
•  Junction
  348 Depot St #190, Asheville, NC
•  King Daddy's Chicken & Waffles
  444 Haywood Rd #101, Asheville, NC
•  Luellas
  501 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC
•  Mayfels
  22 College St, Asheville, NC
•  Over Easy
  32 Broadway, Asheville, NC
•  Salsa's
  6 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC
•  Smokey Park Supper Club
  350 Riverside Dr, Asheville, NC
•  Stoney Knob Cafe
  337 Merrimon Ave, Weaverville, NC
•  Strada
  27 Broadway, Asheville, NC
•  Sunny Point
  626 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC
•  Sweet Monkey
  133 S Main St, Marshall, NC  
• The Oyster House Brewing
  625 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC
•  The Red Stag Grill
  11 Boston Way, Asheville, NC
•  The Southern Bar & Kitchen
  41 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC
•  Tupelo Honey
  12 College Street, Asheville NC
  1829 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville NC
•  Wicked Weed
  91 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC

Launched in 2009, ASHEVILLE FEST celebrates several signature events.  Asheville Cocktail Week brings a dozen events over an expanded week, including Cocktail Theater, Spirit Dinners, Cinco de Mayo Afterparty, Guided Cocktail Tours, a "Derby Party", and a Best Bloody Mary Contest.

The Southeastern Distilling Expo is the largest gathering of Southeastern Distilleries in one location. This is an industry expo invite for owners, managers and bartenders.

ELIXIR, in its fourth year, promises to bring yet another exciting evening of collaboration between the distilleries and local bar talent. Open to the public, this event provides a fun environment for the customers to get in front of bartenders making sample drinks in a structured competition environment, supporting their current bar tenders and discovering new favorites.

SWEET offers a decadent evening of desserts on Friday, again at the Historic Grove Arcade and the GRAND TASTING on Saturday is a smorgasbord of food, wine, beer, and spirits, culinary demonstrations, and a chance to meet authors, farmers, chefs, winemakers, brewers, and much, much more. If you are interested in the the Grand Tasting VIP event, know that an entire floor has been set aside that afternoon just for you! Come sample the best food scene in the south.

Get complete details for the  
Asheville Wine and Food Festival HERE

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