★ ASHEVILLE TRIP ★ DAY TWO ★ PART TWO

For lunch on our second day we ate at Chai Pani (indain street food).
It was so great!!!  Above is the Potato Uttapam.  A uttapam is a crepe made with rice and lentil flour with a variety of toppings that is served with sambar (vegetable stew made with lentils and tamarind) and coconut chutney.  The potato uttapam comes with potato hash with mustard seeds, onions & cilantro.  It is both vegan and gluten free!  Chai Pani has many vegan/gluten free items on their menu and they where super nice and helpful when I told them what I was not able to eat!!  The Food is Amazing!!!

This is the 2nd dish we got.  It is a Corn Bhel: Fresh corn, onions, cilantro, potato, tomato, cucumber, puri crisps tossed in house made roasted cumin/lime dressing.  It is Vegan but we where able to get it gluten free as well and the gluten item was not missed at all.  It was wonderful!!

French Broad Food Coop Tailgate Market

Wed 2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Opens May 5

76 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC – Buncombe County

French Broad Food Co-op Saturday Tailgate Market is Asheville’s original, all-organic tailgate market, operating each Saturday morning since 1990. The market features freshly picked organic vegetables, fruits and herbs as well as local honey, wood-fired brick oven breads, vegan and non-vegan baked treats, eggs, pies, goat cheeses and locally raised meats. The market is located at 76 Biltmore Avenue, next to the French Broad Food Co-op.

(828)255-7650 

We fell in love with Firestorm Cafe and Books! We went two times in our short visit and both times we felt like we could have hung out for hours just reading books and drinking Almond Milk Chi!  Yes! Another place where a non-dairy alternative can be find! (just have to request it)

Firestorm is a coffee shop, book store and they have events like music and game night. It is very cool because it is worker owned and operated!  Each worker-owner is responsible for both weekly shift work and a share of managerial duties.  Decision making is achieved using a formalized consensus process in which each participant has equal weight!