All in the Family: AMS Family Owned Restaurants

Asheville is a community full of foodies and restaurant owners, and Asheville Middle has a small paradise of families in this category: restaurant owners. Throughout every grade at Asheville Middle, there are students with families that own these restaurants. These restaurants include a very large variety of food all around town; they include food categories such as southern comfort food, pizza places, Chinese food, and even Thai food.

Southern comfort food, a delicious range of mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and chicken and waffles. Southern comfort is made by home cooks all over the south, but some of the best darn chicken and waffles you can get aren’t homemade at all, they are made right here in Asheville, North Carolina at King Daddy’s. They offer a large variety of waffle flavors and other comfort foods. Another delicious comfort restaurant is Early Girl Eatery. Early Girl is located in the heart of downtown and offers a wide variety of food, and they serve anything from breakfast food to salads and sandwiches.

Another type of food that is in the Asheville city schools restaurant family is Chinese food. Asheville middle has 2 different families with Chinese food restaurants. First off there is Metro Chinese in North Asheville, and China Taste in West Asheville. Both are local and offer delicious Chinese food. Another delicious restaurant featuring Asian cuisine is Little Bee Thai on South French Broad. Little Bee Thai is a small restaurant with big flavor, they offer delicious Pad Thai and other great Thai appetizers and entrees.

Another Asheville Middle family owned restaurant is Barley’s Taproom and Pizza. They are located in Downtown AVL and offer a variety of dinner and lunch foods ranging from hot and cheesy pizza to awesome subs and salads. Another delicious downtown Asheville Middle family owned restaurant is Limones, offering modern Californian and authentic Mexican food. They serve delicious brunch, amazing lunch, and delectable dinner.

​No matter which of these AMS family restaurants you chose, you can’t go wrong. They offer all different kinds of scrumptious meals and styles. So get out there and try some delicious Asheville food, AND support your cougar family!

Story by Ginger Hanlon 

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