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 

On the evening of December 31, 2017 (New Year's Eve), Western North Carolina experienced what was described as an ‘ice storm.’ A down fall of sleet covered the streets and froze over forming a layer of ice. This layer of ice made it near impossible to drive anywhere in the area. Due to the circumstances however (it being New Year's Eve), the number of cars on the roads was dangerous. There were 56 car accidents in Haywood County alone. The surprising hit of winter weather on the region brought a trail of cold temperatures along with it. One teacher at Asheville Middle School said on social media that she saw over 100 accidents on her way from Tennessee to here home near Hendersonville. They shut down the freeway leaving people trapped. One AMS student says “On our way home from Michigan the weather got so bad we were trapped in Kentucky because we knew we wouldn't be able to make it home on New Year's Eve." The strange weather front has taken a toll on Asheville and schools in the area causing multiple cancellations and a huge amount of delays. 

​Story by Aislinn Nash