Esteemed bar program, charcuterie, jerk duck hearts, veloute
13 1/2 Eagle St, Asheville, NC 28801 Get directions
"I observed that Alembic is donating 100 percent of all sales from hot spiced cider to support Camp Fire victims through the end of the year." - Janelle Bitker
"I recall that Hyatt spent six years building the Alembic’s esteemed bar program before leaving in 2013." - Caleb Pershan
"When I visited the Haight’s longtime craft-cocktail haven to see how James Beard Rising Star nominee Rachel Aronow was handling the kitchen, I found a menu with “more downs than ups,” and garnishes from the restaurant’s 1,00-square-foot urban garden added an unnecessary sense of “in-your-face” fussiness to many of the dishes. But as one of the city’s craft-cocktail forerunners, you really can’t go wrong with the drinks. Order the charcuterie, the never-gonna-leave-the-menu jerk spiced duck hearts, the brussel sprouts or the fall squash veloute, “a soup fit for birds — and I liked it.” I gave it one star." - Andrew Dalton