• The Asheville Independent Restaurant Association welcomes you!

  • The Asheville Independent Restaurant Association (AIR) is a 501(6)C non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness of our city’s wealth of locally-owned & operated restaurants. AIR also raises funds to provide scholarships to deserving culinary students.

    Independent restaurants for independent-minded people!

  • Taste of Asheville Passport Saves You $600 Plus Is Your Ticket To 2010 Taste of Asheville!

  • Buy your Taste of Asheville Passport and come to our exciting new 2010 Taste of Asheville November 18 at The Venue as our way of saying thank you. The event starts at 7 p.m. and features over 30 restaurants. Even if you can’t make it to Taste, the Main Course Dining package is included and is an incredible value for all of us who love Asheville’s Foodtopian Society.

    Learn more about the Taste of Asheville Passport

  • 2010 Holiday Hours for Air Restaurants

  • Some of our restaurants will be open for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year holidays. Download this PDF to see if your favorite AIR Restaurant will be open this holiday season.

  • AIR Dining Guide

  • Get your free Dining Out Guide. The 2010 AIR Dining Guide is out. This full color guide has over 60 pages describing all of the wonderful independent restaurants in Asheville.

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