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Asheville Map: BouchonBouchon Frommer's Recommended

Cuisine French
Hours Mon-Thurs at 5pm-9:30pm; Fri-Sat 5pm-10:30
Address
62 N. Lexington
Location Around Town
Reservations Reservations recommended at dinner on weekends
Phone 828/350-1140
Web site www.ashevillebouchon.com
Prices Entrees between $9.95-$16.95; steak dinner $18.95; all-you-can-eat mussels (Mon-Wed) $13.95
Credit Cards MC, V

Frommer's Review

If Gaudí, the brilliant architect of late-19th-century Barcelona, could have designed a modern-day cafe, it might look a lot like this earth-toned hideaway in downtown Asheville, all curved walls and sinuous lines. Established by a team of French and Argentine expatriates, Bouchon (formerly Café Soleil) has positioned itself as the gathering place for members of Asheville's foreign (mostly European) community, as such evoking some aspects of a busy, arts-conscious cafe in, say, Paris or Madrid. The cafe has a list of good wines, many sold by the glass; an impressive roster of both salted and sweet crepes made with buckwheat flour in the French tradition and stuffed with your choice of dozens of different fillings; and quiches and salads. Main courses include French mussels steamed in white wine, shallots, garlic, tomato, and thyme, served with delicious pommes frites.

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