Chef Jacob Sessoms - Asheville - Recommendations - Find. Eat. Drink.
Chef Jacob Sessoms, Table, Asheville, NC, North Carolina, Where to eat in Asheville, Atlanta, New York, Stores, Beers, Amaro, Liquor, What To drink, where to drink, Where to shop. Store Recommendations, Stores, Food Stores, Food Purveyors, Charleston, SC, South Carolina, KY, Kentucky
ASHEVILLE CITY MARKET
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161 S. Charlotte Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Open: April - December
Downtown Asheville
Farmers Market
ASHVILLE CITY MARKET SOUTH
Biltmore Park Town Square
2 Town Square Boulevard, Suite 170, Asheville, NC 28803
Open May - November
Wed: January 18 - April 25, 2 - 6 pm
Biltmore Park
Farmers Market
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The local greenmarket scene is really good on Saturdays.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS ORIENTAL MARKET
611 Tunnel Road, # A, Asheville, NC 28805
T: 828.299.0333
Asheville
Ethic Market
MONTFORD FARMERS MARKET
36 Montford Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Open: April - November
This is new to the Montford neighborhood. There is as much offered here as you would find in the Union Square Market in New York. To be in a small town and see that, is pretty cool.
Asheville
Farmers Market
It’s run by an Asheville local who is married to a Filipino woman and they have a really good Southeast Asian selection of products.
CUCINA 24
Downtown
Italian
FIG BISTRO
I have a lot of respect for Bill Klein, he’s a very good chef. The ownership has put his creativity on lockdown, unfortunately, after years of being able to write really good menu items. Now they’re doing straightforward bistro stuff. But he’s very good and he’s French classical in his training.
Asheville
French / Seafood / Mediterranean
Eat | Restaurants - Asheville, NC
I always go to Cucina 24 for a decent dinner. It’s fairly straightforward Northern Italian food.
LIMONES
Downtown
Mexican
MAMA’S FAST FOOD
327 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
T. 828.281.0780
It’s a grubby place and my partner in the kitchen, we’ve been friends for 16 or 17 years, we go here for fried chicken livers.
Asheville
American
It’s California/Mexican. It’s really good for appetizers and really good cocktails.
ROCKY’S HOT URBAN CHICKEN SHACK
West Asheville
American / Fried Chicken
TASTEE DINER
575 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
T: 828.252.9644
It’s a straight up meat and three. It’s fun. Nothing but old fogies in there.
Asheville
Diner / American
Friends of ours just opened up this Nashville-styled hot chicken joint called Rocky’s. It’s pretty fun and they’re doing fried chicken like Prince’s.
TAQUERIA GONZALEZ
747 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
T: 828.232.6780
Asheville
Mexican
Me and all my cooks eat here. It is truly authentic taqueria, with Saturday and Sunday entree and soups, very traditional. As a chef, you know our favorite thing is truly authentic food, not always going out to fine dining. It’s completely undiscovered, which is awesome.
ASHEVILLE SAZERAC
We always end up drinking here. It’s very well designed and always empty. The beverages are good and it’s really nice on Saturday night when we get out of work at midnight to go to a bar that is not filled with frat boys. It’s hard to plug it to anyone because there only like 8 people in there!
Asheville
Bar / Cajun / Creole
Drink | Bars - Asheville, NC
THE PROSPECT
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11 Buxton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Downtown
Bar
Totally the shit! New, but legit! Shitty street, cheap beer, no fancy cocktails. There are pretentious ‘dive bars’ and some crazy, old, scary redneck bars, but The Prospect is for real.
CAKES AND ALE
Decatur
American
I always go here and I’m friends with [chef] Linton Hopkins.
Buckhead
American
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Really simple neighborhoody kind of spot and really good food.
RESTAURANT EUGENE
2277 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 3030
T: 404.355.0321 (make a reservation)
Buckhead
Contemporary American
In Charleston, my favorite restaurant, by far, is FIG. Of any restaurant in the Southeast, the menu is very close to mine. Mike [chef Lata] doesn’t change the menu as often as we do. I’ve eaten there many times and every single dish that comes out of the kitchen is good, if not fantastic and everybody I send there has the same response.
Seafood / Mediterranean
Charleston
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TABLE 310
North Broadway / Short Street
Gastropub
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The most interesting modern eating experience I’ve had recently. It’s small plates. I’m not all that down with the whole small plate format, but the food is simple, locally inspired, awesome wine list, and a really hip spot.
KALUSTYANS
My favorite online shopping resource is Kalyustans. I used to shop there when I lived in New York City and then I discovered that I could easily find and purchase online all the stuff that I was missing.
Murray Hill
Spice & Ethnic Market
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AVERNA
Italy
Liquor / Amaro
Drink | Beer & Liquor
I’m into Italian bitters. I like Averna Amaro, which is the most readily available one. Bitter is great when you’re a chef. When you are constantly tasting salty and sweet and meaty, the easy go-to is to experience something different or heavily spiced or bitter. I like my food really spicy and my drinks bitter!
HUDEPOHL
Cincinati
Beer
Good Cincinnati beer. It’s a cheap amber lager.
JUANITA’S CANNED HOMINY
Corn / Maize
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The saltiness is good and the kernels are big and plump.
We do posales for brunch a lot. Traditional braised pork and hominy, Mexican style soup. The most frequent use for us is simmering it in cream.
Who
Jacob Sessoms is the chef / owner of Table in Asheville, North Carolina.
Why
Chef Sessoms returned to Asheville after working with chef Jonathan Waxman at Washington Park and chef Peter Hoffman at Savoy in New York City. Table serves inventive New American cuisine with a contemporary twist on traditional Southern dishes.
Recommendations
Jacob Sessoms’ recommendations for where to eat, drink and shop in Asheville, Atlanta, Charleston and Lexington.
Chef Jacob Sessoms - Recommendations
January 10, 2012
Table In Asheville, NC
Photographs courtesy of Table & Jacob Sessoms
