Discover and Celebrate the Bliss of Dinner and a Movie in Asheville
An Asheville "Cheap Thrill... Restaurant... Brew Pub... and Movie Theater... All Roled into One!
Asheville PIzza and Brewing Company Combine $3 movies with great pizzas ("voted best pizza 7 years in a row", salads and sandwiches (1/2 pound Angus burger, spinach burger, quesadillas) which you can eat while watching the movie... and you have a winning combo. Not to mention $1 popcorn! They also have a nice little luncheon buffet from noon to 3 p.m. All you can eat pizza, salad bar (with spring mix!), hot pasta, and dessert plus soft-serve at a very reasonable price.
Below, Yvonne Smith, the Traveling Vegetarian, brings us inside Asheville, NC's most entertaining veggie-friendly restaurant, Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company. They feature 24 vegetarian pizza toppings including soy cheese and tofu, and have a wide variety of gourmet sandwiches and munchies you won't want to miss.
Cinebarre "... is a unique movie theater and restaurant concept serving food, beer and wine before and during the screening of popular first-run films, specialty programming and celebrity events. The menu contains top quality foods, including a selection of fresh handmade pizzas, burgers, and homemade desserts along with a connoisseur´s selection of beer and wine....."
Click on each of the dozens of categories to the left to uncover what makes the Asheville area so vital, so intriguing and so, well, UTTERLY BLISSFUL!
Explore the Bliss of Asheville's and Western North Carolina's Movie Industry
Film Junkie's Guide to North Carolina "... For most of the last 20 years, North Carolina has ranked third in the nation, behind California and New York, in U.S. film production. North Carolina also boasts more production studios and sound stages than any state except California.
"The 160-plus entries in this travel guide are arranged geographically and include information about what movies and television series were filmed at each site. The guide also provides information about how to find the locations. The reader will especially enjoy the "Star Tracks" sections, which provide gossipy tidbits about where stars ate and stayed while making their films.
"Whether it's Annie Savoy's (Susan Sarandon's) house in Bull Durham, the apartment building where Blue Lady Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) lived in Blue Velvet, or the outflow dam where Dr. Richard Kimball (Harrison Ford) escaped from United States marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in The Fugitive, this combination travel guide and film history can provide all the details needed to satisfy the most discerning film buff's lust for trivia."
Cinematic Wilmington : Making Movies on the Cape Fear Coast
"...a fascinating collection of interviews and recollections by a wide variety of local industry insiders, visiting actors, celebrities, filmmakers..." Deb Daniel, Reel Carolina Journal of Film and Video
"From first to last it makes fascinating reading, as ... skilled professionals recount how they fell into the business..." Nicki Leone, Encore Magazine
Dine Outdoors and
See a
Movie at 'Cinema Bouchon'
Cinema Bouchon "... Dreamed up by Michel in cahoots with our downtown neighbor, Carlos Steward, owner of Courtyard Gallery & Agency, Cinéma Bouchon is a series of specially selected “foodie” movies paired with a buffet dinner that’ll complement the theme of the featured film. Our outdoor courtyard is the place to be most Wednesday and Thursday nights this summer for the buffet, table seating & a cash bar, along with a big screen for easy viewing...." 62 North Lexington Directions
Bouchon "French Comfort Food" "... Michel Baudouin, Chef-Owner of Bouchon, started life in a 200-year-old farmhouse in France's Rhône Valley. His affinity for fine food and wine comes naturally-his father, Emile, was the village's premier amateur winemaker. Mother Antonia's way with a roast duck had neighbors and friends "coincidentally" dropping by at dinner time every Sunday...."
".... We love Bouchon! We only get up to our place in Asheville about every two months, but this place is always on our list! My hubby spent many years in Belgium/France and these are the most authentic frites he's seen here in the states! They are just sooooo good! Last time I was there I had a crepe with Brie filling - mmmmmm. And Crepe Suzette for dessert. Hubby had all you can eat mussels (which he loves) and it was all an incredible value, in a great setting. You can't beat it for the price!.." Review by Gypsy Rose at Chowhound
Discover the Bliss of Independent Movie Making through These Books
Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player "... Not because he's a great writer or director, but because with every single project he makes me feel like I can DO this. I can make good movies that people will enjoy watching. And you can, too. This is one of the most inspiring books on filmmaking I've ever read--it depicts, in detail, all the ups and downs that went into making and selling EL MARIACHI, the $7000 sensation that opened doors for Rodriguez...."
".. The book details the hugh support network Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had in putting out their "Grindhouse" experience. There are tons of interviews and many full page pictures detailing how certain things were accomplished in the back to back movies, "Planet Terror" and "Death Proof." Tarantino has a great introduction to the grindhouse movie theaters (drive ins were mentioned as well) experiences in the 70s and early 80s..."
"... This is more than a great book--it's a public service. The authors share insights from their decades of legal and entertainment production experience, in essence offering thousands of dollars of free legal advice to aspiring independent producers. Beyond offering a roadmap of business- planning steps, the book includes templates of numerous legal forms that an independent producer might need. Meanwhile, in clear and artful prose, they alternate between You're-Not-God straight talk and You-Can-Do-It encouragement..."
"Concise and complete, book is a how-to, how-not-to, where-to-find, where-to-go and what-to-do on filmmaking. A must for novices." - Variety
"A "must-have" for anyone seriously considering producing a film for the first time..." - Bookwatch
"...practical, accessible and essential reference for novice filmmakers, and is highly recommended resource for even the more experienced movie producer." - Bookwatch
