Cúrate Bar de Tapas

Cúrate opened in 2011 at 13 Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville, founded by chef Katie Button and Félix Meana, and it has since become one of the most decorated Spanish restaurants in the United States — winner of the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Hospitality Award in 2022, a repeat Best Chef in the Southeast finalist for Button, and a Michelin Guide recommendation in 2025. WLOS marked its fifteenth year in March 2026 by calling it an Asheville staple. The format is straight Spanish tapas served properly: gildas, pan con tomate, croquetas, gazpacho, patatas bravas, tortilla española and pulpo a la gallega, alongside a jamón counter and paella, with a Cúrate Experience prix fixe at $80 a head. It serves from 11am daily and welcomes children of any age with highchairs and boosters on request — unusual for a restaurant of this standing and genuinely useful.

The non-alcoholic drinks have their own printed heading, "Sin Alcohol", and it is structured like the wine list rather than like a mocktail afterthought — cocktails, wine and beer, each with real products behind them. The built drinks run a non-alcoholic gin and tonic on Dhos with Franklin & Sons tonic and aromatics; a Solo Agrio combining Kentucky 74 non-alcoholic bourbon with Le Naturel Zero Zero red and lemon; St. Agrestis's Phony Negroni; and an N/A Sangría made with Le Naturel Zero Zero white or red, an orange oleo and citrus — a proper sangría build rather than juice, which matters at a Spanish table. Le Naturel's Zero Zero blanco and tinto are also poured straight as wine, and the beer list carries Estrella Galicia 0.0, Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA and an Untitled Art Juicy IPA. One item needs flagging: a Dram CBD Beauty Bubbles sits in that same section, with no dosage or warning printed beside it. Note the restaurant publishes no drink prices online.