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Eaties Cereal Bar, 48 B Commerce Street (enter on Patton), phone 828/505-1851. Open daily 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Biltmore Estate, 1 N. Pack Square on U.S. 25, 2 blocks north of I-40, phone 800/543-2961, 828/225-1333;www.biltmore.com. Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Prices vary by which tours you take but the basic admission to the house and gardens if $39 adults, $27 seniors, $20 children 6-16 (free for those 5 and under).

Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square, phone 828/253-3227; www.ashevilleart.org. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Fridays until 8 p.m.) and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m..

Thomas Wolfe Memorial and Boarding House, 48 Spruce Street, 45 minute tours occur every hour on the half hour, Tuesdays through Sundays. There are additional Thomas Wolfe items and a video at the Visitors Center, 52 N. Market Street, phone 828/253-8304, which is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9am to 5pm and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Malaprop’s Bookstore, 55 Haywood Street, phone 828/254-6734; www.malaprops.com.

Tupelo Honey Café, 14 College Street, 828/255-4404. Closed Mondays.

The Folk Art Center is located 5 miles east of Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway at mile marker 382. Its phone number is 828/298-7928 and it’s open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Biltmore Village is located on Swann Street off Biltmore Avenue just across the street from the entrance gates to the Biltmore Estate. Its phone number is 828/274-8788; www.biltmorevillage.com.

The Grove Arcade Public Market, 1 Page Avenue, phone 828/252-7799; www.grovearcade.com

Horizons Restaurant, 290 Macon Inn Avenue in the Grove Park Inn Resort, phone 828/252-2711.

Jack of the Woods Pub, 95 Patton Avenue

Grey Eagle Tavern, 185 Clingman Avenue, phone 828/232-5800; www.greyeagle.com

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer guides in bookstores now. Her book, Pauline Frommer's New York, was named Best Guidebook of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association.

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