Red Hot Blue Ridge
Asheville, NC
Sat. Nov 29 - Sun. 30, 2025
Don’t fight the Asheville trend. Our next weekend falls post-Thanksgiving, and that’s a strange-but-perfect time to pick up and go.
Disappear into an 1890s home reimagined as an artists’ rooming house, tour one of Asheville’s most interesting and delicious distilleries, and dine above it all for a prime view of this dynamic new-South city.
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Why here?
Asheville continues its unchecked getaway trend supremacy. It’s got the travel triumvirate going: beautiful, culturally vibrant, and the culinary scene is world-class (by mountain town standards or by any standards really).
Yet there’s there’s a lot to explore beyond the Biltmore House and the breweries and the River Arts District (though you should definitely not turn your nose up at these go-to spots; they’re amazing). But at The Overnightist, our thing is about less-expected corners, and experiences that feel like they capture the sensibility of a place in quieter ways.
Because it’s a balance when you’re on a short escape. You don’t want to be obscure for obscure’s sake; but you also don’t always want to line up for the big, day-dominating events either. Thankfully Asheville has an incredible range of ways to find exactly this Goldilocks getaway zone. Specific, local, new, wonderful.
So flee your regular Black Friday weekend for the Blue Ridge. Check into a one-of-a-kind boutique hotel that feels your artist-friend’s studio, have dinner atop the perfect downtown rooftop and tour the ongoing experimentation at a female-founded distillery inspired by science.
Asheville’s as great as they say.
This weekend in Asheville, discover…
The stay.
Blind Tiger Asheville
With just 14 rooms, the very intimate Blind Tiger is inspired the by the high-energy local creative scene. The feel here is that you’ve holed up with a working artist that’s letting you poke around and observe for the weekend.
“We draw inspiration from the natural beauty around us here in the Blue Ridge Mountains,” says the hotel, and from “the creativity of local working artists, and the down to earth culture of our welcoming little city full of interesting people.”
Chemist Spirits
The backstory is as good as the whiskey and gin.
Founded by a mother-and-daughter team after “many hours of moonshining” together (the daughter is a literal chemist), this distillery is inspired by prohibition-skirting scientists tgat concocted their own homegrown spirits during the 1920s.
Chemist produces gin, whiskey and vodka and custom spirits “with scientific precision and a little Appalachian mischief,” per the founders.
Tour the distillery, sample the wares, and enjoy at 10% discount off any goods in the adjacent mercantile shop.
The day.
The find.
East Fork
A downtown pottery and glassware shop that gets its artistic infusion very honestly: the store was founded by the great grandson of Henri Matisse.
Along with distinctive pottery and glassware, East Fork has its own line of ‘functionally collectible’ ceramics that are beautifully-emblazoned with Matisse’s works.
The food.
Capella on 9
There is a general consensus that this rooftop restaurant and bar has possibly the best view in Asheville.
Take in the city and the surrounding swells of the mountains, along with a fantastic tapas and cocktail menu from native Ashevillian and executive chef Rakim Gaines.
Reservations are for 7:30 on Saturday evening; The Alligator Pear Jazz Trio kick-off with live music at 8pm.
French Broad Chocolate Lounge
There is an entire menu of drinking chocolates, for one thing.
The tucked away.
Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar
Cap off your Saturday at the Battery Park Book Exchange, a library-slash-champagne-bar that’s pretty much pure Asheville.
There are more than 10,000 books, including rare editions, available for purchase. And the inventory of champagne is also impressive. Pour a glass and take it with you up the creaky staircase for a stroll amongst the stacks.
The evening mood.
One-night stay for one or two at Blind Tiger Asheville. Sat. Nov 29, 2025.
Pre-paid dinner at Capella on 9. You have reservations at 7:30pm on Saturday evening.
Tour and tasting at Chemist Spirits. All taken care of, just show up.
You’ll receive a detailed itinerary after booking confirmation.
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This overnight is no longer available. Get our Weekly Weekend email for an early look at our Sunday drops.