Cúrate
North Carolina
Cúrate Bar de Tapas is a Spanish restaurant in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, at 13 Biltmore Avenue. Founded in 2011 by Chef Katie Button and Félix Meana, it is presented by the operator as a place shaped by Spanish hospitality and its Appalachian setting. The business is a single dining venue, with a clear focus on shared plates, wine and a compact city-centre location rather than hotel-style facilities or multiple outlets. Its food offer is built around tapas and other small plates, with the all-day menu listing dishes such as gilda, pan con tomate, anchovies, macarrones del cardenal and pincho moruno. The kitchen also serves vegetables, fish and meat from the oven, including verduras con romesco, cerdo ibérico, pescado al horno and chuletón de vaca. Rice and noodle dishes appear too, including rossejat and arroz del día, while a seasonal Cúrate Experience provides a prix fixe tasting format. The restaurant’s location information describes an indoor-only dining room, with reservations available and walk-ins accepted when space allows. It does not provide on-site parking or valet, instead referring guests to city parking garages. Families are accommodated with highchairs and booster seats, and children are welcome. Service animals are permitted, while pets are not allowed inside, which keeps the service rules specific to a central urban dining room. Drinks are treated as part of the meal, with a separate programme featuring Spanish wines, cocktails and vermouth-led aperitifs. That emphasis suits the tapas style, where plates are intended to be shared across the table and paced over the course of a meal. The overall impression is of a focused neighbourhood restaurant with a Spanish menu, a defined drinks list and a setting suited to lingering lunches or evening dinners.