A second vote for White Duck tacos. I wanted to mention them, but was spacing on the name. Great place to go for lunch after you feel like you spent too much at Curate the night before. Definitely a kid friendly place. (My kid was 9 when we took the big Asheville vacation. Her tastes probably skewed toward the taco plave, but she loved the tapas at Curate too.)
Another vegetarian place we went to on previous trips (at one point in my ife I used to go visit relatives in Greenville, SC, who had moved there from Asheville.) was Laughing Seed. I remember loving it in the old days, but don't know how well they've held up over time.I guess well enough to still be existing.
Greenville (SC) is another cute downtown centered town less than an hour away with good eats and drinks and a nice park to walk around in. Though the people are far less crunchy and far more Trumpy.
And thanks Julian for the list of other things to do. It's making me want to go back (and we will at some point, though I know one VRBO we won't be staying at), even if my wife proclaims "I'm not giving my money to any state that doesn't have legalized cannabis."
