Cucina 24

GritVegas Weekend Update for June 3-5
Your GritVegas Weekend Update for June 3-5 has arrived!

Asheville fully embraced Negroni Week with 14 participating bars and restaurants AND turned it into a contest. Me and my buddies, being Negroni lovers and fierce competitors, took on the challenge of trying a Negroni at all 14 spots and decided to hand out the 1st Annual Asheville Negroni Awards.

Donnie Pratt, bar manager at Cucina 24 was one of 300 participants chosen out of 3000 applicants to attend Camp Runamok.

It wasn’t just because we were glad to be out on the town with each other during daylight hours without our kids, the samplings were good. Some really good.

I was so thrilled to be able to chat with local Appalachian folk artist, Gabriel Shaffer...