welcome to gma and gpa adventures, and we're in downtown asheville. this is a little coffee
shop that sits right here. and the name of it is summit coffee. it's open daily.
and they have t-shirts over here too that they sell. and you can buy coffee to go. and
they have a lot of outdoor seating. so this whole entire area is called the grove arcade asheville.
there's a little store that's called caravans
classic style with an edge. looks like clothes and scarves.
cute poncho.
it's like women's clothing and purses. this is the nani's rotisserie chicken. it's right here
across from caravans. they have several different combos. they have sandwiches,
flat bread, whole rotisserie chicken with four sides, and flat bread.
smells really good. look at the architecture of the top of that.
there's the chandelier. so let's see what all they have to offer.
blue dharma - fine art gallery. oh look at the bears with the long legs.
more bears. this one looks like an indian. another bear.
it looks like a king.
that one's called blue dharma. over here is mother's sweet
and salty. it looks like a candy shop.
oh they're sorry they're closed today. it looks like it would have been really good candy.
they've got like looks like white chocolate, pretzels, and jelly beans.
and fudge. this is called four corners. oh it's a furniture store. furniture and lighting.
oh there's a store just with hats.
wow that's like all kinds of cool hats in here.
the other one just looks like men's. women's. look at the giant yarn store. some great hats for kids.
some little blankets quilts. oh it looks good. that you would wear. i like that.
yeah you can buy buttons here. big selection of different kinds of buttons. there's yarn in here.
you can make your own farm animals. so the home crafts right there. that's where we just went
through and showed you the different hats and the different yarns. battery park champagne bar.
well we're kind of late in the evening. that's probably why it's closed.
come back and see us tomorrow.
oh they closed at four o'clock. there's cakes.
looks like eclairs, croissants. cookies. we might have to come back here tomorrow. that's
a new orleans coffee house. and it has an outside entrance like a lot of the businesses here.
this is wake and wake is a foot sanctuary. different things they have here. different
treatments for your feet. this this little shop is called mountain made for contemporary
mountain arts. see what they have inside. oh look at the bird houses. wow. and the pottery.
look at those birds up there that they use the gourds.
wow. oh look at the fabric birds. these are awesome.
look at all the different designs.
they're so cute. just shows the mountains. well it looks like blown glass. yeah blown
glass ornaments. there's cards. like they used like photographs and made cards out of them.
pottery. the baskets made out of fabric, they're beautiful. mixed berry pie for two.
oh this is where you actually you bake the pie in this thing and then it comes with the recipe.
$28. and here's how to make cobbler inside this one this. barbara swell is an author.
she's made different books on cooking. oh look at these rock art that they made a cat.
$22 dollars. that is so cute. these are my watercolor fly fishermen. the
originals are actually on the back. and you'll see i still paint very small.
i really like those. i know so much. well go look at the originals on the back.
oh yeah look at the fly fisherman.
those are really good. my, hedgehog toothpick holders. mountain made. this is the alexander
and lehnart fine jewelry. this is makeup at the grove arcade. by serenity scott.
looks like they have bath bombs right there in the window. a shop called
raspberry threads. design enhanced with color and love.
this one's called the alpaca wawa. wow so everything's made from alpaca,
peruvian alpaca. enter the earth. gems minerals and fossils. ooh
might have to go in here and get a rock for cohen. the size of those.
next to the gems minerals and fossils is a store called woodrow instrument company
started in 1992. and it says handcrafted in asheville north carolina. it says this
instrument is called the woodrow. and he will teach you to play it in two minutes. wow.
and there's one up on the wall. this one's called mission at the grove, an arts and crafts gallery.
i think they have some wine. and this is adore therapy. organic beyond perfume.
and this is bohemian baby.
so there's the little clothing store, the women's clothing store caravans, from the outside.
you can get lunch, snacks. looks like you can get a glass of wine there. it's italian restaurant.
modesto. and they have outdoor seating. you can sit outside and eat.
burger works. fried chicken sandwich, pumpkin spice milkshake. home of the create your own
smash burger. this one's called caramels southern inspired cuisine. lots of outdoor seating. makers
market. well they're like billfolds. upcycled inner tubes that they've made into billfolds.
ooh feel them. wow. it feels like a tire. this one with the hulk on it.
with captain america. $28. some salsa.
do you hand paint all of those. yes. wow. cool okay.
and then there's artwork. and there's earrings. oh look at the wood razors even wow.
rivers and roots it's his name of his company. and he has little necklaces. and here's where you can
get the little different things to put on them. oh wow. look she's like painted a hummingbird on a
romper like a dress. that's beautiful. she looks like she has hand-painted t-shirts.
more handmade jewelry.
thank you.
do not seat yourself.
this is another entrance to the grove arcade.
they're open monday through saturday, eight to eight, and on sunday, ten to five.
and they do have free wi-fi. there's stevenson rare coins and jewelry. and there's the mountains.
and that beautiful sunset. across the street from the arcade is the dog door.
all kinds of things for your dog and you.
it's the asheville pinball museum across the street. it's pretty unique and it's $15 a piace
to play all you want. and that's a pretty good deal. this is asheville proper, live fire dining.
the grove arcade has a lot of cool shops and restaurants.
it's definitely worth a visit here when you're in downtown asheville.