Asheville Proper Menu
191 items in 19 sections · $3.00 – $270.00 · Fine Dining Restaurant in Asheville, NC
Asheville Proper’s menu lists 191 dishes and drinks, grouped into Salads, Small Plates, From the Fire, Composed Plates, A La Carte Sides, and Bottled & Canned and more. Prices range from $3.00 to $270.00, and a typical item costs about $15.00. Popular choices include Spinach Salad, Charred Octopus, Bavette*, Dry Aged Duck Breast*, and Crispy Confit Potatoes.
Salads 2
- Spinach Salad$10.00
smoked sunflower seeds, herb feta, pickled onions, pears, balsamic vinaigrette
- Grilled Romaine Salad$10.00
smoked blue cheese vinaigrette, radish, egg, lardons, spiced peanuts, bread crumb
Small Plates 9
- Charred Octopus$16.00
poached fingerlings, tahin pekmez, feta, warm caper vinaigrette, fried parsley
- Smoked Shortrib Goulash$14.00
caramelized onions, shredded potatoes, tallow dumplings, creme fraiche, scallion
- Wagyu Steak Tartare*$17.00
ash aioli, microgreens, tallow brioche
- Fennel Ricotta Meatballs$14.00
cabbage "fettuccini", charred carrot, dijon, smoked caraway cream, pickled shallot
- Pork Belly "Porchetta"$16.00
miso, rosemary, braised fried fennel, blood orange bbq, broccolini
- Grilled Bone Marrow$15.00
smoked pistachio crumble, zhoug, pomegranate, demi glace, sourdough
- Shrimp Vol-au-Vent$14.00
grilled shrimp, shrimp mousse, puff pastry, citrus, radish, spicy caramel
- Spinach Ricotta Gnocchi$15.00
mixed citrus, black garlic fig puree, charred celeriac, piquillos, mint
- Artisanal Cheese Plate$15.00
cranberry moustarda, candied nuts, burnt honey, sourdough crackers
From the Fire 7
- Bavette*$32.00
9 oz, Hickory Nut Gap
- Petite Tender*$38.00
9 oz, Certified Angus Beef
- Dry Aged Ribeye*$64.00
12 oz, Certified Angus Beef
- Rack of Lamb*$36.00
8 oz, Victoria, NZ
- Wagyu Flat Iron*$51.00
8 oz, Snake River Farms
- New York Strip*$41.00
10 oz, USDA Prime
- Ribeye*$49.00
12 oz, Apple Brandy Beef
Composed Plates 3
- Dry Aged Duck Breast*$34.00
seared arborio rice cake, charred cabbage & beet slaw, xató sauce, smoked pistachio, sage
- Grilled Dry Aged Swordfish$33.00
smoked hominy, spinach puree, squid ink tuile, root vegetable chutney, saffron vinegar, garlic
- Grilled Mushroom Lentil Cake$27.00
beluga lentils, local mushrooms, sweet potato purée, charred garlic kale, mushroom gravy
A La Carte Sides 8
- Crispy Confit Potatoes$13.00
melted brie, rosemary, tallow vinaigrette
- Grilled Local Asparagus$11.00
pimento cheese, herb almonds, orange glaze
- Coldwater Creek Grits$10.00
bacon jam, blue cheese, scallion
- Coal Fired Cabbage$9.00
prosciutto, pickled pomegranate, creamy feta sauce
- Embered Red Beets$9.00
beet crema, kale, pecorino, champagne vin
- Sauteed Kale$9.00
marrow butter, crispy fried onion, blood orange
- Local Oyster Mushrooms$13.00
sage pesto, embered butternut, red wine
- Parker House Roll$3.00
sea salt, spiced citrus butter
Bottled & Canned 7
- Birds Fly South Fat Ma Pilsner
- Edmund's Oast Comfy Armchair Brown Ale
- Radeberger Pilsner
- Bold Rock Apple$6.00
- Sierra Nevada Sunny Little Thing$7.00
- Pisgah Pale Ale$7.00
- Burial Surfwax IPA$7.00
Drafts 2
- Catawba White Zombie$7.00
- Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA$7.00
Zero-Proof 7
- Kick Free Mule$12.00
seedlip spice 94, lime, sugar, bitters, ginger
- Spicehound$12.00
seedlip grove 42, falernum, lime, orgeat, habanero
- Gardener's Wink$12.00
seedlip 108, lemon, orgeat, celery bitters
- Fever Tree Lime and Yuzu$6.00
- Rightside brewing IPA, N/A$7.00
- Green Man Root Beer$6.00
- Barritt's Ginger Beer$5.00
Classic Cocktails 9
- The Old Fashioned$14.00
bourbon, demerara, angostura bitters, orange and fig bitters
- Cosmo Highball$14.00
vodka, aperol, cranberry bitters, soda
- Walnut Manhattan$14.00
rye whiskey, punt e mes, averna, angostura bitters, walnut bitters
- The Fitzgerald$14.00
beefeater gin, lemon, sugar, angostura bitters
- Lion's Tail$14.00
bourbon, allspice dram, demerara, lime, angostura bitters, cardamom bitters
- Spritz Mode$14.00
aperol, orange, grapefruit, black lemon bitters, prosecco
- Pineapple Daiquiri$14.00
plantation pineapple rum, demerara, lime
- Amargo Paloma$14.00
blanco tequila, campari, grapefruit, lime, sugar
- Nefarious Mastermind$15.00
mezcal, ancho reyes, cold brew, amaro montenegro, mole bitters
Bourbon/Whiskey 32
- Angels Envy$20.00
- Basil Hayden's$16.00
- Blade and Bow$17.00
- Bookers$29.00
- Four Roses Small Batch$13.00
- Old Forester Birthday Bourbon$57.00
- Heaven Hill 7 Year Bib$18.00
- Buffalo Trace$16.00
- High West American Prairie$15.00
- Abasolo el Whiskey de Mexico$15.00
- Jack Daniel's$10.00
- Elijah Craig Barrel Proof$24.00
- Jefferson's Ocean Aged$29.00
- Knob Creek$13.00
- Maker's Mark$12.00
- Smoke Wagon$13.00
- Elijah Craig Private Barrel$28.00
- Woodford Reserve$14.00
- Woodford Double Oaked$22.00
- Woodinville$16.00
- Elijah Craig Small Batch$12.00
- Old Gran-Dad$12.00
- Angels Envy Rye$30.00
- Templeton Rye$15.00
- Rittenhouse Rye$13.00
- High West Double Rye$15.00
- Whistle Pig 10 Year Rye$27.00
- Knob Creek Rye$15.00
- Johnny Walker Black$15.00
- Crown Royal$10.00
- Jameson$9.00
- Dewars$10.00
Vodka 3
- Grey Goose$11.00
- Ketel One$10.00
- Tito's$10.00
Gin 6
- Bombay$10.00
- Chemist$13.00
- Hendrick's$13.00
- Tanqueray$10.00
- Beefeater$12.00
- Pinnix$14.00
Tequila 4
- Don Julio Blanco$17.00
- Espolon Blanco$11.00
- Del Maguey Vida Mezcal$14.00
- Don Julio Reposado$20.00
Scotch 4
- Macallan 12 Year$27.00
- Lagavulin$36.00
- Monkey Shoulder$12.00
- Balvenie Caribbean Cask$36.00
Rum 6
- Sailor Jerry Spiced$10.00
- C.C. Hazel 63$11.00
- Gosling's Black$12.00
- El Dorado 12 Year$16.00
- Plantation Pineapple$14.00
- Wray and Nephew$11.00
Brandy/Cognac 2
- Christian Brothers$7.00
- Courvoisier$12.00
Cordials/Liquers 20
- Aperol$11.00
- Amaro Montenegro$14.00
- Averna$16.00
- Bailey's$11.00
- Cachaca$11.00
- Campari$13.00
- Chambord$11.00
- Chartreuse$20.00
- Cointreau$14.00
- Creme de Violette$9.00
- Disaronno$11.00
- Drambuie$10.00
- Fernet-Branca$12.00
- Frangelico$10.00
- Grand Marnier$12.00
- Kahlua$9.00
- Luxardo$14.00
- Pimm's$10.00
- Sambuca$9.00
- St. Germain$11.00
Reds 39
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Familia Torres Gran Cru Reserva, Penedes, Spain 2018
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Twenty Rows Reserve, Napa, US 2020
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Casarena "Owen's Vineyard", Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina 2019$69.00
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Far Mountain "Fission", Sonoma, US 2019$134.00
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Caymus, Napa, US 2020$185.00
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Dunn Vineyards, Napa, US 2019$270.00
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Round Pond Estate "Kith and Kin", Napa, US 2019
- Cabernet Blend, Robert Craig "Affinity", Napa, US 2018$138.00
- Cabernet Blend, Blackbird Vineyards "Arise Propriety Red", Napa, US 2018$94.00
- Cabernet Blend, Shafer "TD-9 Proprietary Red", Napa, US 2019$145.00
- Rhone Blend, Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, France 2020$220.00
- Grenache Blend, Guigal, Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, France 2017
- Pinot Noir, Cristom "Mt. Jefferson", Cuvee, Willamette Valley, US 2021$87.00
- Pinot Noir, Avaraen, Willamette Valley, Oregon, US 2021
- Pinot Noir, Anne Amie, Willamette Valley, US 2021
- Pinot Noir, King Estate, Willamette Valley, Oregon, US 2019
- Sangiovese, Geggiano Bandinello, Toscana, Italy 2020$58.00
- Sangiovese, Casisano Brunello di Montalcino, Italy$98.00
- Zinfandel/Petite Syrah, Caymus "The Walking Fool" Suisun Valley, California, US 2021
- Zinfandel, Turley Vineyard "Old Vines", Amador Valley, US 2020$98.00
- Zinfandel, Marietta "Angeli", Alexander Valley, US 2019$70.00
- Malbec, El Esteco Reserve, Calchaqui Valley, Argentina 2020
- Malbec, Finca Sophenia Synthesis, Uco Valley, Argentina 2019$85.00
- Malbec, Tikal "Amorio", Mendoza, Argentina 2018$69.00
- Petite Verdot, Decero, Agrelo, Argentina 2019$71.00
- Merlot Blend, Gundlach Bundschu "Mountain Cuvee", Sonoma, US 2021
- Merlot, Chateau Lescours, St. Emilion Grand Cru, France 2018$88.00
- Tempranillo, Numanthia, Toro, Spain 2016$115.00
- Tempranillo, El Coto Gran Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2016$71.00
- Grenache, Famille Brunier Le Pigeoulet, Vaucluse, France 2020
- Grenache, Domaine Beaurenard, Rasteau, France 2019$72.00
- Mourvedre, Gros Nore, Bondol, France 2020$110.00
- Nebbiolo, Marchesi di Barolo 'Tradizione", Barbaresco, Italy$95.00
- Nebbiolo, Benevelli, Barolo Le Coste di Monforte, Italy 2017$129.00
- Nebbiolo, Guido Porro, Barolo Santa Caterina, Italy 2018$115.00
- Nebbiolo, Guillia Negri, Barolo La Turtufaia, Italy 2018$125.00
- Petite Sirah, Robert Biale "Royal Punishers", Napa, California 2019$94.00
- Syrah, Barroul/Lynch, Crozes-Hermitage, France 2019$74.00
- Syrah, J.L Chave Selection Saint-Joseph "Offerus", Rhone, France 2020$72.00
Sparkling & White 21
- Glera, Bisol Crede, Valdobbiadene Prosecco, Italy 2021
- Pinot Noir, Chapel Down Brut, Tenterden, England$86.00
- Champagne, R.H. Coutier Grand Cru Brut, Champagne, France NV
- Champagne, Andre Clouet Silver Brut Nature, Champagne, France NV$92.00
- Organic Cava, Blanchard and Perez, Spain
- Rose of Garnache, Hecht and Bannier, Cotes de Provence, France 2021
- Sauvignon Blanc, Huia, Marlborough, New Zealand 2021
- Sauvignon Blanc, Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand 2021$72.00
- Sauvignon Blanc, Domaine Fournier, Sancerre Grande Cuveee, Sancerre, France 2020$75.00
- Grenache Blanc, Inopia, Cote du Rhone-Villages, France 2018$68.00
- Chardonnay, Morgan, Santa Lucia Highlands, US 2020
- Chardonnay, Miner, Napa Valley, US 2021
- Chardonnay, Luca, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina 2018$82.00
- Chardonnay, Renaud, Pouilly-Fusse, France 2020$78.00
- Chardonnay, Complant Linda Vista Vineyards, Napa, US 2018$79.00
- Chardonnay, Domaine Larue, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous Le Puits, France 2019$168.00
- Chardonnay/Pinot Noir, Laurent-Perrier, Champagne, France$150.00
- Rhone Blend, Domaine Lazaret, Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc, France 2020$92.00
- Pinot Gris, Montinore Estate, Willamette Valley, USA 2020
- Riesling, Ravines, Finger Lakes, NY, US 2019
- Chenin Blanc, Champalou Brut, Vouvray, France$67.00
How these prices compare
Based on 115 menus with 4,578 priced items from fine dining restaurants across the US, the median menu item costs $16.00, and half of all items are priced between $11.00 and $29.98.
At Asheville Proper the median listed price is $15.00, close to the typical $16.00 for fine dining restaurants across the US.
| Item | Here | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Rack of Lamb | $36.00 | $53.00 |
| New York Strip | $41.00 | $57.00 |
Typical prices are calculated from 115 menus in our guide.
Menu items and prices are provided for information and may have changed (last updated May 2026). Allergen information is not included – please ask the restaurant.