I'd been wanting to hit Wicked Weed for a few months, but it's not exactly close enough for a quick dinner. So when we were staying in Asheville recently I wanted to make sure we got to try out their restaurant. I'm glad we did.

We walked into the large patio area around 1800 on a respectably cool Saturday, and were told that the wait would be 35-45 minutes. We grabbed our little beeper deal and wandered around for a bit. Walked to the co-op across the street and picked up some provisions and I ran them back to my car while the family returned to the WW to wait for our table.

When I returned I attempted to walk back in to rejoin my family but the bouncer informed me that they were at capacity before I could even get into the patio. He was informing everyone that re-entry wasn't guarantied, and pointing out a very obscured sign that I had seen, but didn't read. It genuinely doesn't look cautionary and it's obscured by a gate and some plants, IIRC. I may be completely off base. The bouncer let me in after I explained what was going on (when I walked back before returning to our car, there was no capacity problem), and I totally understand fire code. So this didn't give me a bad taste or anything. I think people need to know that this place can be popular enough that they have to force people to be safe.

After sitting down we waited around for what started to feel like we'd need to just leave before a waitress finally came by. Again, this place was at capacity, so I knew they'd be running behind, and I was happy to cut them some slack. The waitress didn't leave us hanging after she started serving our table. We soon found that they do not offer flights on weekends. Noted. We had some great beers (love the Pernicious). We ordered a straight up burger, falafel wrap, pretzel, and the kababs. Everything was top notch.

We'll definitely return to WW in the future, however I hope we have a sitter. :)