Welcome to Everything in Moderation. Xpress is reviving the popular cocktail and spirits column from contributing writers Audrey and Bill Kopp after it abruptly ended at the start of COVID-19 in 2020.
Sharing fellowship and conversation over a cocktail at the end of the day is a time-honored social tradition. Monday Magic, an initiative from The Low Down and The Crow & Quill founder Casey Campfield, combines that practice with a fun way to support Asheville-area bartenders whose lives and livelihoods took a hit from Tropical Storm Helene.
Campfield launched Monday Magic in December at The Low Down in West Asheville in response to the wounding effects of the storm on local service workers. “Even now, with many places reopening, people have not gotten back to their full schedules,” says the bar owner and bartender. “They’re still paying off bills from the period when we were all out of work.”…