IN FEBRUARY of 2017, a small specialty coffee shop with an artsy exterior opened in the quaint downtown of Belmont. It doesn’t seem like much—a tiny slice of a building perched on the corner of Main Street across from the…
I'M SANDWICHED BETWEEN two couples on dates, the women on my left and right pivoted on bar stools to face men on their opposite sides. The pairs arrived as I took another sip of my cocktail at Zeppelin, an early 1900s-themed…
Tandur's Chef Hari Nayak explains the misconceptions about authentic Indian food
There’s a local craft beer release for each day this weekend. Plan accordingly with details below: --NoDa Brewing’s award-winning summer seasonal is back. NoDajito will be released in the taproom Friday beginning at 3:30. This Belgian witbier is infused…
PETER TAYLOR CELEBRATED MIXOLOGIST Bob Peters has announced that he has left his post as creative director of bar operations at The Ritz-Carlton's The Punch Room to start his own consultancy. In a Facebook post on Thursday, he shared the…
Bardo, a new restaurant in the Gold District of South End, is set to soft open on Wednesday, May 23. The shared-plates concept, which focuses on progressive and technical dishes, was created by friends Michael Noll and Jayson Whiteside. The idea…
LEWIS DONALD LOOKS OUT the door of an old mechanic shop in the Belmont neighborhood and pictures a line of customers waiting for barbecue. The former Reid’s Fine Foods chef has finally found the location for his barbecue-til-it-runs-out joint, which…
THE STANLEY, the new restaurant from Paul Verica, will open to the public in Elizabeth on Tuesday. Verica, who was previously the chef and owner of Heritage Food + Drink in Waxhaw, says that this new concept is "going to be…
Anniversaries, festivals & new cans
Bruce Moffett, owner of Barrington’s, Good Food on Montford, and Stagioni, will open a fourth restaurant in Plaza Midwood. Moffett signed a lease Tuesday for the former Penguin space, where he will open a concept that combines Southern and New England…
Jackie McHugh wants his Irish pub, The Rogue, to be your new favorite neighborhood bar. He doesn't care much about Instagram-worthy decor, or in his words, “diddly, diddly dumb shit on the walls;” what he does care about is the…
Sláinte medals in Dry Irish Stout category
Fat Head’s Brewery will not be coming to Charlotte after all. After announcing expansion plans in late 2016, the nationally popular brewpub has decided against building a new location in the Queen City and further focus near where it originated.…
She's the reason you exist. For Mother's Day this year, treat your mom (or wife who's also a mom) to a delicious spread of morning and afternoon bites. We have yet to find someone who hates brunch, so this plan…
Plus, a simple blackberry julep recipe you can make at home.
One of the top local craft brewers is moving on to another life chapter. Alexa Long, who has been Legion Brewing’s head brewer since the Plaza Midwood brewery opened in 2015, will be leaving at the end of June. “It’s…
AT 11:10 A.M. on this historic Thursday, at presumably the exact moment the first Shake Shack customers in Charlotte history sunk into the first Shake Shack burgers sold in Charlotte history at the grand opening of the first Shake Shack…
Discover music, food and of course, local beer, over the next two months
Bottle Cap Group says a back-to-basics tavern concept will occupy the space formerly held by Wu's Cajun Sea Food. Rosemont, the group says, will have "cheap drinks, fried goodness, milkshakes and all the erratic fun in between." The South End restaurant, at…
Superica will open in South End in late May
With charming conversation and family recipes, the Freshwaters earned their restaurant a following
Sunshine Gose debuts Saturday in taproom
It's a lovable corner market, and the model for what could be in South End
The poke trend lands in Charlotte
We’re going a bit beyond the city limits for this weekend’s craft beer releases, and there’s also some within Charlotte as well. Here’s the rundown: --The DreamChaser’s Brewery in Waxhaw is once again releasing bottles of Wail of the…
The latest restaurant from Rare Roots Hospitality
Birdsong, NoDa, Olde Mecklenburg, Sugar Creek, Unknown all participating throughout April
Taproom will include rooftop beer garden
