Brawley’s Black & Blue ready to pack another punch in Year 8
Festival has been sold out for months, but there are other surrounding events if you missed out on tickets
Food + Drink
Moo + Brew Expanding to NoDa
Moo & Brew is opening a second location in NoDa, owner Ken Thomas confirms. Thomas and business partner Zach Current have signed a lease for the former Revolution Pizza + Ale House space at 36th and North Davidson streets. The…
Dim Sum Restaurant on Central Closes
The bright yellow sign with red lettering has been a fixture on Central Avenue for years, inviting passersby to come inside the nondescript building and enjoy some dim sum. For 21 years, Dim Sum served up small plates and steamer baskets…
Celebrate Pi Day With These 5 Charlotte Pies
IT’S MARCH 14, which means Pi Day has arrived. (You know, the holiday that celebrates the fact that 3/14 has the same numbers as 3.14, the first three numbers of the mathematical constant pi.) Businesses around Charlotte are celebrating Pi…
Weekend Craft Beer Events (March 10-12)
SATURDAY --Sycamore Brewing’s latest can release is one of its most popular beers. Beginning at 9 a.m., you’ll be able to get cans of Salty Coconut Red Ale at the brewery. This is a limited can run so if…
Upcoming Food Events (March 9-16)
With that all-things-green holiday right around the corner, we're reminded that Spring, too, is coming. It may be hard to believe, what with snow in the forecast for Sunday; but our area restaurants are all gearing up for the soon-to-be…
Brawley’s Beverage hosting monthly “Drink Positive!” events to benefit various charities
First one is this Thursday, with proceeds going to Refugee Support Services of the Carolinas
Weekend Craft Beer Releases & Events (March 2-5)
A number of local breweries have new and returning beers out this weekend, and that’s not to mention Olde Mecklenburg, which released its spring seasonal, Früh Bock, this past Monday. NoDa Brewing also has the return of Imperial Coco Loco…
Upcoming Food Events (March 2-9)
Warmer weather means more food events, apparently. We aren't ones to complain, either, when we get to choose from sushi classes, bourbon and steak dinners, chocolate making, and much, much more. TODAY BOURBON AND STEAK Reid's Fine Foods continues the…
The Story Behind Mert's Soul Rolls
BEFORE JAMES BAZZELLE opened Mert’s Heart and Soul in 1998, he traveled to New York for research. There, he ate an egg roll-style dish with rice and collards. “I thought, ‘I could do that right there myself,’” Bazzelle says. Shortly…
Meet Chef Alex Jenkins of Oak Steakhouse, Opening This Month
Chef Alex Jenkins, who runs the kitchen at Oak Steakhouse in South Park, has cooking in his bloodline. His great-grandfather immigrated to the Anderson, South Carolina, and opened two steakhouses, as well as a restaurant called Pop’s Grill. On the other…
Behind the Bar With DiSean Burns
Manager of Drink at Marriott City Center; President of the Charlotte Bartenders’ Guild
Heist releasing Cataclysm III bottles Saturday morning
Latest version barrel-aged with vanilla beans, along with a coffee vanilla variant
Top Chef's Katsuji Is Coming to Charlotte
Top Chef contestant Katsuji Tanabe will be in Charlotte on March 18 to cook tacos in a benefit for the Levine Children's Hospital with fellow contestant Jamie Lynch. The event will take place at Lynch's 5Church from 3 to 5 p.m., and guests…
Upcoming Food Events (Feb. 23-28)
Laissez les bon temps rouler! Let the good times roll this week as Mardi Gras, wine dinners, cooking contests, and educational culinary classes approach. TONIGHT TASTE & LEARN If you need a little extra help figuring out your wine labels,…
Fenwick’s: A Myers Park Mainstay
Restaurant balances nostalgia and relevance—and has for more than three decades
Charlotte Craft Canning News
Blue Blaze releases first cans, Good Bottle/Wicked Weed can event and a Sycamore favorite has its initial can run
Menu Preview of Porter's House Restaurant
The owners of Dressler’s Restaurant and Dogwood Southern Table + Bar open their newest concept today. The Porter’s House, in Waverly, a development currently under construction where 485 meets Providence Road, welcomes its first customers for dinner this evening after several days…
Olde Mecklenburg Brewery expanding to Cornelius with purchase of 24-acre site
Brauhaus and biergarten already in plans, with more to come if state barrel cap law is lifted
Weekend Craft Beer Events (Feb. 17-19)
SATURDAY --Unknown Brewing is set for its next bottle release, and Saturday the brewery is bringing back Dirty Commie Heathen. This is Unknown’s imperial stout that is aged in whiskey barrels with cherries. The taproom opens Saturday at 11 a.m.,…
Upcoming Food Events (Feb. 16-23)
Valentine's Day has come and gone, but there's still plenty to do around Charlotte. FRIDAY BALLANTYNE HOTEL WINTER WEEKENDS Every Friday and Saturday from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in February enjoy Winter Weekends at The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge. Guests can experience a…
Charlotte Businesses Participate in "A Day Without Immigrants"
If your plans for this evening included grabbing a pint and a bite to eat, you won't be able to at Pint Central. The popular Plaza-Midwood locale is closed today as part of a nationwide protest dubbed "A Day Without…
Two Local Chefs Named James Beard Award Semifinalists
Included on this year's list of James Beard Award Semifinalists are Joe Kindred, chef/owner of Kindred Restaurant, and Paul Verica, chef/owner of Heritage Food + Drink. Both chefs earned recognition in the Best Chef: Southeast category. Kindred was a semi-finalist…
Valentine's Day Decadence
Seven desserts to fall in love with.
Weekend Local Craft Beer Releases (Feb. 10-12)
Earlier this week I wrote about Triple C’s Chocolate Covered Pretzel Stout release, along with the new coconut and mint variants. There are several other beers being rolled out from local breweries this weekend as well. Here’s a look: …
Upcoming Food Events (Feb. 9-15)
Well, it's the Valentine's Day roundup you've been waiting for. We've got all the dinners, wine tastings, and dessert-centric activities your heart desires. TONIGHT REID'S BEER DINNER Reid's Fine Foods will host a beer dinner with Legion Brewing on…
A Local Nut Butter, a Childhood Memory
I'm always on the hunt for interesting nut butters. I love sunflower butter because it tastes like a handful of roasted sunflower seeds right at the end of each bite. I like Justin's maple almond butter because it's not cloyingly sweet and it's good…
Triple C’s Chocolate Covered Pretzel Stout returns this year with even more flavor
Coconut and mint variants, along with original base beer, will be released Saturday
