Celebrate Wooden Robot’s one-year anniversary Saturday with “Bash at the Bot”
Event will feature new beers and returning favorites
Food + Drink
Upcoming Food Events (July 1 – 6)
Fun for the kids, fun for the adults, barbecue for everyone.
Triple C set to release Golden Girl in cans
Sister to Golden Boy available Saturday at taproom
The Bartender's Choice: Fernet Branca
A spirit that comes with a challenge
How #instabeerupCLT became the can’t-miss monthly event in Charlotte
Join in the fun at the two-year anniversary party this Thursday at Olde Mecklenburg Brewery
Blue Blaze opening continues Charlotte’s brewery neighborhood reach – and that’s a good thing
Blue Blaze Brewing is set for its grand opening this Saturday (more on that in a bit). There will undoubtedly be a packed house for this event if past local brewery openings are any indication. Everyone wants to check out…
Upcoming Food Events (June 24 – 30)
Wood-fired pizza, rose on the patio, plus other wine tastings and special culinary events.
Escaping the World with Dilworth's Foxcroft Wine Co.
A classic burger with grilled onions and truffle oil requires a big bite. DARK, GRAY CLOUDS were building in the western sky as I walked through the doors of Foxcroft Wine Co. in Dilworth. It was early evening, and a spring…
A Legion of Support at Plaza Midwood Brewery
Phil Buchy couldn’t fulfill his dream of opening a brewery without family and friends
Birdsong’s small batch Brett series won’t have you feeling Blue
All five Miles Davis-inspired beers will be on tap Thursday
What Dad Really Wants: Smoked Brisket
No way another tie stands up to this brisket.
Upcoming Food Events (June 17 – 22)
SATURDAY (JUNE 18) A MEETING OF THE CRAFTS: BEER, CHOCOLATE, & STORYTELLING The Secret Chocolatier, Growler USA, and storyteller Faye Fulton team up to host this event, which will take place at The Secret Chocolatier’s Ballantyne location. Guests will sample three craft beers, each paired with a dessert…
44 Best Charlotte Meals Under $20
5 Under $5 1. Le’s Sandwiches & Cafe Bahn Mi Navigate the potholed parking lot at Asian Corner Mall, cash in hand, to reach your handsome reward: a sandwich at Le’s. Order the #6: juicy slices of…
Charlotte's Own Giving Tree
The Fig Tree Restaurant celebrates 11 years with 11 acts of service.
Good Bottle teaming up with Beds for Kids for kickoff event Wednesday
Panthers players will be in attendance as everyone will have a chance to learn more about nonprofit charity
Weekend Charlotte Craft Beer events
As always, it’s a busy weekend of things going on in the local craft beer community (starting a day early). Here’s a look: --For the most part, I write about Charlotte beer and breweries. There’s enough within the city…
Upcoming Food Events June 9 – 15
A crawfish boil, a shrimp feast, iced coffee, and cold beer. Definitely summertime in the city.
Popular Doughnut Pop-Up Opening Shop in NoDa
Joe’s Doughs is opening a brick-and-mortar shop next week—and it will be run entirely by a female staff. Joe’s Doughs gained a loyal following as a pop-up doughnut shop, frequently selling out only minutes after setting up in places such…
Fern, Flavors Of the Garden to Relocate
Popular vegetarian restaurant in Plaza-Midwood to move late summer.
New cans from NoDa and Unknown will help you beat the heat
It’s craft can season, folks. We’re seeing more and more canned offerings, and for good reason. It makes sense, especially during this time of year. Glass is not allowed at all of the fun places you like to go cool…
Upcoming Food Events (June 3 – 8)
Next week is Negroni Week. If you're not a fan, there are free popsicles and donuts, a fish camp dinner, three grand openings, and more.
Birdsong releasing its newest can: Fake Plastic Trees
4-packs available in taproom beginning Thursday
Traveling the World Through Charlotte Restaurants
A simple meal can take you back home, or away again
Cheap Eats: 5 Bites for Breakfast
INEXPENSIVE PLATES cooked on sizzling flat tops at time-worn greasy spoons are becoming a rarity in Charlotte (RIP Tic-Toc and John’s Country Kitchen). Yet you can still find affordable breakfasts around town. Here are five places to start the day off…
Cheap Eats: 4 Tacos
This small dish often brings together meat, herbs, and vegetables—a whole meal bundled into a flavorful tortilla—and they’re almost always affordable. Here are four of our favorite tacos around town. RuRu’s Tacos + Tequila “I’ll Have What She’s Having” 715…
Charlotte Chef On Next Season of Top Chef?
If you love the show Top Chef as much as we do, you're probably also tracking Twitter to see which chefs have been spotted during recent filming for the show. Season 14 of the cooking competition is currently filming in Charleston, and we noticed…
Cheap Eats: 10 Under $10
➀ Price’s Chicken Coop Quarter-Chicken Dark We could talk about the chicken, fried and surrounded by tater tots, hush puppies, a roll, and a cup of white coleslaw. We could talk about how to order: “Quarter-chicken dark,” and then,…
