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…
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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,…
Cheap Eats: 20 Under $20
1. Carolinas Dish Medium Plate with Banana Pudding Find Southern comfort—complete with sweet tea and cornbread—in owner Edna Roberson’s family recipes. Try a ketchup-covered slice of meat loaf with a side of black-eyed peas, which are tender, full of flavor,…
Cheap Eats: 5 Under $5
❶ 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 grilled, marinated pork, layered…
Butter Beans and Memories: An Essay
City living limits our backyard gardens, but connections to Southern food history live on in restaurants
Upcoming Food Events (May 27 – Jun 2)
If you've chosen to stay in town for the long weekend, there's still plenty to do, including a couple events geared toward the entire family. FRIDAY – SUNDAY (May 27 – 29) BEST OF THE RHONE VALLEY The staff have…
Abari: By The Numbers
ZACH PULLIAM always loved computers. After graduating from UNC Charlotte, he got an IT job at a bank, but still held on to his dream of owning an arcade bar. This spring, he opened Abari in NoDa, where he’s putting his…
#InstabeerupCLT at Three Spirits, Wicked Weed tap takeover at Good Bottle and Sycamore debuting two new beers
Here’s a look at your local craft beer events over the holiday weekend: --Another installment of the ever-popular #InstabeerupCLT is taking place today (Thursday), and this month everyone is checking out one of Charlotte’s newest breweries, Three Spirits Brewery.…
A Collaborative Spirit at The Asbury
Chefs team up to serve themed meals
Comida's Farm-to-Table Mexican Cuisine
Mexican-inspired concept packs freshness and drama into small bites
Basket Aces: NoDa, Triple C debut cans with disc golf theme
Par 4 Session Ale and Hyzer Hefeweizen hitting Charlotte market
Meet the Woman Uniting Carolina Chefs
Kris Reid started a culinary guild to help chefs build a region’s reputation
Chaupaati: Indian Street Food, and Much More
The first time I enjoyed food from Chaupaati was last Thanksgiving. The office in which I work was holding a special potluck lunch before everyone disappeared for the holiday. Unexpectedly, the front half of the spread was Indian food. Some of the dishes were homemade, but…
Upcoming Food Events (May 19 – 25)
Food trucks, vegan/vegetarian cuisine, champagne, and a celebration of shrimp—just for starters.
Giving Whiskey More Than A Shot
Sea Level hosts an event this Wednesday to get more women comfortable with and talking about whiskey
