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News & Opinion
Fans Return to Truist Field as Charlotte Knights Get Back to Baseball
For me, baseball is nostalgia — going with the family to my first game, smelling the freshly cut grass before I even see the field, and my awe-inspiring look out at the ballyard for the first time. Taking in the scoreboard and the signage around the stadium, breathing in the fresh…
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The Newbie Foodie
A Tale of Two Charlotte Takeouts: 300 East and Mama Ricotta’s
Typically, pizza and Chinese food are staples of the takeout trade, but a year into a pandemic that’s kept most folks out of restaurants well after they’ve reopened with restrictions, takeout has become a do-or-die for almost anyone in the Charlotte food industry. Of course, not all foods lend themselves…
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Charlotte Knights COO Talks Return of Minor League Baseball
Nothing signifies the end of winter and the beginning of spring more than hearing the words, “Play ball.” Minor-league baseball towns around the country never experienced that spring transition in 2020, as the Charlotte Knights and other teams around the county saw their season end before it could begin. On…
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News & Opinion
Patrick Williams Talks Homecoming Upon First Return to Charlotte
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The headline should have read, “Local Hero Comes Home to a Sell-Out Crowd” in Patrick Williams’ first return to Charlotte as a member of the Chicago Bulls. But then, nothing is going as planned these days. With the COVID-19 pandemic still affecting the…
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The Newbie Foodie
Little Mama’s Italian Serves Up Big Plates in SouthPark
Since moving to Charlotte from Chicago, it seemed like I forgot how to speak Italian, as in food. While it was my regular go-to in Chi-town, I have ignored one of my favorite cuisines since moving to the Queen City. Shortly after landing here, an acquaintance recommended Mama Ricotta’s as a…
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The Newbie Foodie
My Favorite Food in Charlotte After One Year of Exploring
My first trip to Charleston and the recent one-year anniversary of my move to Charlotte — followed closely by my debut Queen City Nerve column — got me thinking about what exceptional food experiences I’ve had in Charlotte over the last year. What is great food? It’s not an easy…
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Hornets Leaders Discuss What’s Next as Voting Begins at Spectrum Center
Last month, we spoke with Charlotte Hornets President Fred Whitfield and Betsy Mack, executive director of the Hornets’ Swarm to Serve foundation, about the organization’s Swarm the Polls initiative, working to get out the vote in Charlotte through different plans that include using the Spectrum Center for early voting beginning…
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Food & Drink
Venturing Back Into the Restaurant Scene at Stir in South End
Watching the crowds flow into Stir, a recent entrant into a burgeoning food scene developing on South Tryon Street in South End, one would think there’s nothing going on in the world — certainly not a pandemic. Charlotteans are fleeing their abodes for the great outdoors, meaning patios, and this…
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Food & Drink
Lincoln’s Haberdashery, a Strong Contender Hidden in Plain Sight
After I wrote my Charlotte Sandwich Shootout story earlier this year, I discovered a contender that would have totally shaken up my standings had I noticed it sooner. What surprised me was that I had been driving past it ever since I moved to Charlotte. Tucked away in the Factory…
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Charlotte Hornets Leaders Discuss Swarm the Polls Campaign
With all that space in the Spectrum Center and no big events to bring in the crowds, the Charlotte Hornets announced in July that the arena will be opened as an early voting site during the last two weeks of October. But the organization isn’t stopping there. On Tuesday, the…
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The Newbie Foodie
REVIEW: Three Charlotte Pizza Parlors Square Off
Coming from Chicago, I have high expectations when it comes to pizza. And I really didn’t know what to expect of the Charlotte pizza scene. When you hear Chicago-style pizza, most people immediately think of deep-dish, which many describe as more of a casserole than a pizza. If you look…
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News & Opinion
Charlotte Knights 2020 Season Up in the Air Until Majors Make a Deal
In past times of crisis in our country, sports have been a place people turn to as a diversion from the realities of life. After a brief shutdown of the sports world after 9/11 in 2001, baseball and the World Series that year were often credited with helping America move…
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Food & Drink
Jon Dressler Discusses Changes at his Four Charlotte Restaurants
Jon Dressler, cofounder of Rare Roots Hospitality (RRH), which runs Dressler’s, Dogwood Southern Table, The Porter’s House, and Fin & Fino, could read the writing on the wall as he closed his restaurants early two days before the governor put a stay-at-home order in place. Dressler’s reasoning involved the health…
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Food & Drink
Sunflour Baking Company Prepares for a ‘Different World’
When Jack Parrish, owner of Charlotte bakery chain Sunflour Baking Company, first heard about a stay-at-home order that was to take effect in Mecklenburg County on March 26, his first thought was, “Oh shit.” After learning more about the order and how he’d be able to continue carry-out and delivery…
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Food & Drink
Sea Level Steps Up After Worrisome Start
Darrell Horwitz is The Newbie Foodie. He has recently moved to Charlotte from Chicago and is on an unbiased search for what’s good and what’s not, unaffected by the hype surrounding renowned restaurants and unaware of the top local chefs whose names are repeated endlessly in outlets across the city.…
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Food & Drink
The Charlotte Bargain Burger Showdown
While living in Chicago, I had the fortune to feast on the burgers of Au Cheval, named the best burger in America by Bon Appetit magazine in 2012 and a regular on other national best burger lists. Let me tell you, it’s not hyperbole. So I’m confident that I know…
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