Food & Drink
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East Charlotte Welcomes Sen Mee Noodle House with Open Arms
Everyone has their personally preferred form of greeting someone whom they’ve just met for the first time. Some people nod, others shake hands, some go for a first bump. Jenny Zajac at Sen Mee Noodle House is a hugger. As soon as I made my way into the restaurant located…
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KT Winery Goes Worldwide with American Airlines Announcement
If you’ve ever woken up with a wine hangover, you know just how cruel the vino can be on the morning after. There are a number of reasons wine hangovers have earned this reputation — congeners like tannins, histamine and sulfites are prime suspects. Then there’s that staple of the…
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Three Charlotte Culinary Leaders Named James Beard Semifinalists
When the James Beard Foundation announced its 2025 Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists on Wednesday, Charlotte restaurateurs, foodies and industry members probably recognized three notable names. Among those considered for Best Chef in the Southeast region — which includes Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and the Carolinas — the foundation…
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Sam Diminich Partners with HopeWay on Culinary Mental Health Programming
At first glance, a collaborative project between renowned chef Sam Diminich and HopeWay, a nonprofit mental health treatment center in southwest Charlotte, might seem like an unlikely pairing. For those involved, however, it’s a wonder the partnership didn’t come sooner. From their perspective, a mental health treatment center teaming up…
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Leluia Hall Proves Tonidandel-Brown’s Penchant for Preservation
Walking through the 110-year-old Dilworth church that will soon be home to Leluia Hall early one January morning, I got the sense that Jamie Brown could see things that I couldn’t. Where I saw ladders, buckets, tool boxes, bags of quick-set compound, bottles of caulk, extension cords and a slew…
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Chief’s Modern Cocktail Parlor Set to Open in NoDa
Built on Hospitality (The Goodyear House, Old Town Kitchen & Cocktails, Folia) announced Thursday that the anticipated new Chief’s Modern Cocktail Parlor in NoDa will open on Saturday, Jan. 4. The concept is a passion project from renowned Charlotte mixologist Bob Peters, who named the business after his late father. …
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The Halal Food Cart Team Builds Outward from Trade & Tryon
Halal Food Cart is an undeniable staple of Charlotte — the self-explanatory business title plastered on all four sides of the cart that has stood strong at the crossroads of the Queen City, the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets in the center of Uptown, for more than eight years.…
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The Best in Charlotte: Best in the Nest 2024
Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member Winners: Download your award graphics here Six years in business. I guess we’re really doing this thing. When Justin LaFrancois and I took a leap of faith in late 2018, announcing we would be launching a new alt-weekly by Charlotte’s 250th birthday in December…
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Obituaries 2024: RIP to the Charlotte Businesses We Lost
Each year Charlotte loses dozens of businesses that began with a dream. Here, our writers pay homage to just a few. Back to all categories Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member Blue Blaze Brewing (2016-2024) The team at Blue Blaze Brewing announced in a February social media post…
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Food & Drink Critics’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2024
For the folks who produce the fuel on which our city runs. We all gotta eat, so let’s give it up for the best spots to do it. Back to all categories Winners: Download your award graphics here Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member BEST RESTAURANT: L’Ostrica Last year, we…
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Food & Drink Readers’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2024
Best in the Nest Readers’ Picks were chosen exclusively by readers through a one-month nomination process followed by a one-month voting process. The nominations were not tampered with by Queen City Nerve staff at all — save for removing ourselves from a few categories to proactively dispel any notions of…
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Is Charlotte’s Uptown Food Scene on the Verge of a Resurgence?
I got two parking tickets in Uptown last week and I’m not even mad about it. In fact, I’m quite jazzed that something spicy is finally happening in Uptown Charlotte. To be clear, the ticket fiasco only happened because actual spicy things brought me to the area in the first…
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Orosoko Sound Bar Provides a New Concept in South End
Located along Bland Street amidst the many food and drink destinations that make South End so popular sits a new arrival that hopes to set itself apart from its nightlife neighbors by word of mouth … or perhaps word of ear. Orosoko bills itself as a “sound bar,” and if…
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Zepeddie’s Pizzeria Returns After Decades-Long Closure
Typically, when a popular business shutters its doors, customers never expect to have that dining experience again. In the case of Zepeddie’s Pizzeria, however, it just took a little patience. On Nov. 1, the Zepsa family will reopen the New York-style pizza joint that they first opened in 1994 and…
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Blacker the Berry Lemonade Sweetens the Story of Black Culture
Though its origins can’t be pinned down exactly, the saying, “The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice,” has its roots in the African American community. It’s often used to appreciate and uplift one’s Blackness, especially in moments where it is cast in an inferior light. While it is a…
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Raw Milk Movement on the Rise Despite Health Officials’ Warnings
Milk is a staple of many diets. Whether it comes from a cow, goat, sheep, nut, or oat, the vitamins and nutrients milk gives to your body can be vital to your health. Before the 18th century, however, alternative milks weren’t an option; raw milk was the only milk you…
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