Food & Drink
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Eat, Gay, Love 2024: 6 Years of Spreading Love in the Community
Thursday, November 28 | 2-5 p.m. | Resident Culture – South End | Free Our sixth annual inclusive Thanksgiving dinner keeps the same mission: Spread love and food to our underserved members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Queen City Nerve and Brian DuBois have partnered with Resident Culture Brewing to host…
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Optimist Hall’s Loyal Tenants Help Ring in Five Years
Optimist Hall — Charlotte’s first food hall situated in a revamped 1892 cotton textile mill — celebrated its five-year anniversary in August. In Charlotte time, that’s kind of a big deal. Hyped as Charlotte’s first modern-day food hall when it opened in 2019, it’s clear that management is doing something…
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Greg and Subrina Collier Debut 3rd & Fernwood in Midtown
When Greg and Subrina Collier first arrived in Charlotte in 2012 with dreams of entering the local restaurant scene, they were inspired by eateries like Delta’s Restaurant in Uptown, and Jackson’s Cafeteria in Uptown — diners that doubled as community hubs, serving a diverse range of people. “What we loved…
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Six New Eateries Coming to The Alley at Latta Arcade
Northpond Partners on Wednesday announced the completion of renovations inside The Alley at Latta Arcade, with six new food and beverage outlets set to open soon at the Third Ward destination. New businesses scheduled to open inside The Alley later this year include a cocktail bar from renowned Charlotte mixologist…
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Panzú Brewery Marks One Year as Caribbean Oasis in Mint Hill
Opening the Caribbean-inspired Panzú Brewery was anything but a smooth, refreshing process for siblings Johan Marte and Rosa Marte de Pacheco. Every step from the start of the business’s conception was hard-fought, but the co-owners owners were determined to honor their father through a family-run business, as they had always…
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Dilworth Tasting Room Set to Open Plaza Midwood Location
The Dilworth Tasting Room team is set to open its third location on Tuesday, a 3,900-square-foot space on Central Avenue in Plaza Midwood. Located across the street from the large-scale Commonwealth development under construction where Midwood Commons once sat, the new Dilworth Tasting Room location will include 103 seats inside,…
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Tyber Creek Pub, Dandelion Market Owners Persevere Through Tumultuous Time
When I asked Tommy Timmins what he and his two business partners call their company — the bar and restaurant group through which they operate popular establishments including The Workman’s Friend, Connolly’s on Fifth, Prohibition, The Daily, Tyber Creek Pub and Dandelion Market — he didn’t really have an answer. …
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Nonprofit to Open Thrive Food Hub on Beatties Ford Road
Historic West End Partners (HWEP) on Wednesday announced the purchase of a shopping center located on Beatties Ford Road where it plans to open Thrive Food Hub, helping in the organization’s goals to bring fresh food options to the area while supporting small businesses. The 6,148-square-foot, newly renovated space includes…
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Gravity Pizza Announced as Camp North End’s Newest Tenant
Camp North End announced its latest tenant on Tuesday, with plans to welcome new pizza outpost Gravity Pizza in the fall. The locally owned spot will feature sourdough pizzas crafted from a starter created in the late 19th-century, according to a press release announcing Gravity’s plans. Located at 1824 Statesville…
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Charlotte-Area Chefs Compete in NCRLA Chef Showdown
The North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (NCRLA) held the semifinal round of its annual Chef Showdown culinary competition on Monday at Central Piedmont Community College in Uptown. The annual event raises money for the NCRLA and its mission to protect, educate and promote the growth of the state’s $34.9-billion…
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Deep Roots CPS Farm Builds Network of Urban Farmers
In fall 2022, when Mecklenburg County received a $14,000 grant to be put toward a farmland preservation plan, Cherie Jzar of Deep Roots CPS Farm in northwest Charlotte thought it signified that the county was on the right track. Then came a meeting of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners…
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Enat Ethiopian Restaurant’s Tina Tedla Marks 7 Years in Business
When I caught Tina Tedla, owner of Enat Ethiopian Restaurant, over the phone in early June, it was a Thursday afternoon and she was running back and forth from Uptown to Optimist Hall, where she expanded with her second location in May 2022. The space served as a convenient prep…
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Resident Culture to Host Barbecue Classes with Pitmaster Edmar Simoes
Resident Culture Brewing announced the launch of a monthly barbecue class that will help Charlotteans get more comfortable behind the grill this summer, the brewery’s most recent action to expand the offerings at its South End location. New executive chef Edmar Simoes, who joined the team to run its new…
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Grow Cafe, Charlotte’s First Coffee Shop for Parents, Set to Open in Highland Creek
A new “play cafe” that will cater to parents of young children is set to open next month in the Highland Creek area of northeast Charlotte. Grow Cafe, a Black- and family-owned play cafe that caters to parents and children aged 0 to 6, will open in mid-July at 5324…
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Taylor Redd Breaks Barriers as Redd Rose Vodka Founder
Any entrepreneur will tell you about the hardships that come with building a business: seed funding, analyzing supply and demand, marketing and any number of other tasks. Taylor Redd, founder and creator of Redd Rose Vodka, has experienced all of these challenges with one added caveat: having to sell herself…
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Eat Black Charlotte Expands on Food Festival with Bites on Seventh
Eat Black Charlotte started as a simple hashtag in 2020, a way for local foodies to better highlight Black food businesses in Charlotte, but like any good social media campaign, it eventually grew into something more. The Eat Black Charlotte Food & Culture Festival was launched originally as a way…
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