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optimist hall, charlotte's first food hall, is open

Citizens of Charlotte have been anxiously awaiting the opening of Optimist Hall, a historic mill redeveloped into a food hall located in the Optimist Park neighborhood, just north of Uptown.…

build up your appetite for knoxville's big kahuna wing festival

Maybe it’s the impending start of football season, but there must be something in the air lately, because it is definitely chicken wing season in the South. In addition to…

ode to pesto

Pesto is the ultra flavorful bite of bright summer. Most of us know the classic green sauce recipe of basil, pine nuts, olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano, garlic, and salt. In her…

charlotte's community feast: pay what you can

A group of chefs will gather at Camp North End for Community Feast: A Charlotte Collaboration on Sunday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Heal Charlotte, an organization…

honeyfire and hattie b's collaborate for a hot chicken dinner

Chefs Shane Nasby of HoneyFire Barbecue and Hattie B’s John Lasater have both earned great acclaim for their talent cooking chicken. Nasby’s signature honey rub-dusted Springer Mountain Farm chickens are…

celebrate seafood during the dog days of summer

Back to school has commenced and vacations are but a memory, but we are still in the thick of the Dog Days of Summer. The phrase has nothing to do…

chef greg collier will open a new restaurant in charlotte this fall

Chef Greg Collier and Subrina Collier of Uptown Yolk have released the name and concept of their new restaurant opening this fall. Leah & Louise, named after Chef Collier’s late…

nashville-area chefs fight for wing supremacy at southern wing showdown

Two Nashville-area restaurants will travel to Atlanta in late August to fight for Middle Tennessee’s claim of wing supremacy at the big Southern Wing Showdown at The Fairmont on Sunday,…

hot dish: new on the atlanta food scene

Chef Kevin Gillespie’s much anticipated Cold Beer is now open along the Beltline next to the Edgewood bridge in the Edge mixed-used development. With an airy bar, a revolving menu…

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