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Food - A Feeding Frenzy at the Farmers Market |
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Written by Sheila Saints
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“If everyone in the United States ate just one meal per week based on organic, locally grown ingredients, that would save our country over one million barrels of oil every week.” --Barbara Kingsolver |
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Nightlife - Out Late in Uptown |
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Written by Andy Graves
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On a balmy Monday night I found myself at 300 East, a restaurant-slash-bar located, sensibly enough, right where it ought to be: at 300 East Boulevard. (Before you roll your eyes, please consider that the Fairview Grill is not on Fairview Road—although I hear it used to be—and that Thomas Street Tavern is situated on Thomas Avenue; apparently there is no Thomas Street. You’ll agree that these bits of happy weirdness fit the haphazard street-naming scheme of Charlotte quite nicely.) I was meeting a friend, Michelle, for a late dinner. |
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Food - Pork Breakfast in the City that Loves it |
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Written by Kailie Bennett
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When you arrive at The Coffee Cup, the first thing you see is a humble building with a modest sign: Good Food. Reasonable Prices. First opened in 1935, this soul food landmark has given us the fatback, biscuits and red-eye gravy that Charlotteans have come to love. Its not chic or high dollar, but it could not be more honest. Filled seats and a petition from Mecklenburg citizens to stop its demolition make me a believer that this place serves as a beloved meeting place where people from all steps in the social strata can gather for a hot and hearty breakfast. |
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Food - High Tea in South End |
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Written by Catherine Rabb
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Wayne Powers is in the midst of a very interesting life. He is, to name just a few of his passions, a successful professional actor, musician, and author, and he loves a good cup of tea. It was his desire for tea, and lack of a good local cup, that led him to open TEA-ReX, Charlotte’s first tearoom, a decade ago. |
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