Culinary News and Notes
John’s Country Kitchen closes John’s Country Kitchen closed on Saturday, May 30. Johnny and Maria Margiotis opened the establishment on Central Avenue 38 years ago; the business was most recently...
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Foodies unite at Futo Buta
Photo courtesy of Remy Thurston This is new and exciting. This is a culinary coup. Charlotte is experiencing a restaurant revolution that shows no signs of letting up. Case in point is one of the...
View ArticleCheckers & Rallys eyeing south Charlotte market
Cook Out and other fast-casual restaurants in the Charlotte area could soon have a new competitor: Checkers & Rallys. The Tampa, Florida-based restaurant has had its eye on the Charlotte market for...
View ArticleHigh-end catering company sets sights on Charlotte
It started in Great Britain and moved to Canada; now it’s looking to move to Charlotte. Anne Dickson and her husband, Alan, started PigOut Catering in Britain 15 years ago. The company eventually...
View ArticleEast Meck to host Gold Feathers dining experience
East Mecklenburg High School’s culinary arts program will host its annual five-star Gold Feathers dining experience on Wednesday, May 11. The meal will feature a Eagle House salad with strawberries and...
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Restaurant Scores for 7/29
Lowest scores Stone Mountain Grill, 15719 John J. Delaney Drive 28277 – 84 Violations included: No active control over cold holding and cooling methods; employee handled raw shrimp, changed gloves and...
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Celebrity chef encourages Charlotte Christian to eat healthy
Celebrity chef Jet Tila, who has served as a judge on “Cutthroat Kitchen” and “Chopped,” cooked up a batch of healthy recipes for Charlotte Christian School students last week that proved eating well...
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Private schools compete in cooking competition
Imagine you’re cooking vegetable fried rice and the only utensils you can use are chopsticks. That’s the circumstances Charlotte Latin School’s cooking team had to bear during the inaugural CTK...
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Chocolatiers take a trip to Italy
Susan Nido, of Nada’s Italy Tours, had always had a great relationship with The Secret Chocolatier. Nido would often purchase chocolates for various events and realized the Nada’s and Chocolatier could...
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Rise in teen veganism means making better food choices
When south Charlotte mom Elise Allistic’s daughter became vegan, she didn’t think her daughter would eventually become anemic and have more health problems. She realized her daughter wasn’t going about...
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