BLT Steak turns 5, gets visit from namesake and $5 lineup

Founding celeb chef Laurent Tourondel will pop in to BLT Steak to cook with chef de cuisine Ben Miles, and the place will offer a $5 lineup at dinnertime as well, on Sept. 26 and 27. On that specialty menu, for $5: all dinner appetizers (including shrimp cocktail, crabcake, tuna tartare and oysters from both coasts, by the half-done), all dinner desserts, a cocktail called the Apple Pie Old Fashioned, and select wines by the glass. 110 N. College St. in the Ritz-Carlton; reservations: 704-972-4380.