The Pizza Peel closed on its deal today to put a second location into the former Kelly Tires spot in Plaza Midwood, says Will Bigham, and the menu will be similar to the Cotswold original. Plans call for keeping the building's exterior, adding to the back and putting in parking. "October-Novemberish," he says, "if everything goes as planned."
Monday, June 10, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Updated: Chef, Block & Grinder split
Chef Kent Graham is no longer with Block & Grinder, he said; after leaving the relatively new South Charlotte restaurant for personal reasons, he's taking a little time off, going on a back-roads culinary trip to Charleston, then figuring out what's next. "I'd love to find another restaurant to go into and still be part of the restaurant scene in this town ... It's fun, the direction: It's so vibrant." He said he's also looking at corporate work.
B&G owner Jed Kampe says the restaurant "won't be changing anything with regards to our philosophy and direction." The upcoming summer dinner menu will feature game -- elk, bison and venison over the course of the season -- and the already-up lunch menu includes lighter salads, new burgers and a crawfish roll and Cuban sandwich, among other additions. 2935 Providence Road; 704-364-2100.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
3rd annual Italian wine dinner at D'Vine
D'Vine Wine Cafe hosts its third annual family-style Italian wine dinner on June 13 for $49.99. Among the five courses are stuffed clams and mussels, with 2012 Cascina Chicco Arneis "Anterisio" Cru, Piemonte; chicken braised with tomato and pepperoncini, with housemade gnocchi and 2011 Ceralti "Scire" Super Tuscan; and veal Milanese with 2009 Pelissero Langhe IGT Nebbiolo, Piemonte. 14815 John J. Delaney Drive; reservations: 704-369-5050.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Honey up at the Ritz Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton uptown will have its first Summer Honey Festival this year: three months of events having to do with the 100,000 honeybees it hosts on its green roof, with the first honey harvest slated for June 20.
Offerings will include the Rooftop Honey Brandy Sour (sold at the Lobby Lounge and the 15th-floor Urban Sip); honey with the usual daily chocolate afternoon tea; and honey bread, complimentary with every weekend brunch at Bar Cocoa. Events will include lobby gelato socials and honey tastings each Friday and Saturday afternoon and Saturday morning rooftop tours for hotel guests. 704-547-2244; 201 E. Trade St.
The video was made in 2011 for Our State magazine, but you get a great look at the essential workings.
Wine dinners
ilios noche hosts an Italian wine dinner June 17, with five courses from guest chef and Milan native Piero Premoli and five wine pairings from northern Italy. Premoli, executive chef at Buckhead Life Group's Pricci in Atlanta, and has cooked from Paris to New York. Dinner is $80; 11508 Providence Road; 704-814-9882.
June 13, Blue hosts a Benziger dinner
with crisp softshell crab and 2011 Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc; pork Milanese
with 2009 Sonoma County Merlot; pepper-crusted Wagyu ribeye with mushroom/goat
cheese bread pudding and 2009 Tribute Sonoma Mountain Red Blend; and more.
$49.95; Hearst Plaza
Monday, June 3, 2013
Updated: Donut-bacon-egg sandwich? Yes!
Dunkin' Donuts is rolling out its new Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich nationally this Friday, but at least some Charlotte locations (I didn't call them all) already serve the new concoction: A split glazed donut with fried eggs and bacon.
It's 360 calories -- 30 fewer than Dunkin' Donuts' new turkey sausage breakfast sandwich aimed at those "eating right" (!) and 60 more than an Egg McMuffin -- and runs $3.29. (You can add cheese, too.)
UPDATE: For those concerned some people will think this isn't much worse for you than the "eating right" choice, let's clarify. The Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich has 20 grams of fat (14 in the donut), which is 30 percent of the daily recommended amount and includes 6 grams of saturated fat. The turkey sausage flatbread has 8 total fat grams (3 saturated).
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