Newk's Express Cafe has picked up 7 of the Charlotte Magazines "Best of the Best" awards including Best Overall Restaurant.  The BOBS award as they are known are voted on by the readers of the magazine.  Newks also won for Best Uptown Restuarant, Best Gluten

Laurel Market has recently closed.  Laurel was a neighborhood market and deli that specialized in making made-to-order sandwiches, salads and sides.  They also did catering and served beer and wine.  Restaurant Traffic hates to see these neighborhood place

As a Southern transplant from the Buckeye State, I've lived in North Carolina for more than a decade now and have assimilated quite nicely if I do say so myself. I request my tea sweet and will attach "ya'll" at the end of every sentence. There is one rite ofÂ

Chikadee's Cafe opened?? in Elizabeth this past month in the old Anderson's/Starbucks space.?? Our server Katie told us that some of the owners were part of the long time favorite Dikadee's restaurant so that explained the similar name.?? We found Chikadee's

Lulu's the Central Avenue favorite has opened on the Greenway along Kings Avenue.?? Lulu's owner Fabrice Dinonno said that he was pleased with the reception they have received and that business was good for only being open a short time.?? This satellite store

Brad's the sandwich shop brought to you by the people who own Fuel Pizza actually opened last week. RT was there Tuesday for the soft opening and can report the food is great. We sampled a couple of the feature sandwiches and were very impressed. Here was th

Brad's is a sandwich shop from the people who own the successful Fuel Pizza restaurant group is set to open in the Overstreet Mall next week. Overstreet is the bee hive within the skyscrapers Uptown that was modeled off the system in Minneapolis in order to s

Story Contributed by Charlie Williams LinkedIn HERE My favorite place to grab a bagel on Sunday morning is Owen's Bagel and Deli on South Boulevard in the Pavillion building. You could drive right past this place and not even see it, but on weekend mornings y

Mural by Jeremy Okai Davis Home Page HERE Awesome Mixed Media Blog HERE Another Mick's Picks story from contributing author Mick Marlier When I heard the news about Laurel Market in Myers Park featuring a trio of sandwiches created by The Avett Brothers cell

Ok, I know every Southerner lies awake at night hoping for more ideas about how we can be more like New York... Maybe not, but they do have a good idea when it comes to the local butcher shops, something Charlotte has lacked for as long as I have been traipsin