A couple months back I was sitting at the bar in Cosmos Cafe in the Robinson Farm development when the bartender and guy next to me started talking about a new pub going in over by Toast. The weeks passed by and nothing happened until one day on my way to wor

"Hey look kids, there's Big Ben, and there's Parliament." My mind is no longer capable of separating two of London's most visited landmarks without replaying clips from National Lampoon's European Vacation and hearing the voice of Clark W. Griswold Junior. Eve

Hickory Tavern's CharBar No. 7 is going to open it's second location in Mckee Farms in Matthews.  CharBar is a casual dining experience that is known for their cooking their meats on a 1700 degree oven which locks in the flavor.  They have an extensive beer

Restaurant Traffic spotted NASCAR driver Jimmy Johnson and former NFL star and now current ESPN analyst Jason Seahorn enjoying a night out on the town this past Thursday at Selwyn Avenue Pub in Myers Park.  We were up there for Natty Greene's launch of their

The Blind Pig in Noda is the latest bar to open in the popular neighborhood.  No food is served here but there is plenty to do.  We went in to check out the Beer Ball Machines which are basically Skee Ball Machines which you can win prizes by rolling high s

Story from Toby Partridge. Maybe they don't want you to wear a kilt at the bar every time, but they would like you to try some of their enormous whiskey selection... Molly Macpherson's HOME PAGE HERE Molly MacPherson's Scottish Pub & Grill opened in the f

Andy Henson has reopened his popular restaurant/bar Angry Ale's (Home Page HERE) after a kitchen fire shut it down for a couple of months. He could not have timed it any better with the weather of late. The large patio right on Montford Drive was packed the

When Al (The muscle behind the day to day operations at Whiskey Warehouse) invited me to the Abita Beer Dinner at Whiskey Warehouse to celebrate Fat Tuesday, I jumped at it. I have been hearing about the beer dinners they host in the back room of Whiskey for

Ok...Anyone that knows me, knows that my favorite comedy of all time is The Big Lebowski. So when I saw a restaurant going in on East Boulevard called Lebowski's (Home Page HERE), I knew I would have to check it out. Then I learned that it is the same owner

  Story from Contributing Writer Toby Partridge. Check out Toby's blog HERE and follow her on Twitter @DomesticToby Ed's tavern is a legend in its own time and a favorite local hang out. The inside is the perfect combination of worn wood surfaces, expose