Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill will celebrate the chain reaching it's 6th anniversary today at their University location.  Bikinis gets its name because the all female wait staff wears bikini tops hence their motto, "Sports with a view."  They will have $6

Quaker Steak & Lube is having their Grand Opening Party today starting at 3 pm.  They are taking over the former Joe's Crab Shack space.  Quaker is known for it's motor themed interiors and for their wings which can be ordered several different ways. 

To be honest we did not know that Sidekicks Sports & Spirits even existed until on a recent lunch we stumbled upon it.  131 Main opened it in their former wine bar.  Sports sells better than high end wine bars.  Sidekicks was also a casualty of the rec

  Duckworth's is going to open their 3rd store in the Ballantyne area November 1st.   Ballantyne's craft beer scene will never be the same.  They are going to have 80 beers on tap plus a beer engine.  Owner Rob Duckworth knows his beer. Here is a lo

Raleigh based Carolina Ale House opens today in Uptown Charlotte across from the Epicenter.  This is restauranteur Lou Moshako's 16th Ale House location.  They are also in negotiations to open an Ale House in Gastonia.  The Charlotte location has over 250

On a recent trip to Atlanta I had the good fortune to attend a celebration of one of Taco Mac's Brewniversity members 2000th beer.?? I met TM CEO Bob Campbell at The Fred Bar shown above. Here is Bob who was the 2010 Georgia Restaurateur of the Year.?? The F

Charlotte's biggest baddest sports bar, Taco Mac is bringing their game to the University area in the former Texas Land and Cattle building at 517 University Center Boulevard.?? This one will be slightly smaller than their flagship Southpark store but will st

The popular Atlanta based sportsbar Taco Mac is close to finishing store #2 here in the Carolina's. Restaurant Traffic got a behind the scenes tour this past week. We had to wear a hardhat, but luckily nobody asked us to help build anything. The signature la

Future Restaurant Traffic Writer Finley Tschirhart You probably already know that Taco Mac is Charlotte's biggest sports bar. You might not know that they are currently building their 2nd store in the University Area. RT will get up there in the next few weeks

Sometimes things are so simple that you can't believe you did not think of it yourself. My wife and kids went to Southpark's Taco Mac (Generally referred to in our home as king of sports bars) and ordered the Fiesta Chicken Nachos. Great menu item if you have