Burger King is celebrating 55 years in business by selling the iconic Whopper for 55 cents over the next three days.  When you buy a Whopper at the regular price you can get a 2nd one for 55 cents.  The deal is only valid for December 6-9 so hurry.  So hea

Picante Mexican Grill opened this week at 1500 West Morehead next to the Burger Company and right across the street from Pinky's.  This gives the Westside a nice little restaurant scene.  Picante reminded us of Chipotle Mexican Grill from the decor down to t

Your Grim Eater: I apologize to the Restaurant Traffic faithful for an extended, albeit expected delay. Please forgive my absence. No I didn't nuke the fridge and bail on my duties at RT.  For Big Mama is back to being Lil' Mama which means we've had our time

Mick's Pick's:  Like much of Charlotte, I was disheartened by the divestiture and decline of the once great, and now mythic, Penguin Drive-In. But as William Butler Yeats wrote, "Things fall apart/ the center cannot hold," and as most of us know a break-up c

Mick's Picks: On October 26th, two of the world's most celebrated culinary personalities stop in Charlotte as part of their stage show "Good Vs. Evil: An Evening With Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert." Now why the hell it is called Good vs. Evil beats the piss

Mick's Picks: Since 1960, Bar-B-Que King Drive-In Restaurant off Wilkinson has remained a Westside institution. Little if anything looks as if it has changed at this drive-in for over fifty years. The Googie-style sign harkens back to the Space Race and the b

A few years back, if you told me you were going over to Freedom Drive for dinner, I would assume you had an appetite for trouble. Now you have The Burger Company and Pinky's West Side Grill on the same block. Notice the classic bug on the roof, they fought har