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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Events Upcoming: Father's Day BBQ Brunch at Mimosa Grill
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:58 AM
If my dad lived in Charlotte, I'd take him here. BBQ brunch sounds so yummy.
Make your reservations now for Mimosa Grill's Father's Day BBQ Brunch on Sunday, June 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Only $18.95 adults/$12.95 kids 12 and under.
Here's the menu:
Assorted Breakfast Pastries
Muffins, Bagels, Croissants,
Danish and Sweet Breads
Chilled Picnic Salads
Marinated Cucumber and Tomato Salad
with Fresh Mozzarella
Roasted Corn and Shell Bean Salad
Southern Mustard Potato Salad
Local Mixed Lettuce
with Roasted Lemon Vinaigrette
Petit Iceberg Wedge
with Crumbled Blue Cheese Dressing
Breakfast Fare
Cast Iron Roasted Potatoes
with Roasted Bell Peppers
and Vidalia Onions
Applewood Smoked Bacon
and Maple Sausage
Prosciutto and Egg Pie
with Shaved Sweet Athena Melon
Omlettes Made to Order
Slow Smoked in House
Barbecue Chicken
Beef Brisket
Cedar Plank Salmon
St. Louis Ribs
Mini Hamburger
& Pulled Pork Sliders
Carolina Shrimp Skewers
Side Items
Baked Beans
Carolina Cole Slaw
Silver Queen Creamed Corn
Smoked Tomato Mac and Cheese
Slow Cooked Local Collard Greens
Desserts
Local Peach Cobbler
Macerated Strawberries
with Almond Pound Cake
Mini Blue Berry Pies
Mini Pecan Tarts
Peanut Butter Brownie
They'll also be featuring Sam Adams Draft for only $2
Call now for reservations 704-343-0700. Mimosa Grill is located at 327 S. Tryon St.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Three-Course Spiel Gailya Cherry's famous tomatoes
Posted By Christian Yoder on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:37 PM
For 36 years Gailya Cherry has been coming to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market every Friday and Saturday to sell her corn, squash, onions, and best of all, her tomatoes. People come from all over the area to buy her famous tomatoes, which she says are some of the only homegrown tomatoes that can be found during the summer. Although times have been rough lately, Cherry has not been deterred. Her consistency makes her a favorite at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market, and if you take a trip down that way, be sure to check out her wares.
Creative Loafing: How far you drive to get here?
Gailya Cherry: Denver, N.C. That’s where the farm’s at. We raise horses out there. About 65 of them.
What sells best out here?
Tomatoes. That’s the most popular. We sell them $1.69 a pound. We ought to charge more than that but other people have them out here and if you charge too high, people notice. People look at prices. But we’ve been coming so long that people know that we have the best homegrown tomatoes in the summer, so they’ll pay. They pay a $1.69 rather than pay $.99 and have them shipped from somewhere.
Looks like you have a lot of stuff here. Does the Farmers Market provide you with tables?
Well, most of the stuff we’re able to store since the beginning of the season. But most is our stuff. The Farmers Market only provides one table per vendor.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Food News South Park eatery scores 82
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Um. Yuck.
The Charlotte Observer reports:
The inspection report for Maki of Japan in the food court shows food debris on utensils that were supposed to be clean, and no hand soap anywhere in the store.Inspectors also noted that eggs, chicken and beef were all stored at the wrong temperature.
Maki of Japan scored an 82.
Food News Restaurant News: Amélie's, Toast Café
Posted By Tricia Childress on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM
• Amélie's... a French Bakery, 2424 N. Davidson St., is now open 24/7. New onboard are Crystal Dempsey and event promoter Larken Egleston, who will be responsible for Amélie's nighttime operations.
• Toast Café in Huntersville, 100 Huntersville-Concord Road, is open for dinner from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturdays this summer. The dinner menu includes grilled marinated pork chop with a goat cheese grit cake, and sesame seared tuna with wasabi mashed potatoes. Toast Café in Davidson and Huntersville are open seven days a week for breakfast and lunch.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Food News / Events / free food Free samples of Ciao Bella
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Good news, everyone!
Ciao Bella is sending out their "Gelato Mobiles" this summer to hand out free samples of their delicious gelatos, ice creams, and sorbets at retailers on the East and West coasts.
Over the next two weeks, Ciao Bella will be in Charlotte handing out samples at Harris Teeter stores. The 3.5 oz. samples come with a cute little spoon under the lid, and come in the flavors blood orange sorbet, mango sorbet, lemon sorbet, Tahitian vanilla gelato, and chocolate hazelnut gelato.
I got a couple samples when we raided the G' mobile down at a Harris Teeter in Ballantyne last week. The cups of frozen heaven were totally cute and totally indulgent (well, the creamy gelatos were, sorbets are guilt-free).
Check out the schedule below to get your free sample(s). You know where you'll find me over the next couple weeks... with roller skates on trailing behind the trucks by a rope.
6/12/2009
Harris Teeter
4101 Park Rd. Charlotte, NC
11am – 2pm
6/12/2009
Harris Teeter
8538 Park Rd Charlotte, NC
4pm - 7pm
6/13/2009 Harris Teeter
11516 Providence Rd. Charlotte, NC 28277
11am – 2pm
6/13/2009
Harris Teeter
10616 Providence Rd. Charlotte, NC 28277
4pm - 7pm
6/14/2009
Harris Teeter
7823 Colony Rd. Charlotte, NC 28266
11am – 2pm
6/14/2009
Harris Teeter
8600 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28213
4pm - 7pm
6/17/2009
Harris Teeter
112 South Sharon Amity Charlotte, NC 28211
11am – 2pm
6/17/2009
Harris Teeter
1015 Providence Rd. Charlotte, NC 28207
4pm - 7pm
6/18/2009
Earth Fare
12235 N. Community House Rd Charlotte, NC
11am – 2pm
6/18/2009
Fresh Market
4223 Providence Rd. Charlotte, NC
4pm - 7pm
6/19/2009
Speedway Children’s Charities Race Night
Charlotte, NC
7pm
Food News Food news: The Other White Meat Tour, CSA
Posted By Tricia Childress on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:00 PM
• On June 8, following The Other White Meat® Tour, the National Pork Board donated 530 pounds — or 2,650 meals — of pork to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.
• A Charlotte area farm is being featured on national news: On Friday, June 12, NBC affiliates may air a story about CSA (Consumer Supported Agriculture). Crews filmed at New Town Farms in Waxhaw and at Berrybrook Farm in Dilworth, one of the pick-up places for the members.
Food News Restaurant news: Max's Ally, Providence Café
Posted By Tricia Childress on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:17 AM
• Max’s Ally, 355 John Galt Way in Afton Village, welcomes back Executive Chef Brendon Murphy who was responsible for the original menu. Murphy, a Johnson & Wales University graduate who also co-hosted the PBS food show Fingerprints with his brother, plans to utilize local ingredients on his new summer menu.
• Providence Café, 110 Perrin Place, has a $19.95 prix fixe theater menu available before or after performances at the Blumenthal or Ovens. The menu includes a choice of grilled mahi mahi with roasted pineapple salsa; pulled pork barbecue with southern slaw; roasted half chicken with scallion cream gravy whipped potatoes; blackened chicken penne pasta in a gorgonzola cream sauce, and angel hair primavera with artichoke hearts, grape tomatoes, spinach, kalamata olives, portobello mushroom, in a white wine sauce.
Events Upcoming: 2nd annual BBQ and Pig Pickin'
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:14 AM
The Arthouse Center for Creative Expression Invites you to their 2nd Annual BBQ and Pig Pickin', a fundraiser for the organization.
This event, perfect for the family with games, food and music, goes down Saturday, June 13 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Food will be served until 4 p.m.
BBQ or Chicken Plate plus a drink $7
Hamburgers $2
Hot Dogs $1
Drinks $1
Plus, original art for sale !
The Arthouse
3103 Cullman Ave.
704-962-9700
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Samantha Webster
Posted By Web Editor on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Samantha Webster was born and raised in a small, Southern North Carolina town that not even the greatest writer could dream up. She spent the majority of her teenage years driving all over the Carolinas to see bands perform, subsequently earning her the nickname of “Band Aide” and gaining her the friendships of a gaggle of band boys. When it came time for her to pursue a college degree, her love of live music landed her in Charlotte at UNCC, where she struggled to decide between focusing on her writing or art. She finally made her mind up and is now dangerously close to obtaining her BFA in Illustration with a double minor in English and Art History.
Christian Yoder
Posted By Web Editor on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Christian Yoder is an editorial intern for Creative Loafing hailing from Monroe, NC. Yoder is a rising senior at UNC-Chapel Hill where he studies Journalism and Mass Communication. His previous journalism experience includes working for The Daily Tar Heel, Carolina’s independent student newspaper, and performing digital media work for student organizations around campus. Yoder has a passion for digital photography and film, and you’ll be hard pressed to find him without a camera in his hand or around his neck. He contributes to the Eat My Charlotte blog where he writes the Three-Course Spiel, as well as photography for Creative Loafing’s nightlife blog QC After Dark. Yoder hopes to make human-interest documentaries around the world after graduation.
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Recipe: Rose Water Tea Cookies 1
Cookies, tea and shouting. In that order. Ascending order.
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Dish on this: Charlotte-based chefs join ACF Culinary Team USA 2016
As fall approaches, local chefs prepare for a culinary battle in Germany.
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Recipe: Pomegranate Gingerbread Granola
Breakfast logic: Things that are crunchy are good. Granola is crunchy. Therefore, it is good.
