Category: Food & Drink

Royale

Royale Flush Moore Square’s French Bistro by Dean McCord photographs by Keith Isaacs It sounds like a pitch for a new sitcom: three relative strangers go to work at a brand new restaurant. After a couple of weeks, the owner…

Brewery Bhavana

BREWERY BHAVANA Homegrown abundance by Liza Roberts photographs by Keith Isaacs A first-time visitor to the new Brewery Bhavana on Moore Square might think they’ve entered an unusually atmospheric independent bookstore. Skylit shelves offer titles by local and world-renowned authors…

Summer Favorite: Cookout’s Watermelon Milkshake

SHAKE IT UP The gourmet drive-through frozen treat by Jessie Ammons A few favorite summer sippers: Iced tea; Arnold Palmers; Mint Juleps. Cook Out watermelon milkshakes. “At first, it seems like an odd combination, but it’s nice and sweet and…

Summer Cooking with Fanny Slater

SUMMER COOKING Fresh recipes from Fanny Slater by Fanny Slater photographs by Andrew Sherman As I pondered writing a summer food story for this magazine, I couldn’t ignore the pink elephant in the room. Not an actual elephant (he only…

Garland’s creative combinations

Hot Stuff Cheetie Kumar’s creative combinations   by Jessie Ammons photographs by Juli Leonard “Garlands are a very traditional Indian celebratory symbol. They’re reverent, they tie in different elements.” On a recent afternoon, chef Cheetie Kumar sat in Garland, the…

St. Roch Fine Oysters and Bar

Patron Saint of Oysters St. Roch Fine Oysters + Bar debuts   by Dean McCord photographs by Keith Isaacs St. Roch Fine Oysters + Bar, which opened on Wilmington Street in April, isn’t a typical New Orleans Creole or Cajun…

Level 7 Rooftop Bar

Top Notch Level 7 Rooftop Bar by Jessie Ammons photographs by Keith Isaacs Exit the elevator at the top floor of North Hills’ new AC Hotel Raleigh and you’ll enter a sleek lounge that feels a world away. Level 7…

Charlotte

About Time We Toasted the Queen City   text and photographs by Dean McCord Charlotte, why do we disdain thee? Why do we Raleighites act like you’re our dreary, plodding, putting-on-airs cousin? We pick on your street names (Queens Road,…

Sanctuary Vineyards

The Wright Stuff by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Brooke Mayo A trip to the Outer Banks via Highway 158 will take you through the hamlet of Jarvisburg, on Currituck Sound. It’s known to beach travelers who drop by the landmark…

The Right Mix: The Cardinal

“We want to do one thing well and that’s it. We’re not trying to be a restaurant or anything,” says Jason Howard, one of the three owner-founders of The Cardinal, a low-key bar on West Street near Glenwood South. But…

Sweet thing: lucettegrace

by Liza Roberts photographs by Keith Isaacs The macarons have their own fan club. Pink and blue and green and red and purple and toffee-hued, half a dozen varieties beckon like jewels from the cabinet at the downtown pastry shop lucettegrace….

Jubala Coffee

“I don’t look at it as an additional revenue stream as much as I look at it as an engaging tool for the community. That’s just as important.” –Andrew Cash, owner, Jubala Coffee by Jessie Ammons photograph by Travis Long Jubala Coffee…

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