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Got dinner plans for tomorrow night? A group of Durham restaurants have launched a weekly Thursday night Small Plate Crawl, which lets you say "yes—and . . ."
Matthew Lardie has the details. https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Durham-Restaurants-Launch-a-Thrusday-Small-Plate-Crawl?c=social&s=fb
Say,
Think rosé is just a summertime wine? Matt Lardie says think again. It's perfect for enjoying year-round—even on a cool winter day.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Why-You-Should-Be-Drinking-Ros-Even-In-Winter?c=social&s=fb
A wine for all seasons
Robert Moss doen't have any recs for where to find chicken wings this weekend, but you can catch up on all the food and beverage news of the week with the latest Carolina Dine Around.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolina-Dine-Around--February-11-2022?c=social&s=fb
Open containers, food halls, and a little tomfoolery
In this week's Carolina Dine Around, Robert Moss notes pandemic-era rebrandings and a lot more doughnuts for Charlotte plus new restaurant openings in Charleston and the Triangle.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolina-Dine-Around-January-28-2022?c=social&s=fb
Pandemic rebrandings and a deluge of doughnuts
Is change brewing in the coffee world? Eric Ginsburg heads to Greensboro to visit Loom Coffee Co., which hopes to turn the industry upside down.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/These-Greensboro-Coffee-Roasters-Want-to-Turn-the-Industry-Upside-Down?c=social&s=fb
Brewing change
It's time for this week's Carolina Dine Around, and it's a special Restaurant Week (or Weeks) edition! Plus Rock the Block is back from Home Team BBQ of Charleston, SC and canned bagels are trending in Charleston.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolina-Dine-Around--January-14?c=social&s=fb
Weeks of Restaurant Week, Rocking the Block, and more
Cary was long snubbed by Raleighans and Durhamites as the fast food and chain-laden Containment Area for Relocated Yankees, but now, Debbie Moose argues, you can dine and drink quite well in downtown Cary.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Dining-Well-in-Downtown-Cary?c=social&s=fb
Yes you can
It's time for the final Carolina Dine Around of 2021, and in this week's edition, Robert Moss helps you digest the recent spate of "Best of 2021" and "Year in Review" stories with his exclusive "Round Up of Round Ups."
Feat. Matthew Lardie, St. Roch Fine Oysters + Bar, Seabird Restaurant, Berkeley’s, Osteria Georgi, Tesoro & more
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolina-Dine-Around--December-31-2021?c=social&s=fb
A Round Up of Round Ups
Up next: Robert Moss answers 9 simple questions about Hopping John: everything you need to know about this essential Carolina dish for New Year's, like should you spell it with or without the G? And where did it get that funny name from, anyway?
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/9-Simple-Questions-About-Hopping-John?c=social&s=fb
Everything you need to know about a Carolina icon for New Year's
What lies ahead for the dining scene in the Triangle? Matthew Lardie talked to 6 F&B professionals about their hopes and concerns for the year to come. Featuring Co**se Reviver Cocktail Bar, Garland, Mateo, St. James Seafood Restaurant and Raw Bar, Vidrio, and more.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/2022-Looking-Forward?c=social&s=fb
Permanent changes and a blurry horizon
Looking to catch up on all the dining news you missed while celebrating the holidays? A special post-Christmas edition of the Carolina Dine Around just arrived, featuring a decade at The Grocery and more thoughts on the would-be Raleigh BBQ boom plus news from The Royal American, Holeman and Finch Asheville, and more.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolina-Dine-Around--December-26?c=social&s=fb
Tenth anniversaries and a rather tepid boom
When schools in the Triangle area switched to remote learning, tens of thousands of students lost out on free or affordable cafeteria meals. Eric Ginsburg profiles the Spinning Plate, an innovative free food truck created by Inter-Faith Food Shuttle to address the need.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/An-Unconventional-Food-Truck?c=social&s=fb
Spinning plates and serving a need
It's official: the Southeastern Dispatch now has its own signature holiday punch! It's the handiwork of Joe Schwartz at The Federal in Durham and, as appropriate for a Carolinas-focused publication, incorporates the limited edition Holiday Punch from Drink Cheerwine. Check out the recipe.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Ring-in-the-Holidays-with-Punch?c=social&s=fb
December spirits
It's time for this week's Carolina Dine Around, the digest of the latest food news from around the Carolinas. This week, Robert F. Moss declares that the Era of the Restaurateur is here. Feat. Edmunds Oast, Brasserie La Banque, Maya Charleston, and The Obstinate Daughter
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolina-Dine-Around--December-17-2021?c=social&s=fb
Restaurateurs rising
Whether you're gathering at home with family or out at a bar with friends, Matt Lardie says, consider making punch part of your celebration. Feat. Co**se Reviver Cocktail Bar, The Federal, Dine at Lenoir & Husk Restaurant
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Ring-in-the-Holidays-with-Punch?c=social&s=fb
December spirits
This week's Carolina Dine Around is here, with a lot of dining in old churches and birria everywhere. In the news this week: Taco Boy, Home Team BBQ of Charleston, SC, Maria's Mexican Restaurant, Supperland and more
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolina-Dine-Around--December-3-2021?c=social&s=fb
The Holy Church of Birria
We're often asked by friends and family to you recommend a few good restaurants in Charleston. There's no shortage of worthy candidates, but here is our new Short List of the 20 Must-Visit Charleston restaurants. Featuring Charleston Grill, Chez Nous, Chubby Fish, Delaney Oyster House, Edmund's Oast & many more
https://southeasterndispatch.com/finders/Charleston-Short-List?c=social&s=fb
Holy City essentials
Booze for breakfast in Charleston and no reservations in the Triangle: it's time for the Carolina Dine Around, our digest of the food and beverage news of the week.
Feat. The Longboard - Sullivan's Island ️, Brasserie La Banque, Crawford Cookshop, Queeny's, and Jack Tar and The Colonel's Daughter
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Carolinas-Food-News-Round-Up--December-3?c=social&s=fb
Cocktails and bagels for breakfast with no reservations required
Ever wonder why South Carolina liquor stores have red dots on their signs?
https://www.southeasterndispatch.com/features/Why-Do-Liquor-Stores-Have-Red-Dots?c=social&s=fb
A literal South Carolina icon
Brasserie La Banque begins dinner service next Tuesday at the corner of Broad and East Bay. Robert Moss says its traditional brasserie menu is a throwback in more ways than one.
https://www.southeasterndispatch.com/features/Brasserie-la-Banque-Is-Opening-Next-Week-with-Traditional-French-Fare?c=social&s=fb
Taking it to the bank
Looking for some non-alcoholic options as we head into the season of holiday cheer? Matthew Lardie says there are a wealth of zero-proof beverages available these days. (Feat. Barcelona Wine Bar, Burnt Church Distillery, and Da Kine's Kava)
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Non-alcoholic-Drinks-for-the-Holidays?c=social&s=fb
Zero-proof and full of flavor
Back in August, Ashley Christensen and Kaitlyn Goalen of AC Restaurants took a break, shutting down all their restaurants (including Poole's Diner Death & Taxes, Pooleside Pies, and Beasley's Chicken + Honey) for a full week. Eric Ginsburg asks, would they do it all over again?
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Ashley-Christensen-Restaurants-Took-a-Mental-Health-Week-But-Would-They-Do-It-Again
Breaking the flow
The inaugural Holy Smokes Barbecue Festival brought two dozen pitmasters and more than 3,100 guests to the Lowcountry for an afternoon of barbecue and music.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Holy-Smokes-Lowcountry-Barbecue-Festival
Smokin' on the Ashley
Think hushpuppies were originally thrown to dogs to hush them up? Think again, Robert Moss says. They're a native Carolina treat first known as "red horse bread."
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/The-Real-History-of-Hushpuppies-a-Carolina-Born-Treat
No barking dogs required
Is the chef's tasting menu an outdated mode of excess or a path forward in fine dining? Robert Moss dives into carefully crafted experiences (including those at Zero Restaurant + Bar, Bardo, Wild Common, and Charleston Grill) and finds much that still resonates, especially today
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Are-Tasting-Menus-the-Future-of-Fine-Dining-in-the-Carolinas
Craving curated experiences
Next up for the Dispatch: Matthew Lardie goes to bat for North Carolina wines, which not nearly enough of us are exploring these days . . .
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Where-oh-where-is-the-North-Carolina-wine
Right here—and you should be drinking it now
Org news out of Oxford: John T. Edge stepping aside as director of the Southern Foodways Alliance
https://southeasterndispatch.com/features/Southern-Foodways-Alliance-Announces-Leadership-Change
Last week Kathleen Purvis filed a report from the Southern Foodways Symposium, the annual gathering of the Southern Foodways Alliance in Oxford, Mississippi. In her piece she recounts some of the criticism that the organization and its founder and executive director, John T. Edge, have been navigati...
We're launching our new series of City Guides here at the Southeastern Dispatch, and 1st out of the gate is Charleston. Robert Moss gets us started by looking back at the restaurants we lost in the past 2 years and their impact on the dining scene.
https://southeasterndispatch.com/finders/The-Ones-We-Lost?v=2
The pandemic, shifting tastes, and industry trends took their toll on Charleston dining
Is it wrong that we are looking forward to "bog weather"?
Thank you to of for writing in both about food special to the midlands, and our chicken bog in particular! We’re definitely heading into bog weather for the next several months - perfect time to come try this warm hug on a plate.
Indian Land, SC
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