AltWeeklies Wire
Walking tour about the food, history
Ronnie’s Country Store on the corner on the corner of Cherry and 6th streets in downtown Winston-Salem is closed on this Saturday afternoon, the green-carpeted, sidewalk risers picked clean of produce that morning, the last of the infamous country ham doled out for the day.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-13-2013 |
Food+Drink
The Dos and Don'ts of the Chinese Buffet
The Chinese buffet — all buffets, in fact — is a value proposition, costing a bit more than a regular lunch but if you do it right, you can get your money’s worth and then some.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-19-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Chinese Buffet
Corn-tastic creation pops out of Archdalenew
In early 2010, Chad Huskey was ready for a change. The now 35-year-old Thomasville native was growing tired of the computer repair business and was looking for something more fulfilling and something he would love.
YES! Weekly |
Charles Womack |
04-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Spanish Lessons in Downtown Winston-Salemnew
I took classroom Spanish for like six years, and I still suck at it.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
03-26-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: latin food winston-salem
Where Hot Dogs Become Haute Dogsnew
Hot dogs get no respect. You can buy them for a dollar on the street. They look like phalluses. Nobody takes them seriously.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
03-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: greensboro hot dog
Clams vs. Oysters in Winston-Salem
Pound for pound, Winston-Salem is the best food city in the Triad. That’s just an opinion, of course, but one informed by a decade of discriminatory eating in the area.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
A Real Taste of Home at Capra's in High Pointnew
I haven’t had Italian-style pork in forever, and the sandwich made me moan: thin-sliced, warm and spicy pork on a fine Italian sub roll.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
09-01-2011 |
Food+Drink
MJs gives contemporary take on the classicsnew
It goes well with white wine this time of year — a 2009 Valckenberg Gewurztraminer, perhaps, which manages to be both sweet and dry, both elegant and accessible, just like this restaurant.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-23-2011 |
Food+Drink
Mozelles Does it Fresh and Southernnew
Mozelle’s is no five-star joint — it’s far too casual and comfortable for that — but it has a degree of funkified class and artful presentation that has created a buzz among Greensboro locals.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-01-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Mozelle
How You Say 'Taco' in English...new
The fare is simple and traditional: tacos, tortas, quesadillas and gorditas, available with marinated pork (al pastor), tongue (lengua), chicken (pollo), chorizo sausage, pork rinds (chicharon), marinated steak (asada) or tripa.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
05-18-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Mexican
