1. Price's Chicken Coop
2. Greg's Famous Bar-B-Q
3. The Penguin
4. Mert's Heart and Soul
5. IHOP
6. Restaurant y Taqueria La Unica (on Central)
7. Cousin James
8. Brooks Brothers
9. Landmark Diner
10. La Canasta Dominicana Restaurant
Five Neighborhoods Where Residents (not just hotel guests) Can Walk To Great Restaurants
1. Center City
2. Dilworth/Southend
3. Elizabeth
4. Myers Park/Eastover
5. Plaza Midwood
Five Places To Make A Meal Out Of The Appetizers
1. Cuisine Malaya
2. Vidalia & Grapes
3. Sole
4. Bombay Grille Indian Cuisine
5. Cabo Fish Taco
Best Places For Grits
1. Dish
2. John's Country Kitchen
3. Reid's (they sell Crooks)
4. Landmark Diner
Ten Great Wines (you can buy locally) For $15 Or Less
1. Chateau Souverain Chardonnay Sonoma County 2000
2. Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 1999 or 2000
3. Columbia Crest Chardonnay Columbia Valley Grand Estates 2000
4. Leonildo Pieropan Soave Classico Superiore 2001
5. Concha y Toro Merlot Marques de Casa Concha 1999 or 2000
6. Newton Special Cuvee 2001 Chardonnay
7. Landmark Chardonnay Courtyard 2000
8. Deloach Chardonnay 2001 California
9. E. Guigal Cotes du Rhone 2000
10. Castlerock Pinot Noir 2001 Carneros
Five Places To Spend Less Green On Fresh Greens
1. Charlotte Regional Farmers' Market, 1801 Yorkmont Road, 704-357-1269, Tuesday-Saturday, reopening March 18 and will now be open year round
2. Mecklenburg County Market, 1515 Harding Place, Wednesdays and Saturdays, year round
3. Matthews Community Farmer's Market, Trade Street, Matthews, 704-843-5182, Saturdays, May-October
4. Center City Green Market, off 7th Street, across from the Levine Museum of the New South, 704-332-2227, Saturdays, May 3-October 18, 2003
5. Kings Drive Farmers' Market, corner of Kings Drive & Morehead Street, Tuesdays and Fridays, April through October
Six Fun Food Events In Charlotte
1. Yiasou! (September 4-7, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, www.holytrinityclt.org)
2. Taste of the Nation (April 9, Wachovia Atrium, 704-376-1785)
3. Charlotte Shout Culinary Arts Pavilion (September 5-October 5, downtown, www.charlotteshout.com)
4. The Mallard Creek Barbecue (October 23, Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church,www.mallardcreekpresbyterian.org)
5. Wine dinners with the Charlotte Wine and Food Weekend (April 22-24, 2004, www.charlottewineandfood.com)
6. Boy Scout Pack 33 Annual Barbecue (on Superbowl Weekend, at the scout hut across from Sardis Presbyterian Church, 6100 Sardis Road)
