Five fast questions with departing RockSalt chef Jay Pierce
Chef Jay Pierce arrived on the Charlotte restaurant scene earlier this year with quite a bit of fanfare. He’d been the chef at Greensboro’s Lucky 32 where he’d become well known for his modern takes on...
View ArticleChopt opens in Charlotte today … or Monday
The Park Road Shopping Center is home to plenty of gems like Suarez Bakery and Flying Biscuit Café. But if you’ve driven by lately, you might have noticed a funky, modern sign hanging in between the...
View ArticleDid you know the county’s oldest farmers market is nestled in CMC’s main campus?
Who knew the county’s oldest farmers market was nestled among the buildings of Carolinas Medical Center‘s main campus? A green banner on the corner of East Morehead Street and Harding Place waves in...
View ArticleCharlotte bowling alleys, ranked from old school to trendy
I’m a bowling alley purist. I want my bowling alley to smell vaguely of stale beer and cigarettes, even though smoking indoors has been banned for years. I don’t need loud music and light shows, just...
View ArticleA look at Halloween decorations creeping into town
I’m fairly uninspired when it comes to holiday decorations. I presently have one tiny pumpkin perched on my stoop next to my pathetic plants to celebrate the onset of the holiday season. (See above.)...
View ArticleTotally not lame: Charlotte’s club scene in the ’80s
Going to the Pterodactyl Club was a rite of passage for me when I was a student at UNC Charlotte during the late ’80s. It was my first club scene. Music, clothes, makeup, attitude – they were all part...
View ArticleFive spectacles to see along Charlotte’s Thunder Road marathon course
With less than a month to go before runners swarm 26.2 miles of street in and around uptown for the 11th annual Thunder Road Marathon, the course has already been set and posted for viewing. Well,...
View Article10 things you MUST do around Charlotte in November
Sure, with the shorter days and cooler weather, it’s tempting to just keep your head down until Turkey Day. But this month in Charlotte is packed with fun activities and days you don’t want to miss....
View ArticleThe author of a new ‘Star Wars’ book went to school in Charlotte, and he’s...
On Sept. 4, 2014, Chuck Wendig tweeted: Dear Internet: I wanna write a licensed STAR WARS novel. Please make this happen. *squeezes Internet hard enough to make wishes fall out* — Chuck Wendig...
View ArticleA day-by-day guide to holiday events happening around Charlotte this year
You can feel the holiday spirit every day of the week with this day-by-day guide. Know of an event we missed? Let us know by emailing charlottefive@charlottefive.com. And bookmark this story as we’ll...
View ArticleChocolate lover? Four shops to satisfy your cravings
The Charlotte-area chocolate scene is in a sweet spot – not suffering from the over saturation plaguing other trendy food stores (cupcake bakeries and burger joints spring to mind). I visited four...
View ArticleRead local with these 12 Charlotte titles
Have a New Year’s resolution to read more books come January? Here are 12 of the top local titles about Charlotte, set in Charlotte (or the surrounding area) or written by Charlotte authors. Travel and...
View ArticleWhat does it take to adopt a city street?
As of now, volunteers have adopted 284.43 miles of city-maintained roads, according to Denise Coleman, neighborhood resource liaison for the city and Keep Charlotte Beautiful program manager. Last...
View ArticleThe 15 most spectacular Christmas light displays in Charlotte
Looking for the biggest, best Christmas lights around Charlotte? The folks behind Lights at the Quarter, whose display near PNC Music Pavilion is seriously amazing, shared this list with me. Lights at...
View ArticleCould there be a Battle of the Christmas Balls in our midst?
I recently saw my neighbor perched in a tree on E. Worthington Avenue in Dilworth. He was looping a string of white lights around a branch and pulling the wire through to suspend one bright Christmas...
View ArticleCharlotte’s first J.Crew Mercantile to open in late January in Park Road...
We recently wrote about how much is happening around the Park Woodlawn area of Charlotte. Here’s one thing happening: The J.Crew Mercantile store is “on track top open” the last week of January in the...
View ArticleForget cooking: Where to eat out on Christmas Day in Charlotte
The year we started the Chinese food for Christmas dinner tradition, I had forgotten to thaw the turkey. With no backup plan and it being too late to run to the grocery store, Bei Jing on South Blvd...
View Article9 ways to celebrate MLK Day this long weekend
Some of us will have a long weekend with Monday being a national holiday to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and life achievements. The City of Charlotte, Hands On Charlotte, and our...
View ArticleMove over, Thunder Road. Charlotte’s marathon has a new name
See ya later, Thunder Road. The city’s marathon is getting a new name. The marathon announced this morning that it’s changing its name to the Novant Health Charlotte Marathon, ditching the Thunder Road...
View ArticleLooking for a new fitness challenge? Apparently mountain running has become a...
The only mountain runner I have encountered in my life was the one sprinting past me up a rock face in the Scottish Highlands in 2010. Turns out the sport isn’t just some European thing. More than 80...
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