Helen Schwab on Dining

09/12/2020

I don’t post over here anymore but since you’re here: BLACK LIVES MATTER. Also, do you realize you need a black ballpoint pen, a witness and a careful eye for your absentee ballot? It’s really easy to screw it up and have your vote not count. Be careful! (Unless you disagree with the first statement, in which case, feel free to ignore the rest.)

11/25/2019

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03/01/2017

The comments, y'all.

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02/15/2017

Cool news.

Charlotte can claim two chefs nominated for James Beard Awards this year: Davidson’s Joe Kindred of Kindred – who was also nominated in 2016 – and ...

12/12/2016

Oh, by the way:

First Bite is a snapshot, not a full review, of a place that’s opened recently.

08/19/2016

More love for Kindred Restaurant, and ups for Death and Taxes, Buxton Hall, Local Provisions, Little Jack's and geographic (for us) outliers Sam Jones 'cue and PinPoint, too: http://www.southernliving.com/travel/2016-best-new-restaurants. Weigh in on the ones you know ...

We hit the road to discover the hottest tables across the region right now. For this year’s roster of the South’s best new restaurants, writer and eater extraordinaire Jennifer V. Cole spent over two months logging thousands of miles back and forth across the region to eat more meals than any human…

07/25/2016

Sorry to hear this (and many Charlotte diners will identify the place just by this photo): I linked to my 2002 review, when it was doing things no one else around was doing...

French restaurant had change in ownership about a year ago.

07/13/2016

Y'all won't believe this, but up North as a kid, I actually had to fight people who said MIRACLE WHIP was better than Hellmann's.

There’s a lot of trash talk about mayonnaise around here, people. There’s the Southern favorite, Duke’s. And the mainstream favorite, Hellmann’s.

07/06/2016

This is fun. “I gotta go, Frank, the Secret Service is here and they’re frisking everybody.” The staff selfies are hilarious.

Obama, Clinton’s ‘unscheduled stop’ for barbecue surprised, delighted staff, says owner

04/04/2016

What's coming to South End? What else?

03/24/2016

In which I peek at Comida:

First Bites is a look at restaurants that have opened recently, not a full-fledged review.

03/15/2016

Beard Awards are not exactly googly-eyed about the Carolinas today, as finalists for restaurant awards are announced: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/restaurants/helen-schwab-blog/article66146732.html