Food
Food
-
A Taste of the Philippines: Palengke and Ubeland Bring Colorful Filipino Flavors to Plaza Midwood
By Cameron Lee May 22, 2025 Palengke — the Filipino word for open-air market — is a vital part of the Philippines’ cultural and economic fabric, where fresh, locally sourced goods meet the pulse of community and commerce. This weekend, that vibrant energy comes to...
By CLTure -
Keith Lee is bringing his popular Family Food Tour to Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, and Charleston
By Cameron Lee May 10, 2025 Popular MMA fighter-turned-social media sensation Keith Lee is bringing his viral Family Food Tour to the Carolinas for the very first time. Starting this month, Lee will visit Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, and Charleston to explore and review family-owned restaurants...
By CLTure -
NoDa Asian Food Truck Rally to Celebrate AAPI Month with Neighborhood’s Largest Gathering of Asian Food Vendors on May 18
By CLTure May 8, 2025 CLTure is partnering with the Carolinas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Crown Station, Divine Barrel Brewing, CLT Asian Eats, and MELO THC Seltzer to host the largest Asian food truck rally in NoDa, celebrating AAPI Month and supporting local businesses...
By CLTure -
Charlotte and Raleigh will celebrate their first Asian Restaurant Week to kick off AAPI Heritage Month
By Cameron Lee May 2, 2025 Photo: Anise Pho (Raleigh) For decades in North Carolina, many authentic Asian-owned restaurants lacked a significant online presence. Staple Asian eateries in major metro areas like Charlotte and Raleigh — often family-owned and operated — have traditionally relied on...
By CLTure -
Korean Restaurant Guide: Charlotte has a growing number of Korean food and beverage options
By Beth Mack January 15, 2025 (updated) More and more Korean restaurants have emerged in cities across the country, and Charlotte is catching on. With crispy fried chicken and bulgogi being some of the more ubiquitous dishes, the cuisine’s growing popularity in the American South...
By CLTure -
NoDa Restaurant Guide
By Beth Mack July 23, 2024 Constructed as a village for textile mills in the early 1900s, then revitalized as an arts district in the early ‘90s following decades of desolation after the mills were sold, NoDa, is known as one Charlotte’s most vibrant neighborhoods....
By CLTure -
Charlotte Vietnamese Restaurant Guide: Our Favorite Spots in the City
By Beth Mack May 17, 2023 (updated) A country’s cuisine is heavily influenced by its geography, terrain, climate, and history. Vietnam, a vastly coastal, rural country in Southeast Asia is no exception. With China encompassing its Northern border, Laos and Cambodia to the west, and...
By CLTure -
A Complete Guide to the Best Asian Grocery Stores in Charlotte
By Beth Mack January 18, 2022 (updated) The Charlotte area is home to a sizable, growing population of Asians. In tandem, the vast flavors and dishes that can be found in Asian cuisine have consistently been featured in up-and-coming food trends. Lucky for us, not...
By CLTure -
An updated guide to the best Charlotte-area farmers markets
By Beth Mack May 27, 2021 (updated) As the days get longer and temperatures start to heat up, Charlotte’s farmers markets start to blossom, boasting North Carolina’s agricultural bounty. From the warm sands of the coast to the cool clay soil of the mountains and...
By CLTure -
Charlotte Mediterranean Restaurant Guide: Flavors are vast, and so are the options in Charlotte
By Beth Mack May 12, 2021 (updated) On the surface, Mediterranean cuisine may seem pretty straightforward to most Americans, but it’s more complex than that. Mediterranean cuisine is not the product of a specific culture or country. Rather, it’s a result of the culinary trends...
By CLTure
