Il Bosco Ristorante & Bar in Davidson has renovated its kitchen and added morning coffee and pastries. David Batty has a report. Also below: an anniversary special coming up at area Melting Pots, and results of the Ada Jenkins Center’s Fire BBQ competition. Also, new dinner menu at Flatiron Kitchen. Read the full story
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Il Bosco adds morning coffee; specials at Melting Pot
Posted on 03 October 2012.
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‘Fire’ BBQ fest seeks entrants; Lucky Dog now open
Posted on 08 August 2012.
Got skill on the grill? Enter the Ada Jenkins Center’s 2012 “Fire” barbecue cook off and fundraiser on Sept. 29 in Davidson. Meanwhile, dog lovers take note: The Lucky Dog, a new dog-bar on Statesville Road in Cornelius opened its doors Tuesday night. And Wooden Stone gallery in Davidson is hosting a series of cooking classes with chef Vera Samuels. Details below. Read the full story
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Gardeners help get local food to the needy
Posted on 20 June 2012.
Davidson College students Katie Cheatham (left) and Liz Engle helped out at the Davidson Community Garden this spring.
On the PlanCharlotte.org page at UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute this week, writer Amber Veverka takes a look at two Charlotte groups that are helping to get fresh, local food to those who don’t live near or shop at a farmer’s market. Sow Much Good and Friendship Gardens are both in the midst of growing, she writes.
Here in north Mecklenburg, we’d also take note of the Davidson Community Garden off Potts Street. The volunteer-run garden was organized a couple of years ago by Davidson United Methodist Church, and donates a portion of its produce to the Loaves & Fishes food pantry at nearby Ada Jenkins Center. Read the full story
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Join us for Oktoberfest at Flatiron, help Ada Jenkins
Posted on 05 October 2011.
David will wear this hat, and Lederhosen, in a fund-raiser for Ada Jenkins Center at Flatiron Kitchen Thursday night. (Christina Ritchie Rogers/DavidsonNews.net)
Join us for Octoberfest at Flatiron Kitchen Thursday night, Oct. 6, 8-10 p.m., where David Boraks of DavidsonNews.net and CorneliusNews.net will be guest-bartending in this hat — and Lederhosen. (That’s leather fancy pants, for all you English-only types.) Just picture him in Lederhosen. What a sight! Come poke fun, poke fun, take his picture – and feed the tip jar.
All tips go to the Ada Jenkins Center, a regional community services center on Davidson’s West Side. Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse is at 215 S. Main St. in downtown Davidson.
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Barbecue entries win at Ada Jenkins festival
Posted on 06 May 2011.
Chef Tia Bazzelle of Mert's Heart & Soul restaurant in downtown Charlotte adds the sauce to her barbecue entry in the Ada Jenkins "Fire" BBQ festival and fund-raiser in Davidson April 30. It won best set-up. She said it was a family recipe for "southern low-country" style barbecue. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Several competitors walked away with awards Saturday, April 30, in the Ada Jenkins Center’s third annual “Fire” barbecue festival. Ten Ten Bar-B-Que was the People’s Choice, voted by those who attended the event. Competitors also faced the scrutiny of area mayors and businesspeople, who judged the day’s other winners. Read the full story
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New community garden to supply Loaves & Fishes
Posted on 31 March 2010.
Matt Hickey (left) talks to other volunteers as work began on the community garden site Saturday, March 27. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net photo)
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