Uptown Magazine: Charlotte Center City and Downtown

Uptown Magazine: Charlotte Center City and Downtown
Conversation - Kathleen Purvis, Food Editor, Charlotte Observer
Written by Celina Mincey   
Uptown Magazine - Kathleen Purvis
How has Johnson & Wales impacted the food scene in town?
I think it has raised awareness; people are more open to the idea of what a chef can do or be. Those chef’s choices classes that Johnson & Wales offers to the public have really given people the chance to get a feel for what goes on in a restaurant kitchen and appreciate what it takes. The school has boosted a level of interest in service, raising the expectation for good service and good food…it has raised the profile of the restaurant industry.
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Sheri's Yoga: The Present
Written by Sheri Joseph   

Uptown Magazine: Sheri Joseph Yoga
Week 5 is about centering and being present in all things big and small. Ugh. Do you know how hard it is to be present and “in the moment” and centered with two small boys? The amount of laundry I do on a daily basis nearly undoes me--and don’t get me started on palm prints all over the glass doors. I’m much more comfortable being distracted: on the phone, watching crap TV, checking e-mails, running errands with my boys strapped into their seats in the back…but Baron wants us to be present.

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Features

Neighborhoods - North End
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I don’t remember when South End started, but I certainly know what it is now. New life and momentum for areas like this tend to start quietly and slowly with the help of a few visionary souls who take a risk that others follow once the area is established. I suppose people “in the know” were paying attention when South End was born and might have seen it coming, but most of us were blissfully unaware. If you would like to be “in the know” about another area of town that has the potential develop like South End, here’s your chance--introducing “North End!” I don’t want to imply that what is starting in this area is some big secret, just that not many are paying attention right now. I bet they will in years to come.
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Food – Grits on the Green

Uptown Magazine: Grits at Ratcliffe on the Green
This better be good, the voice in my head warned as I stood outside Ratcliffe on the Green, the small restaurant housed in an old florist shop on the corner of 1st and Tryon. I’m about to spend a lot of money on this dinner – and it better be good!

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Elmwood Park – Ghost on the Canvas
Uptown Magazine: Elmwood Park January 2008

IT'S SUNNY OUTSIDE AND CLARICE AND SAUL are enjoying the burst of warm weather as they stroll across the park in Fourth Ward toward Alexander Michael's on 9th Street. "I've never eaten there before," says Clarice. "In fact, I didn't even know it was here. When did you find it?"
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