- Food & Drink

Macaroni-and-Cheese Fest Puts Chefs to the Test
We’re not big on promoting cheesy events here at Queen City Nerve, but every once in a while, we make an exception. On Saturday, Nov. 9, hundreds of macaroni lovers will spend their day munching on tasty mac at the fourth annual CLT’s s’MACdown, and we’ve got the first look…
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Charlotte’s Leading Black Woman Entrepreneurs are Leaving the City
Coming into 2019, it would appear that Charlotte was a top spot in the country for black business leaders to thrive. The 14,000 black-owned businesses in Charlotte reported in recent U.S. Census data meant the city’s growth rate in that area was at 35%. A recent Forbes report ranked Charlotte…
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The Store of the City is a Treasure Trove of Hidden Gems
People often talk of Charlotte as being two cities: the haves and the have-nots, the gentrified and the not-yet-displaced — two populations that are socioeconomically and racially segregated. Quietly nestled between these two worlds sits a quaint boutique appropriately called The Store of the City. Its art-adorned walls and graffiti-painted…
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