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Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
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The moment they shut that one down.
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Go mad at this themed dinner coming to 7th Street Public Market - CharlotteFive
Go mad at this themed dinner coming to 7th Street Public Market
By
DeAnna Taylor
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September 30, 2019
Greg Collier’s a mad genius." class="td-modal-image">
Photo by John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer
Greg Collier’s a mad genius.
“We’re all quite mad. You’ll fit right in.” — The Mad Hatter, “Alice in Wonderland”
What’s more fun than you and your friends dressing up in your best Alice and Wonderland-themed costumes and partaking in an adults-only dinner party while seated at a long table? Yes, just like the one in the movie.
Subrina Collier, creative event planner and wife of Uptown Yolk’s Chef Greg Collier, will host the Mad Hatter Brinner on Oct. 6 outside of 7th Street Public Market.
Courtesy of Subrina Collier
“The idea for this dinner came from a need to just be creative,” Subrina Collier told CharlotteFive. “I have always loved hosting dinner parties — we did them often while in Rock Hill. But, I wanted to do something fun and different.”
Courtesy of Subrina Collier
Subrina and Greg Collier
Collier played around with the idea of Beetlejuice or the Mad Hatter as themes. She found that the latter had a deeper meaning and was perfect for the Oct. 6 date.
“In the movie, the Mad Hatter always had a card on his hat that said 10-6. This represented the cost of the hats he sold at 10 shillings and 6 pence,” Collier explained.
From start to finish the entire menu, including the drinks, will play on the theme.
Courtesy of Subrina Collier
The brinner — a fun way to combine brunch and dinner — will feature a five-course meal prepared by Greg Collier. The cocktails will be mixed up by Justin Hazleton, former bar manager of 5Church and Sofia’s. There will even be prizes for best outfits of the night.
The evening will start out with family style appetizers and a tea party at exactly 6:01 p.m. Guests will be able to mix and mingle throughout the dinner, while taking photos with themed props.
Photo by Remy Thurston / CharlotteFive archives
7th Street Public Market
The night will end with an over-the-top ensemble dessert prepared by Chef Jamie Turner.
“I really just want to take you back to your childhood. I like to have fun and wanted to create something outside of the normal dinner party,” Subrina Collier said.
The cost of the dinner is $75 per person and includes your meal and cocktails. Tickets can be purchased here.
Go mad at this themed dinner coming to 7th Street Public Market
By
DeAnna Taylor
-
September 30, 2019
Greg Collier’s a mad genius." class="td-modal-image">
Photo by John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer
Greg Collier’s a mad genius.
“We’re all quite mad. You’ll fit right in.” — The Mad Hatter, “Alice in Wonderland”
What’s more fun than you and your friends dressing up in your best Alice and Wonderland-themed costumes and partaking in an adults-only dinner party while seated at a long table? Yes, just like the one in the movie.
Subrina Collier, creative event planner and wife of Uptown Yolk’s Chef Greg Collier, will host the Mad Hatter Brinner on Oct. 6 outside of 7th Street Public Market.
Courtesy of Subrina Collier
“The idea for this dinner came from a need to just be creative,” Subrina Collier told CharlotteFive. “I have always loved hosting dinner parties — we did them often while in Rock Hill. But, I wanted to do something fun and different.”
Courtesy of Subrina Collier
Subrina and Greg Collier
Collier played around with the idea of Beetlejuice or the Mad Hatter as themes. She found that the latter had a deeper meaning and was perfect for the Oct. 6 date.
“In the movie, the Mad Hatter always had a card on his hat that said 10-6. This represented the cost of the hats he sold at 10 shillings and 6 pence,” Collier explained.
From start to finish the entire menu, including the drinks, will play on the theme.
Courtesy of Subrina Collier
The brinner — a fun way to combine brunch and dinner — will feature a five-course meal prepared by Greg Collier. The cocktails will be mixed up by Justin Hazleton, former bar manager of 5Church and Sofia’s. There will even be prizes for best outfits of the night.
The evening will start out with family style appetizers and a tea party at exactly 6:01 p.m. Guests will be able to mix and mingle throughout the dinner, while taking photos with themed props.
Photo by Remy Thurston / CharlotteFive archives
7th Street Public Market
The night will end with an over-the-top ensemble dessert prepared by Chef Jamie Turner.
“I really just want to take you back to your childhood. I like to have fun and wanted to create something outside of the normal dinner party,” Subrina Collier said.
The cost of the dinner is $75 per person and includes your meal and cocktails. Tickets can be purchased here.
As Sports One closes—temporarily?—Charlotte's black community loses ground - CharlotteFive
As Sports One closes—temporarily?—Charlotte’s black community loses ground
By
Emiene Wright
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September 27, 2019
Sports One has a sign saying it is closed for renovations." class="td-modal-image">
Alex Cason Photography
Sports One has a sign saying it is closed for renovations.
Charlotte restaurant industry insiders are having mixed reactions to recent news that popular establishment Sports One has been closed. The bar was hit with a federal tax lien for $236,952.51, according to the Charlotte Business Journal, and owner Peter Thomas, a former regular on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” is being sued.
Amid the closing, Charlotte’s African-American community loses an upscale gathering space in the heart of Uptown, where the power elite and those aspiring went to meet friends, make deals, and flaunt — or flaut — social status.
Thomas could not be reached for comment and calls to the bar’s listed number yielded a disconnection message, but according to his Instagram page, the business is only closed temporarily. He posted on Sept. 18 that the bar on College Street would reopen the following week. A sign on the property says it is closed for renovations.
Clarence Boston, owner of Fire House Bar and Lounge, said that black restauranteurs in Charlotte make an effort to support each other’s businesses. “We loved going over there. He did very good business until they closed,” Boston said. “Different people have different gifts. Some can build great things and others are better at keeping things running smoothly. It’s very unfortunate, honestly.”
Barry Vermont owns Sage Restaurant, another Uptown eatery and lounge with primarily African-American patronage. “I’ve got no animosity toward anyone, but there is a lot of competition out here,” Vermont said. Both he and Boston said Thomas gave the impression that Sports One would reopen.
‘There wasn’t much turnover’
The closing of the bar leaves dozens of staffers suddenly without jobs, at least temporarily. Sports One opened in 2014, and Thomas had seemed to buck the high-turnover trend of the restaurant industry, with long-term employees and in-house promotions. He recently launched a Miami location, calling it Bar One.
Kyle Murray, 31, worked at Sports One for two years, in positions ranging from host to doorman.
“No one could get in the club without going through me,” Murray said. “Being a black, gay young man, it meant a lot that this older straight owner gave me roles that put me in the forefront.”
He said during his time there, from October 2016 through the end of 2018, Thomas appeared to build good relationships, training people new to the service industry and hiring staff from nearby neighborhoods as well as Johnson C. Smith University.
“He gave us opportunity. It was my first time working in a restaurant. It was nightlife, it was fun, and there wasn’t much turnover because people were making money. The regulars tipped well,” Murray said.
Alex Cason Photography
Sports One has a sign saying it is closed for renovations.
‘Be more intentional about our support of black businesses’
It’s this kind of loss that Cathay Dawkins mourns, more so than the individual shuttering of Sports One. Dawkins is the founder of Charlotte Black Restaurant Week and worked with Thomas as part of its inaugural debut in 2017. Dawkins said the two had differences and parted ways, but he sees Sports One’s closing as part of a disturbing trend.
“It’s the third black-owned restaurant in Uptown to close since July,” Dawkins said, “and for the community, it’s a loss. It’s not just about food, it’s places to make deals, where we go to fellowship and try new cuisine or partake in familiar traditions. It’s bigger than Sports One.” Loft & Cellar closed in July, and Sydney’s Martini & Wine Bar has been closed since July for renovations, according to its owners. Basal Coffee, about a mile and a half from Uptown in FreeMoreWest, closed in August.
Black-owned establishments are uniquely dependent upon black dollars to survive. Unlike white-owned restaurants, which can count on business from African-Americans and people of color, it’s anecdotally held that places with primarily black customers see much lower traffic from whites.
[Related: For black business owners in Charlotte, where does race fit in?]
“We have some Spanish clientele,” said Boston, of Fire House. “More than white. Once they see mostly black people frequenting a business, they are not coming in.”
As a city ranked dead last in economic mobility and struggling with issues of displacement and equity, Dawkins says it’s imperative to build stable supports for black-owned businesses.
[Related: 31 black-owned shops, restaurants and studios 20 minutes from Uptown]
“When 95 percent of the people in poverty are destined to stay there, many of the black people who are able to invest in the community are not local. They’re transplants, so they’re more likely to be transient.” Dawkins said. “Both the city and the community have to be more intentional about our support of black businesses.”
As Sports One closes—temporarily?—Charlotte’s black community loses ground
By
Emiene Wright
-
September 27, 2019
Sports One has a sign saying it is closed for renovations." class="td-modal-image">
Alex Cason Photography
Sports One has a sign saying it is closed for renovations.
Charlotte restaurant industry insiders are having mixed reactions to recent news that popular establishment Sports One has been closed. The bar was hit with a federal tax lien for $236,952.51, according to the Charlotte Business Journal, and owner Peter Thomas, a former regular on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” is being sued.
Amid the closing, Charlotte’s African-American community loses an upscale gathering space in the heart of Uptown, where the power elite and those aspiring went to meet friends, make deals, and flaunt — or flaut — social status.
Thomas could not be reached for comment and calls to the bar’s listed number yielded a disconnection message, but according to his Instagram page, the business is only closed temporarily. He posted on Sept. 18 that the bar on College Street would reopen the following week. A sign on the property says it is closed for renovations.
Clarence Boston, owner of Fire House Bar and Lounge, said that black restauranteurs in Charlotte make an effort to support each other’s businesses. “We loved going over there. He did very good business until they closed,” Boston said. “Different people have different gifts. Some can build great things and others are better at keeping things running smoothly. It’s very unfortunate, honestly.”
Barry Vermont owns Sage Restaurant, another Uptown eatery and lounge with primarily African-American patronage. “I’ve got no animosity toward anyone, but there is a lot of competition out here,” Vermont said. Both he and Boston said Thomas gave the impression that Sports One would reopen.
‘There wasn’t much turnover’
The closing of the bar leaves dozens of staffers suddenly without jobs, at least temporarily. Sports One opened in 2014, and Thomas had seemed to buck the high-turnover trend of the restaurant industry, with long-term employees and in-house promotions. He recently launched a Miami location, calling it Bar One.
Kyle Murray, 31, worked at Sports One for two years, in positions ranging from host to doorman.
“No one could get in the club without going through me,” Murray said. “Being a black, gay young man, it meant a lot that this older straight owner gave me roles that put me in the forefront.”
He said during his time there, from October 2016 through the end of 2018, Thomas appeared to build good relationships, training people new to the service industry and hiring staff from nearby neighborhoods as well as Johnson C. Smith University.
“He gave us opportunity. It was my first time working in a restaurant. It was nightlife, it was fun, and there wasn’t much turnover because people were making money. The regulars tipped well,” Murray said.
Alex Cason Photography
Sports One has a sign saying it is closed for renovations.
‘Be more intentional about our support of black businesses’
It’s this kind of loss that Cathay Dawkins mourns, more so than the individual shuttering of Sports One. Dawkins is the founder of Charlotte Black Restaurant Week and worked with Thomas as part of its inaugural debut in 2017. Dawkins said the two had differences and parted ways, but he sees Sports One’s closing as part of a disturbing trend.
“It’s the third black-owned restaurant in Uptown to close since July,” Dawkins said, “and for the community, it’s a loss. It’s not just about food, it’s places to make deals, where we go to fellowship and try new cuisine or partake in familiar traditions. It’s bigger than Sports One.” Loft & Cellar closed in July, and Sydney’s Martini & Wine Bar has been closed since July for renovations, according to its owners. Basal Coffee, about a mile and a half from Uptown in FreeMoreWest, closed in August.
Black-owned establishments are uniquely dependent upon black dollars to survive. Unlike white-owned restaurants, which can count on business from African-Americans and people of color, it’s anecdotally held that places with primarily black customers see much lower traffic from whites.
[Related: For black business owners in Charlotte, where does race fit in?]
“We have some Spanish clientele,” said Boston, of Fire House. “More than white. Once they see mostly black people frequenting a business, they are not coming in.”
As a city ranked dead last in economic mobility and struggling with issues of displacement and equity, Dawkins says it’s imperative to build stable supports for black-owned businesses.
[Related: 31 black-owned shops, restaurants and studios 20 minutes from Uptown]
“When 95 percent of the people in poverty are destined to stay there, many of the black people who are able to invest in the community are not local. They’re transplants, so they’re more likely to be transient.” Dawkins said. “Both the city and the community have to be more intentional about our support of black businesses.”
Mindfield333
Superstar
I messed with that Afro shyt... it was kinda wack but there was some eye candy in there.
also went to Crystals that Saturday for the first time in years.. it was straight but it probably won’t be open much longer. Gentrification taking over that whole area.
also went to Crystals that Saturday for the first time in years.. it was straight but it probably won’t be open much longer. Gentrification taking over that whole area.
I been lurking in this thread for a while. Moved out here (Fort Mill) a few months ago. I dont know where nothing is. Every time I try and venture out i must be picking the wrong places.
Club 704 - Horrible. No others words can describe.
Sage - nice but it was kinda dead for a Friday at 11
321 lounge? - across the street from sage i think, not bad
Club 1 - it was alright, but i think its closed now .
Explicit - small, nice if you like hooka
Pressbox or Stats (i cant remember which one) - that shyt was far. i dont know about driving 40 mins to go out.
I'm assuming im on the wrong side of town. Everything is far and not worth the drive. Not tryna chill with college aged people, but not tryna chill with 40+ crowd either. I need some help.
Club 704 - Horrible. No others words can describe.
Sage - nice but it was kinda dead for a Friday at 11
321 lounge? - across the street from sage i think, not bad
Club 1 - it was alright, but i think its closed now .
Explicit - small, nice if you like hooka
Pressbox or Stats (i cant remember which one) - that shyt was far. i dont know about driving 40 mins to go out.
I'm assuming im on the wrong side of town. Everything is far and not worth the drive. Not tryna chill with college aged people, but not tryna chill with 40+ crowd either. I need some help.
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
So there was a fire and shoot out Uptown.
On a day I don’t go to work I miss the action
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
^I was pretty busy towards the end of day but heard someone say it was a fire when I was leaving work. Didn't know it was a shooting too.
I'm a few years under 30 if it matters.
Welcome to the area though bro. Good luck.
Anybody Ever did that Stax Free Bootcamp? I'm flabby and trying get right. Might have to check it out. I remember someone in here saying he had stake in that Spoons truck earlier in the thread but it looks like Randy Moss is a trainer there.
Free Fitness Bootcamp | STAX | Cycle, Yoga, CrossFit | Charlotte, NC
Good luck lol. I've been battling this problem myself. I don't know what you're looking for but if you're just trying to mingle with some females check out the Epicentre. I think it's more of a college aged crowd but there's also some small groups of older women. This past weekend I met a chick there who was 29. How long did you stay at Sage? I'm still at the crib at 11.
I'm a few years under 30 if it matters.
Welcome to the area though bro. Good luck.
Anybody Ever did that Stax Free Bootcamp? I'm flabby and trying get right. Might have to check it out. I remember someone in here saying he had stake in that Spoons truck earlier in the thread but it looks like Randy Moss is a trainer there.
Free Fitness Bootcamp | STAX | Cycle, Yoga, CrossFit | Charlotte, NC
Mindfield333
Superstar
So there was a fire and shoot out Uptown.
On a day I don’t go to work I miss the action
Man I was just there Friday and I was plotting on lunch there today. Welp
How old are you? If you’re in your late twenties to early thirties its kind of a hit or miss as far as nightlife goes. Stats on Friday or Saturday nights is actually good for the thirty age range. That’s in North Charlotte. Music is good, hookah is decent, people dance, and there’s attractive looking people.
Blue Olive in Ballantyne is popping on Saturday nights, with the late twenty early thirties crowd. It has dancing, good music and hookah as well, but it gets crowded as fukk as that night goes on.
Press box is probably a good bet for the thirty year old age demographic too but also in North Charlotte. I didn’t like it but I heard it’s better on certain nights.
Unfortunately I can’t recommend anywhere else because a lot of black clubs near uptown area are either ratchet, swinging toward a younger crowd, or hit or miss certain nights. Might be better off going to more diverse spots for a more lively crowd. Idk what your looking for in your clubbing experience though. Hookah, dancing, good music, women, etc?
Make sure to go to different events. There’s always something going on in some part of Charlotte. Great way to meet people and explore Charlotte too.
I was at Sage for like an hour. It might have got better later, but i thought it was already late. Im starting to realize y'all start late out here. People still walking into places at 1 when they close at 2. Im from Jersey, where if I ain't left the house by 11 i aint going nowhere cuz it aint worth it. I'd just go to NYC and stay out till past 4.
You right, early im in my 30s. It def been hit or miss. I dont care for Hookah, but i dont mind people doing it in the background. Im just looking good music where it aint ratchet. If i gotta worry about where I park my car, i aint tryna go. That North Charlotte drive from Fort Mill is not the wave on the late night. its like 40 minutes to my cribs from Stats. Im almost tempted to see whats up in Rock Hill, but all i heard is "they country out there"
A lot of clubs out here don’t get popping until closer to midnight. They’re usually dead still at 11, for the most part. It’s different for sure, but now that you know that, you’ll probably see more action next time your out.
I can’t recommend anything around fort mill and rock hill. Both are pretty far from where I live in North Charlotte. Like I said on another page, Charlotte doesn’t really have a grown and sexy nightlife scene. I’m in my early thirties too as is most of my friends and we figured that out this summer. We don’t really club Iike that anymore because of it—not interested in clubbing with younger crowds. Unfortunately I got kicked out of stats so can’t go back there, but it was one of the better places for the thirty demographic and had good music. They had 90 nights and reggae. It was good. People actually dance there too.
Controversy
Superstar
"As a city ranked dead last in economic mobility and struggling with issues of displacement and equity, Dawkins says it’s imperative to build stable supports for black-owned businesses"
@caramelbarbie
If that's blk paradise...
@caramelbarbie
If that's blk paradise...
"As a city ranked dead last in economic mobility and struggling with issues of displacement and equity, Dawkins says it’s imperative to build stable supports for black-owned businesses"
@caramelbarbie
If that's blk paradise...
You come in this thread disrespecting Charlotte because I said fukk Philly, lol.
Even with all that you quoted Charlottes still better. fukk Philly.
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
"As a city ranked dead last in economic mobility and struggling with issues of displacement and equity, Dawkins says it’s imperative to build stable supports for black-owned businesses"
@caramelbarbie
If that's blk paradise...
Now @Responsible Allen Iverson
I know you don’t tend to get down with the fukkery in here. You leave there to me and you keep it moving.
But are you gonna handle this or leave this for me & @CarmelBarbie?
I strongly suggest you take this
