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The Now Normal or: The List Goes On

24 Tuesday Mar 2020

Posted by TGBII in Food, Life as We Know It, Podcasting, The Less Desirables Network

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Food, Foodie, Forsyth Magazines, Lea Metz, Podcast, Podcasting, Podcasts, PodernFamily, RJ Reynolds, The Man Who Ate the Town, Winston-Salem Journal, WSNC, WSNC Business, WSNC Food, WSNC Foodie, WSNC Restaurants, WXII, Yes! Weekly

Salutations™!!

Dear Reader, I’m apologizing to you upfront for the fact that I’m going to continue to inundate you with links to “the list.”

The list is the work of Lea Metz and myself, searching for what food and beverage businesses are doing in WSNC. Lea (pronounced Lee-ah, like my sister except hers if spelled with an “h”) joined Ray and me for The Man Who Ate the Town podcast yesterday. We all practiced social distancing and were each on a Zoom chat, Lea in WSNC and Ray in Mt. Airy and I was in the studio. You can hear that episode here.

I produce the Forsyth Mags podcast and was actually a guest on it this morning and talked about the list, as well. You can hear that episode here.

Technically, there are two different lists but that’s only for style and web usage. The data collected therein is shared between Lea and me. Nothing goes on that list unless we have discussed it with the other of us. We have had a great response and are still having people contact us to make sure their business (or a favorite of theirs) is on the list.

It has been shared and/or used by WXII, The Winston-Salem Journal, Yes! Weekly, and multiple Facebook and social media groups. I actually had someone text me today that said the executives at RJ Reynolds was using our list and had used/added it to their “teams” list. I am proud of this list and I know that Lea is, too. We talk about it all day every day, now. Someone is working on it now to make it more dynamic for cell phones and we will turn it into an app as soon as we can. We’re working on that, too. So, to update you on the list, you can find it here.

Thanks again for reading it and listening and for spending money at the local F&B businesses.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Hope this is over soon and we get to see you here.” – Nui Nui

Piggybacking Deliciousness or: Yes, I Eat Raw Beef

23 Monday May 2016

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Kimpton Cardinal Hotel, RJ Reynolds, The Katharine Brasserie and Bar, The Man Who Ate the Town, WSNC

Salutations™!!

So yesterday I touched on our dinner at The Katharine Brasserie and Bar, inside the brand-spankin’ new Kimpton Cardinal Hotel, located in the historic RJ Reynolds building in downtown WSNC. Well, today, your mission, if you choose to accept it, will be to read around 2000 words about the experience and the food from my food blog, The Man Who Ate the Town. From the comments on Instagram (or Facebook or Twitter) about my pics of the experience, it seems the most polarizing item was my beef tartar. It has always been the biggest point of contention when I post a picture of  beef tartar. It’s one of my favorite foods, ever. I’d rather have it that way that charred, really. The quail egg just set the whole thing off. Sorry to those who found it unappealing, but, it’s absolutely delicious and worth trying. Anywhat! Read the whole review HERE.

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Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“The Katharine Brasserie & Bar pairs Parisian charm with southern hospitality in the middle of Winston-Salem, putting a modern polish on our spot in the former RJ Reynolds Building.” – Kimpton Cardinal website.

Silent Sunday or: Oh Katharine

22 Sunday May 2016

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Katharine Brasserie and Bar, Kimpton Cardinal Hotel, Mary's Gourmet Diner, RJ Reynolds, The BCPF, The Man Who Ate the Town, Willow's Bistro, WSNC

Salutations™!!

So, The BCPF and I tried the new Katharine Brasserie and Bar located in the new Kimpton Cardinal, formerly known as the RJ Reynolds Building (aka the original Empire State Building). I will talk about that this week (perhaps even tonight) on The Man Who Ate the Town. We also tried items off the new menu at Willow’s Bistro, again something I’ll talk about later this week. So, until I do all of that, I’m going to leave you with a delicious morsel of food porn for your enjoyment.

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Sweet Potato Gnocchi with 3hr Braised Lamb Neck, Mustard Mix, Calvander Cheese, Braising Nage from Willow’s Bistro

And, we also took Ma Mère-in-Law to Mary’s Gourmet Diner because it was her birthday on Saturday. So happy birthday, again, to her!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“The Katharine interprets a classic brasserie through the southern lens of modern-day Winston-Salem, tapping into local ingredients for our uniquely crafted menu.” – Kimpton Cardinal Hotel website.

History in the Center of Town or: What was Old is New, Again

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Cardinal, Katharine Brasserie & Bar, Kimpton Hotels, Kristen Daukas, PMC Property Group, RJ Reynolds, WSNC

Salutations™!!

Today, I got to do something special. I, along with my good friend Kristen Daukas, got to do a walk through of the new Kimpton Cardinal Hotel. I say new, but in all 2016-03-15 15.47.13actuality, it’s quite old: built in 1929. This is the former headquarters of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Yes, the mini-Empire State Building. Yes, that building.

I have lived in this city, Winston-Salem, NC, for almost 30 years (June 21 will be 30) and I had never stepped foot in that building. Truthfully, it was past its prime way before I even got to town. We’re told that if you didn’t see it prior to the 1980s, you didn’t see it. This town was built, not exclusively, no, but on tobacco. The town and it’s awesomeness was started by the likes of R.J. Reynolds and his contemporaries.

2016-03-15 15.12.23This building is a marvel and is a treasure, not only to WSNC, but also to the state of North Carolina and this country. It truly is fascinating. From the original gold leaf trim upon the ceilings to the decorative brass revolving doors and the magnificent floors, this building holds so much glamour and glitz, even now in its very recent state of non-use and it’s current “pardon our dust” status. There are elements that are starting to come together and there are elements that seem to be far away from completion, but our “tour guide,” Margaret Kelly Roberts said they’re standing by their April, 2016 open-by date. I hope so. Some of the residents have started moving in already.2016-03-15 15.45.55

There’s ample event spaces (why we were there), common areas, and “ballrooms.” And the hotel rooms are quite nice. We did get to see a model studio room as well as a one-bedroom suite. The rooms are warmly colored and the studio’s bath featured a brand new tiled shower while the suite’s had a shower and a garden tub within it. The rooms were spacious and the views from them are going to be spectacular. This is truly history in the re-making. They’re sparing nothing here. I mean, even the handles of the wardrobe are leather-wrapped.

2016-03-15 15.44.55Every Kimpton hotel has its own “surprise hidden thing” and this hotel’s thing is the suitcase pictures in the wardrobe-style closets. There’s also a custom throw pillow in each room that is designed especially for this hotel. This one has “KHG + PMC” embroidered in the trunk of a flowered tree. That stands for Kimpton Hotel Group which will run the hotel aspect (floors 1-6, 20) and PMC Property Group, Inc. out of Philadelphia that will 2016-03-15 15.43.57manage the residence apartments (floors 7-19). The restaurant will be called the Katharine Brasserie & Bar (named after R.J.’s wife) and will be the full-on food service for the hotel and the residences, alike (they’ll have a different menu).

One of the coolest things here, though, is the “rec room.” There’s a two-lane bowling alley, a half-basketball court, pool tables, poker tables, jukebox and a slide that goes from the top of the walkway to the rec area underneath. Kristen tried it out. I though I’d break it. Another cool feature about this they have left all the building’s old boilers and pipes and the remnants of a conveyor belt to show the industrial history of the property.


This building has really meant a lot to this city and I was glad to see that it was maintaining that charm. Kimpton and PMC are doing this city right. I think long-time, and even short-time residents of our fair city will be happy with what changes have and certainly have not happened. I predict that for the first six months (at least) the hotel will be full of locals who want to see and experience this new beauty. I’m including a few pictures. Enjoy it!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“In Winston-Salem, the Kimpton Cardinal Hotel celebrates the rituals and values of the South, while also offering that beloved Kimpton charisma guests have come to expect. One of the city’s most iconic structures (built in 1929) comes alive in a theatrical, playful manner, while still honoring the South’s heavy sense of community.” – Kimpton Hotels

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