Category Archives: Food Features

Wine and Food Unite

Wilmington Wine and Food Festival Sunday, May 19th, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. St. Thomas Preservation Hall 208 Dock St. • Tickets: $48 www.wilmingtonwineandfood.com Wilmington has seen its fair share of foodie events culminate over the past few years, from … Continue reading

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Sips and Sounds

Epic Day • 4/20, 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. Feat. Dubtown Cosmonauts, Mike Pinto and Reel Big Fish, and 24 microbrew tastings! Greenfield Lake Amphitheater Tickets $40-$50 • epicdayatgla.com It’s NC beer month! celebrations continue across the state and perhaps … Continue reading

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Chowder Challenge

Pleasure Island Chowder Cookoff April 13th, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Carolina Beach Lake Park $5 (kids under 12, free) No coolers, no pets. For 17 years the pleasure island Chowder Cookoff has cast its culinary tentacles into southeastern NC’s … Continue reading

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Knocking Down the Competition:

And so we are at the sold-out finals of Wilmington’s tastiest competition, Fire on the Dock, a Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, now in its sophomore year on the coast. The contenders will represent the same matchup as … Continue reading

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Multi-Cultural ILM

Cousins Italian Deli 7 N. 3rd St. • (910) 343-3354 www.cousinsitaliandeli.com The Greeks Authentic Mediterranean Deli and Market • 124 Princess St. 910-343-6933 • the-greeks.com COUSINS ITALIAN DELI Joe Deliberto didn’t deliberately open Cousins Italian Deli to bring the classic-Italian … Continue reading

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Sampling the Sizzle

17th Annual Budweiser Wing Fling Sat., March 23rd 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Carolina Beach Boardwalk 200 Cape Fear Blvd., Carolina Beach GA: $15 • VIP (11 a.m. entry): $20 www.wilmingtonwingfling.com Wings, wine, warm weather; yes, it’s the quadruple threat … Continue reading

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Multi-Cultural ILM

In our last edition of “multi-cultural ILM,” we explored two unique and authentic grocers—one that specialized in Russian and Polish items, and the other in Asian. For this portion of the series, which will continue throughout 2013, we will travel … Continue reading

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Preparing for Battle

Fire on the Dock Feb. 18-April 3, 6:30 p.m. Bluewater Grill • 4 Marina St., WB Tickets: $59; finals, $69 www.competitiondining.com Last year Jimmy Crippen and his team brought Wilmington its first Fire on the Dock, a ‘Got to Be … Continue reading

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Rosa’s Top Nine

This is a top nine list. Yep, nine. I’d like to say I have some clever reason for rejecting the base-10 sys-tem of year-in-reviews or that I’m rebelling with purpose. Really, I only get so many column inches to play … Continue reading

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Keep on Truckin’

Truck-a-Roo 11/3, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Riverfront Park, downtown Free • Ballot cards: $10 www.truck-a-roo.com Live music, food truck cookoff and NC craft brew and wine Food Trucks: the craze is here in Wilmington after sweeping the nation from … Continue reading

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