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Luna’s Living Kitchen

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:55:06 +0000

Name: Luna’s Living Kitchen
Location: 2102 South Blvd Charlotte, NC
Website: www.lunaslivingkitchen.com
Description:
Luna’s Living Kitchen is our Raw Food and vegan Adventure! is a purely vegetarian cafe in SouthEnd Charlotte committed to serving the finest locally produced foods, fresh juices, baked goods and more. Luna’s Living Kitchen is located in historic SouthEnd Charlotte, beside Evolution Gym in Atherton Mill. Expect to be wowed by the beautiful presentation of their food and be served a delicious meal with the freshest ingredients. Enjoy their vegetarian and Raw dishes for breakfast or lunch.

Beverly’s Gourmet Food

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:59:31 +0000

Beverly’s Gourmet Food products are vegetarian and vegan. She only cook with olive oil and vegetable oil. I do not use processed foods, artificial coloring, artificial flavorings, or preservatives in my products; only whole foods. Beverly products are prepared in a commercial kitchen. I am Serve Safe Certified. We recycle all paper, plastic, glass, and canned items.

You can find her delicious creation every week at the Tailgate Market Wednesday 7am – 6pm, Thursday and Friday 9am – 6pm, Saturday 7am – 3pm.

Food Rescue

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:40:17 +0000

Food rescue does not involve superheroes in capes. Also called food recovery, it is the recovered applespractice of retrieving edible food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to those in need. In most cases, the recovered food is perfectly edible, but not sellable. For example, it’s day old bread or bagged lettuce past its “sell-by” date. Often, it’s in great shape (as you can see in these photos).

The food that recovery agencies pick up is donated by supermarkets, restaurants and farms. In most cases, the rescued food is being saved from the dumpster and, ultimately, the landfill. Food recovered on farms is kept from being plowed under. On farms, the donations often must be harvested, or gleaned, by volunteers.

Energy Cafe

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:58:42 +0000

Name: Energy Cafe
Location: 101 S. Tryon Street Suite 1 Charlotte, NC
Phone: (704) 776 3700
Website: www.energycafecharlotte.com
Description: Healthy Food Fast! Sandwiches, Salads, Wraps, Smoothies, Soups, Frozen Yogurt and more. They offer organic options and fair-trade purchased ingredients, great place to grab-and-go but also to sit back and enjoy the free wi-fi.

RAW Food: Real Food Charlotte

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:20:20 +0000

Name: Real Food Charlotte
Location: 2102 South Blvd Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: (704) 910 9694
Website: www.realfoodclt.com
Hours of Operations:
Mon – Thurs: 11 AM – 3 PM
5 PM – 8 PM (Take out only)
Fri – Sat: 8 AM – 4 PM
Description:
Real Food Charlotte is a purely vegetarian cafe in SouthEnd Charlotte committed to serving the finest locally produced foods, fresh juices, baked goods and more. Real Food Charlotte is located in historic SouthEnd Charlotte, beside Evolution Gym in Atherton Mill. Expect to be wowed by the beautiful presentation of their food and be served a delicious meal with the freshest ingredients. Enjoy their vegetarian and Raw dishes for breakfast or lunch and starting February 16, 2010 dinner. They have daily specials that you can find on their website or conviently posted on Real Food Charlotte Facebook.
If you want to learn how to whip up the same beautiful dishes at home, join Real Food Charlotte Cooking Classes. The owners are passionate about their food and know what they are talking about, and they are happy to share their knowledge with you.
Spring 2010 will also bring the Tailgate Farmers Market right into the Atherton Mill, so after you have enjoyed your meal you can swing by next door to get your groceries for the week. On the way out don’t forget to pick up one of Real Food Charlotte homemade Raw bars to keep you energized and healthy.

Zizi’s Awesome Vegan 2 Go

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:24:23 +0000

Name: Zizi’s Vegetarian Restaurant
Location: 7945 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC, 28262
Phone: 704-595-9170
Website: awesomevegan2go.com
Hours of Operation:
Tues-Sat 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Description:
After discovering the delicious pictures on Zizi’s Awesome Vegan 2 Go Facebook page, we had to immediately post about them. The dishes are filling and deliciously flavorful. They offer a great variety of dishes and also have daily specials to keep you always coming back. Zizi’s has a great following in Charlotte and if you are new to eating vegetarian or vegan you won’t be disappointed.
Zizi’s vegetarian/vegan restaurant is a healthier new option for eating in Charlotte, NC. We all enjoy one of the most bountiful and affordable food supplies in the world. Yet, with this abundance comes over consumption of total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. Poor or inadequate diets are linked to 4 of the top 10 causes of death—heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes—and to other health conditions, such as overweight, hypertension, and osteoporosis. According to the Centers for Disease Control, obesity is a major health epidemic due to unhealthy lifestyle and bad food choices.
In addition to offering amazing food we will network with local health and wellness establishments to offer workshops, information, cooking classes etc. Our menu is moderate sized and priced, offering a diverse collection of ethnic and American items with a common theme –healthier (low-fat, no cholesterol, natural ingredients), flavorful, and familiar. Our goal is to create the image and deliver satisfying, nutritious food that won’t slow or weigh you down.

Zada Jane’s

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:06:03 +0000

Name: Zada Jane’s
Location: 1601 Central Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205
Phone: (704) 332 3663
Website: www.zadajanes.com
Description:
Simply delicious food worth eating and supporting. Zada Jane’s offers a great menu and has made the continuous effort to buy fresh and local food to cook up the most yummy dishes.
“Furthermore, our meat products will be “drug-free” (no hormones, steroids, or whatever other crazy cancer-causing agents) and we will go organic/sustainable on produce when feasible. One of the greatest assets we will utilize is our local and regional farmers. This industry is booming and we want to bring ya’ll their healthy produce and meats at a fair price. In addition to quality produce and meats we have searched long and hard for the best coffee beans and teas. We will be a full service coffee joint with a rock star barista cranking out the goods bright and early. Also, tea drinkers will be represented properly through Tea Rex, of Charlotte. There will also be some danged awesome fresh baked goodies that words alone struggle to describe. We also done got some zero trans-fat bagels and the rest of the goodies are rather decadent and scrumptious. “

Wood Mill Winery

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:37:37 +0000

Wood Mill Winery is located in Vale, NC and offers a great selection of wine. You might wonder why Energy Smart Charlotte has decided to write about Wood Mill Winery and the answer is because it saves energy. You wonder how? If we make the effort to buy more of our goodies locally, we are also cutting down transportation cost from supplier to our homes. Supporting locally makes Charlotte truly a greener city.
We had the opportunity to speak to one of Wood Mill Winery Staff member and they shared with us
the story behind it all: Inspired by his father’s deteriorating heart condition and motivated by a long family history of cardiovascular ailments, Larry Cagle, Jr. searched medical journals and university studies for articles on cardiovascular health. One particular article, “The French Paradox”, suggests that moderate daily consumption of red wine, over a prolonged period of time, reduced the occurrence of heart disease in the French people by up-to forty-percent.

Wood Mill Winery
1350 WoodMill Winery Lane
Vale, NC 28168
(704) 276 9911

Hours of Operation
Tues – Friday 12pm-6pm
Sat 10am-6pm
Sun 1pm-6pm

P.S: What a great place for your next event, or maybe your Valentine’s Day Dinner?

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Harvest Moon Grille

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:10:29 +0000

Name: Harvest Moon Grille
Locations:
Monday & Wednesday 11:30-2:30
In Gateway Village downtown Charlotte
901 W. Trade Street
(Next to the Double Tree Hotel)

Tuesdays & Thursday 11:30-2:30
On Tryon at 4th between Bank of America and Chima

Fresh, local food from Grateful Growers Farm. They wanted to offer the Charlotte community another option for food on the go, so they’ve launched this great new venture, The Harvest Moon Grille.

Description: “We serve delicious, fresh food all made from scratch with locally-grown ingredients. Our menus change weekly, and we are at a few venues around Charlotte each week.”

What’s on the Menu? Visit this website for the weekly updates on the menu items at Harvest Moon Menu.

Remember that the menu changes weekly, that these delicious treats are locally produced foods, seasonally focused, and that you are going to indulge yourself with some creative cuisine and are supporting your local farmers.

Tasty!

Tasty-Yo Tart Frozen Yogurt

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:42:13 +0000

Name: Tasty-Yo
Location: 3116 N Davidson St Suite 130 Charlotte, NC 28205
Phone:(704) 333 4551
Website: http://www.tasty-yo.com/
Description:Natural frozen yogurt shop. Tasty-yo purchase all their fruit from local King’s farmers market. Fun place to hang out, surf the internet, and enjoy one frozen delicious dish…or two.