Eric Barton

4 weeks ago | theadventuristmagazine.com | Eric Barton

158 NW 24th St | Website | InstagramBy Eric Barton | March 26, 2025Wynwood has everything—until about 10 p.m., when the craft cocktails turn into half-finished Negronis and people start googling where to go next. Now, three nightlife veterans with résumés full of velvet ropes and bottle parades think they’ve solved that problem. Opening April 4, LunaSol is a new 5,000-square-foot lounge and nightclub from Derek Gonzalez (Goat Hospitality Group), Keith Paciello, and Ryan Van Milligen.

1 month ago | theadventuristmagazine.com | Eric Barton

61 Biltmore Ave | Website | InstagramBy Eric Barton | March 24, 2025On paper, Wildwood Still sounds like the kind of place you’d expect to find on the roof of a hotel in downtown Asheville. It’s in the Moxy, a Marriott brand with mood lighting, pink neon, and lobby cocktails that were likely designed with bachelorette photos in mind. So naturally, you'd expect the restaurant up top to play the hits: a Caesar, a ribeye, maybe a poke bowl so nobody gets mad.

1 month ago | theadventuristmagazine.com | Eric Barton

Photos by Sebastian Lucrecio 156 NE 41st St | Website | InstagramBy Eric Barton | March 24, 2025There’s a new Japanese restaurant in the Design District, but don’t expect the usual omakase suspects or a DJ booth wedged between tables. Matsuyoi is the latest from the Nami Nori crew—Lisa Limb, Taka Sakaeda, Jihan Lee, and Pharrell Williams—the same team that gave us that cheerful temaki party downstairs. This one’s upstairs, moody, hushed, and deliberately slow-paced.

1 month ago | theadventuristmagazine.com | Eric Barton

By Eric Barton | March 21, 2025My grandmother, like a lot of Italian grandmothers, was convinced the only way to express love was through food. Holidays? We skipped turkey for lasagna. A random Tuesday? If we weren’t eating pasta, we were at an Italian restaurant, arguing about whether the sauce needed more garlic. And when it came to celebrating anything—birthdays, anniversaries, my first speeding ticket—we went out for red sauce and chicken parm.

1 month ago | flamingomag.com | Eric Barton

by Eric Barton | March 17, 2025 The Barnsley Resort: North Georgia’s Charming Southern Escape My wife, Jill, chose the prettiest of horses, Honey, with a coat the color of custard pie and a streak of white down her nose. A blond mane cascaded on both sides of Honey’s face as if the mare had an Instagram following to consider. Honey took up the rear as we turned onto trails through the Georgia hills, dropping into rocky streams and clopping over wooden footbridges.