Michael Hastings

Winston-Salem

Food Editor at Winston-Salem Journal

Food editor of the Winston-Salem Journal

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Coffee shop Bitty & Beau's to close in Winston-Salem

1 week ago | journalnow.com | Michael Hastings

Bitty & Beau’s Winston-Salem location, at 411 W. Fourth St. downtown, will close at the end of May. Bitty and Beau’s is a chain of coffee shops founded by Amy and Ben Wright in Wilmington in 2016 as a way to offer employment to people with intellectual and development disabilities. Local franchisee Kelli Balash and husband Chris Balash have run the Winston-Salem location since 2022.
Bitty & Beau's

1 week ago | journalnow.com | Michael Hastings

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Asian food festival coming to fairgrounds in Winston-Salem

1 week ago | greensboro.com | Michael Hastings

Dream Asia Food Fest is coming to the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds on May 17 and 18. The festival will be from noon to 10 p.m. each day. The event bills itself as the largest Asian food festival in the United States, with more than 70 food vendors. The festival also will include K-pop music performances, dancing and Japanese taiko drumming. More than 30 vendors are expected, selling crafts, souvenirs and more. There also will be workshops for lantern-making, tea ceremonies and more.
N.C. Fine Wines Awards Gala set for May 9

1 week ago | journalnow.com | Michael Hastings

Fine Wines of NC will have its 2025 Awards Gala at 7 p.m. May 9 at the Millennium Center, 101 W. Fifth St. in downtown Winston-Salem. The event will include a reception with wine and appetizers, a sit-down wine dinner, and awards ceremony. Tickets are $199.26 a person. Fine Wines of NC, formerly the NC Fine Wines Society, is a nonprofit established to promote education related enology, viticulture and related subjects as they pertain to the North Carolina wine industry.
Asian food festival coming to fairgrounds in Winston-Salem

1 week ago | journalnow.com | Michael Hastings

Dream Asia Food Fest is coming to the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds on May 17 and 18. The festival will be from noon to 10 p.m. each day. The event bills itself as the largest Asian food festival in the United States, with more than 70 food vendors. The festival also will include K-pop music performances, dancing and Japanese taiko drumming. More than 30 vendors are expected, selling crafts, souvenirs and more. There also will be workshops for lantern-making, tea ceremonies and more.
Local strawberries ripening right on time in Greensboro, and here's where to find them

1 week ago | greensboro.com | Michael Hastings

Strawberry season is well under way in the Triad, with area farms open for business. One factor this year is that a fungal outbreak affected some supplies of strawberry plants. Jones Strawberry Farm, a longtime popular spot in Pfafftown, announced in April that it would not have a strawberry crop this year because of a fungal outbreak. Instead, the farm has been selling berries from South Carolina. Clodfelter Farm in Kernersville had a similar problem and decided not to open this year.
This deli has replaced Diamondback Downtown in Innovation Quarter

1 week ago | journalnow.com | Michael Hastings

Park Deli has opened at 575 N. Patterson Ave. in the ground floor of Biotech Place in Innovation Quarter. The deli opened April 16 after owner Megan Vogler bought the assets of Diamondback Downtown from Kimberly and Murphy Gregg. The Greggs also recently sold their flagship restaurant, Diamondback Grill, at 751 N. Avalon Road. Vogler, and her husband Chris, who is helping her run the deli, are restaurant veterans. “I grew up in the restaurant business, and I’ve always wanted a deli,” Megan said.
'Weenie Slingers': Doss’ Old Fashion Ice Cream and Grill celebrates 40 years of hot dogs and more

1 week ago | journalnow.com | Michael Hastings

Doss’ Old Fashion Ice Cream and Grill recently celebrated 40 years of ice cream, hot dogs and more – and the restaurant is still humming along seven days a week. Ellis Doss opened the restaurant on March 25, 1985, having grown up in the business, working for his father, Ellis Doss Sr.“My dad started Doss’ Grill in Winston in ‘66,” he said. When Ellis Jr. came to Kernersville to build his own place, his parents came to help.
Simply Sonya's closes about a year after opening in the mall in Winston-Salem

2 weeks ago | journalnow.com | Michael Hastings

Simply Sonya’s announced that it was immediately closing its restaurant and entertainment venue in Marketplace Mall. Simply Sonya’s is run by Sonya Powers Colyar, a longtime Winston-Salem restaurateur who opened Simply Sonya’s about a year ago in the mall, at 2101 Peters Creek Parkway, as a restaurant and lounge. Simply Sonya’s not only served food, but would have live DJs, dancing, bands and comedy acts at night. Sonya Colyar is married to actor and comedian Michael Colyar.
This Korean-influenced hot chicken chain opened in High Point and is headed to Greensboro

2 weeks ago | greensboro.com | Michael Hastings

A rapidly growing fast-casual chain that specializes in Nashville-style hot chicken has opened its first Triad location, with more in the works. Hangry Joe's opened this spring at 1915 N. Main St. in High Point. It is the 100 th location for a company founded just four years ago in Virginia by Derek Cha and Mike Kim. Cha is best-known as the founder of the Sweet Frog yogurt chain.