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Interior images of the upstairs seating area f
More interior upstairs of Zapatas mexican cant
Huge food at zapatas - get there soon for the
View from the second floor from Zapatas in Uni
Burrito Relleno at Zapatas was good but not th
Great looking food with great presentation at
Chinese prepared at your table
Great looking full bar and sushi preparation!
The Golden Taipei Chinese restaurant in the Sh
My scallaps for lunch on the lunch menu under
Beef and broccoli on the lunch menu for $5.50
Amalfis has the look of a good local eatery, i
Charanda Mexican Grill & Cantina in Concord by
More images form inside Charanda Mexican Grill
A nice hot and authentic spicy burrito from Ch
El Cancun is by route 77 in north Charlotte
Brixx Pizza in Charlotte
More great looking brick oven pizza
Brixx in Downtown Charlotte
Red Robin is a nationwide franchise but its al
Red Robin main entrance
Eye candy and presentation is Red Robins niche
Grilled Chicken Alfredo Salad
Chili Chili Cheeseburger is a fork and knife'r
Dreaming of her own Chili Chili Cheeseburger
TV's on ever aisle
Cheddars Casual Cafe is ok to look at but when
A shomars burger
Shomars best employee or so I hear
Hardees new monster burgers and tasty fries!
Chick-fil-A Davis Lake fo chicken and only chi
On the border in Concord
Insode Zebra in Charlotte
More interior of Zebra
Buffalo wild wings harris blvd
Wild Wings art from their site - a chicken win
Johnny Burrito bus from Charlotte restaurant J
Interior of Johnny Burrito Charlotte downtown
Shanes Rib Shack welcome at the front door
Front service area at Shanes Rib Shack Charlot
Charlotte family owned local franchise establi
Nice spaced layout and not crowded at all
Nice pulled pork on texas Toast!
Outdoor seating at Shanes
Hug ebaskets of Big Dad Pork Sandwiches
The Texas Toast covered pork sandwiches are cr
Now on the Menu banana pudding, which was so f
Tons of sauces on tap, and a place to go for l
Shane himself is not in Charlotte, but friendl
Step and and pick from tons of winners. All at
Finally I have some pictures that do justice t
Moes in the Grande Promenade 2 Charlotte
Moes grill and they sported a nice 99 health r
Burrito and quesadillas the burrito was the be
RoxyD gets down on some nacho chips
The Ms has the quessadillas but was sorry she
Chomp that was spicy and huge.
Moes was just plain cool, no other word fits.
The menu at Moes is much bigger than Qdoba
Zaxbys near bloom off WT Harris in Charlotte
The store front at night for Zaxbys
Ok I paid my 5 bucks now where my 5 buck burge
Apparently the mushroom labor union is on stri
Inside Ciro's is nice but far from stylish or
Music at your table is a nice touch for a date
More inside of Ciro's shots
Thats whos playing those pipes at Ciro's
Birthday cake from one excellent bakery!
Smash cake for the kids to smash and wear
More from the buffet chinese food in Charlotte
Pre oven southern style ribs
After the oven ready for the grill
Going on the fire
Just getting warmed up
Sound of summer grillin
Arepes, something every gringo should learn mo
More of those arepes and the white boys who lo
Carne Mechada de Venezuela, thats good lovin!
steak plus chicken plus peppers equals fajitas
chicken steak combo fajitas
Fajitas or burritos, not sure what to call it
Wi Fi Enabled Northlake Mall central seating a
Facing west in the center of Northlake Mall Ch
Facing east in the center of Northlake Mall Ch
Facing north in the center of Northlake Mall t
More of the central wi fi enabled sitting and
Northlake mall food court east side restaurant
Northlake food court west side restaurants
New Firebirds Grill restaurant at the Northlak
Huge soft nerf style play area for the kids!
Tunnels tubes sound effect and cartoon charact
A great place for the kids ad TV's nearby for
This place is so cool, free and safe for kids!
babies love Northlake Park in Northlake Mall
Northlake Childrens Play Area
Nothlake Mall Hours are open all day for the c
Firebirds Grill Northlake Mall Charlotte
Shoppes at Davis Lake on a rainy day
Outdoor seating at the Shoppes by DaVincis and
Outdoor Seating for DaVincis Pizza Charlotte o
Carvel and Big Apple Bagel
Anchor store is a Lowes Food market with great
Starbucks coffe at Davis Lake
Chik Fil A at Davis Lake
Taco Bell at the Shoppes at Davis Lake
DaVincis at Davis Lake from the front on a rai
Davincis Seating outdoors, best when its sunny
The taste of Italy from the Chef of NY Style P
In the kitchen in DaVicis Pizza
Hot out the oven NY Style pizza
Fiesta Maya
Fiesta Maya off David Cox and WT Harris
Jasons Deli has the biggest baddest sandwiches
Sneak peak into Jason's Deli
Preparin huge sandwiches and a nice rueben
Big open and ideal for a professional's luncht
Lots of sandwiches and wraps and ok prices...o
Outside of Concord Mall, largest attraction in
Jeepers, also there is a Dave and Busters for
Main entrance at Concord Mall
Welcome to the largest attraction in North Car
Inside Concord Outlet Mall plenty to see
Food Court at Concord Mall
AMC 24 Theater At Concord is still my preferre
What would concord North Carolina be without a
The Pollo Fundido at Casa Macias was the only
My steak filled burrito at Casa Macias was dec
My steak filled burrito at Casa Macias was dec
The Ms had steak grilled and served with flour
Casa Macias 10009 Weddington Road Extension, C
Qdoba is comfortable and a franchise that does
Quesadillas always a solid choice and easier t
All of the Qdoba burritos come with the rice a
Fat burritos the size of a human head - A smal
Nice artwork ad comfortable enough for a busin
More of that 3 Cheese chicken burrito I got
Qdoba has an ideal hang out location for UNCC
Almost every meal starts with a salad - all me
Kinda felt like a warehouse, which is common f
Right by UNCC the Carolina Wings is located pe
Another boring outside shot of Carolina Wings
Great to look at but hell to pay for
Pretty standar stuff for watching the game, if
The usual suspects of spices for the ribs. Rea
Stubbs Moppin Sauce is the man on the stands,
Stubbs is a product of Texas, an worth the ext
The full linep of what went into our rub. Brus
Spare ribs to feed a critic. These have about
Wiped it down with a drop of olive oli to shin
Aftr ethe rub down, we give it a little warm u
Finish product ready for the oven, going for a
Starting ingredients for the best stew ever ma
There is secret ingredient number one, the bac
Here is our stage one stock for the best soup
In the pan it goes till the onions brown and b
Onions are ready remove them and start the bee
Beef chunks dipped in flour and salt in the gr
Oh yeah beef stew is halfway done!
Secret in gredient number two is an ice cold b
Tomatoes in the beer, use diced with basil and
MMMM I could almost stop and eat the beer-toma
In goes the Stage 1 onions and stage 2 beef st
Add the beer and tomatoe mix and we are almost
Beef ste is taking shape, just need the veggie
Sliced canned white potatos and baby bellas re
In the same greasy skillet with the bacon and
Once browned drain the shrooms and taters on a
In go the veggies with the mixture and cook fo
And bam, get your cracker and another beer the
'Icehouse Beef Stew' Recipe is Complete
Nothing looks good and is easy to make like a
Covered with Ham and parmesan and crushed garl
Unstuffed it cooks faster but I miss the stuff
The base ingredients with flavor in mind for o
The base ingredients with flavor in mind for o
Simple diced carrots and white potatos
The base ingredients with flavor in mind for o
4 Full chicken breasts diced to manly "chunk s
Instant no brainer bread crust ala bisquick
Once the chicken gets into the act it starts t
Press the thick filler into a glass pan.
Pour the batter on top
Pour in the love - a manly food experience
The money shot - man thats thick!
Man thats good, and maybe with leftover thanks
Uncle yammys is our favorite for ribs and chic
Stubbs Brand Hot Barbque sauce is good stuff w
This Lawrys steak and chop sauce is actually o
A couple also - ran non contenders, both sweet
Ms Dash sauces all had too much fruit flavor -
Chimichurri from argentina
Choktow was under the sauce sampling gun musta
Choctow Willys original hot - wow what a great
Choctow Willys Southern Gold Mustard flavor
World Harbors Maui Mountain Hot Teriyaki
Moores Original Wing Sauce and Marinade
Grill Mates Hickory and Montreal Steak Sauce
Outside of Salsaritas on WT Harris
Great presentation on the quesadillas
The pork burrito i enjoyed very much
Combo anything and you get chips and a drink
My daughter gets down on a chip
Cute little bar perfect for the walk in apartm
Very well lit place and nice for the people li
I like the sunny feel here a great sunday afte
One more burrito money shot at Salsaritas
Cut off the top of the garlic
Pour some olive in in the cracks of the garlic
Ready to roast garlic till its paste
Out they come maybe a bit too long
When they come out they will squeeze like past
Whip it in with our favorite alfredo and peppe
Diane likes it, even with some kick
Shrimp and green onion and we have vampire kil
tasted great and better the next day
Pasta shrimp and lots of garlic
Plaza by my house with China Bistro, close to
China Bistro On WT Harris in A Plaza
Decent Chinese and free sweet tea
Cold Stone Creamery In Northlake Commons
Dozens of good ice cream choices
Very thick and dense ice cream for summer nigh
Owner of 3 coldstone locations very friendly t
Soaked our pork the night before water salt pe
Poured in 1/4 cup of our spicy teriyaki from W
In go our southern style ribs - its all we had
Less than 2 years and already a chef
Grill mates to add pepper and salt flavor
Hickory bacon to go with our hickory BBQ sauce
In goes the bacon just because its there
Our pork BBQ comes together
Bollitos to go with out pork hash
Butter salt and yumm its ready
Pork BBQ, Pork hash, Pork and bollitos de hari
The owner got this great shot of the over at T
Ham sausage and mushrooms for the test pie
Menu at Tony's standard fare with some surpris
The little princess scans the Tonys menu
Tonys has the 80s classic black and red booths
The have white pizza and green olives - nice
Tonys Pizza Money Shot
Looks like Davincis
Close up good stuff
Rey's Potatoes and a Burger
Lean ground adobo and Spinich ready to go
Bacon and onions always helps
Assistant fires up the grill for the burgers
Potatoes with the spinach added
Boom there it is
Reys Potatoes with spinach and bacon
Teriyaki Shrimp And Chicken At Ishi Charlotte
Hibachi Steak At Ishi Japanese Restaurant Char
Casual almost 70s and out of date plain look a
very plain and no booths but good for a quick
Way in the back of the Home Depot Plaza its ea
Counter At Five Guys in Concord
Stacks of fresh potatos and walls full of awar
2 Regular fry orders filled an entire bag
Outside of the fry bag - Thats just 2 orders o
Regular Cheeseburger at Five Guys
Five guys with everything on it
Todays Potatos sign
Prep station at FIve Guys Concord NC
100 Rating cant beat that
Lins Buffet Charlotte NC on Harris By rt 77
Food on Lins Buffet Chinese Buffet Charlotte
My first plate from the huge buffet
Great looking and variety includes frog legs a
Chicken on the buffet at Lins Chinese food
Sushi prep table at Lins Buffet sushi was free
Sushi selection from the sushi bar
Made to suit your tastes as you wait included
Took the time to make a flower for the custome
Skeeball at Chuck E Cheese
Video games At Chuck E Cheese
Big kids play area
Salad bar is not really important anyway
Chuck E Cheese food really isnt too bad either
Good stuff almost for free
Pizza At Chuck E Cheese
Air hockey for a quarter can pass the time
Pork mushroom and onions for stew
stew sized cuts from what was boneless pork ch
Breaded pork pieces and onions with spices
Coffee can filled with bisquik and spices to s
Shake the extra off with a strainer of siv if
Add 2-3 cups of water to the browned pork and
Some nice crisp white kernel corn was a great
A nice money shot of halfway done product
Chef Mikey taste tests the mushroom before the
Finished White Trash Chowder a Charlotte Criti
Filling for eggrolls - sausage and beef
Soy sauce oil and shaved garlic cloves
Ground beef and sausage to pot
Carrots and Cabbage for eggrolls
Ingredients ready to mix in recipe
Eggroll filling ready
Fill and roll them
Ready to hit the hot oil
Into the hot oil fried eggrolls
Ready to come out of the oil
Eggrolls ready to eat with blue cheese, soy sa
Also Made Won Tons
Los Amigos Invisibles in Charlotte NC
Jeff Katz WBT in South Charlotte Supporting CM
Jeff meets well wishers and police
Police arrived all day to thank and support Je
WBT 1110 Charlotte supports the CMPD