This is in my backyard?

Today kicks off the first annual Triangle Restaurant Week. Now through May18th will be the Triangle Restaurant Week. As stated on many websites:

“Join our local restaurants in celebrating culinary talents, exquisite cuisine, and dynamic atmospheres. For a fixed price, diners will enjoy one appetizer, one entrée, and one dessert – the ultimate opportunity to experience new dishes or restaurant venues.”

It looks as though lunch is $15 a person and dinner is $25 a person. Check out their website, Triangle Restaurant Week, to find out which restaurants are involved!  

Hi everyone! I’m going to a new Italian restaurant in Clayton tonight, called Mulberry on Main, and I’m really excited  because I’ve heard so many good things about it! I’ll be taking my camera so expect to see something soon on it!

 My question today though is……where are some good locally owned and operated restaurants in your town! I’ve gotten some good suggestions in the past and am always trying to discover more places! Let me know what your favorite is, so I can check it out!

So it’s not a locally owned and operated restaurant but I recieved this information today and wanted to let you all know about it since it’s for a good cause. 

Applebee’s fundraiser for The V Foundation for Cancer Research. They have promised to raise $100,000 during the Men’s National Colligate Basketball Tournament, and as I’m sure you know, this is the final weekend! Guests can dine at the restaurant and donate $1 to the foundation and get to put their name on their favorite team’s paper basketball, or they can donate $5 and have the chance to shoot a basketball in a mini-hoop and score a free dessert or appetizer. The fundraiser lasts until Monday.

So I can’t exactly comment on the food because I was at the Capital City Club for a morning breakfast with Speaking For Women’s Health and I had fruit and a pastry, but I can say the restaurant is beautiful and the view is spectacular. I had never been there before and it was gorgeous. I had a wonderful time and our own Sharon Tazewell emcee’ed the special day. Have any of you eaten at the Capital City Club before, how was it?

For about a month now I have heard a lot about The Mint, downtown Raleigh’s newest Restaurant on Fayetteville Street. The thing is I can’t figure out if it’s everything it’s cut out to be. Before it even opened there was a lot of controversy around it because of how much money was going into it. I want to know if it’s really all it’s cracked up to be. I’ve heard from some people it’s absolutely delicious and I’ve heard from others it’s just ok. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet, so I want to hear what you think of it. Either what you have heard or if you have tried it what your experience was like. Let me know!

Here is a picture 0f my boss Maryann with her husband and our Co-worker Shuneca with her husband at The Mint.