John Batchelor Dining and Travel

 A return to one of my favorite restaurants, Blue Denim  (217 South Elm Street, Greensboro, 336-676-5689, bluedenimgso.com). Chef-proprietor...

      Returned to Ridge Shrimp and Oyster ( 2205L Oak Ridge Rd, Oak Ridge, NC 27310, 336-298-7102) recently. Search Facebook for their posts...

I wrote about Odeh's for YES! Weekly in the 11/6/24 edition. See this link for the online version:  https://issuu.com/yesweekly/docs/11....

       T he Katharine (katharinebrasserie.com) in Winston-Salem hosted another bourbon expo last week- on October 3. Tasting stations were s...

 We had the Baconessence food truck serve our neighborhood for another block party this week. Their food is really good! Highlights: Lobster...

 Can't seem to get this retirement thing right. I keep going back to work, albeit in situations where I can still have a good time and c...

 Harper's holds periodic wine sampler dinners, approximately monthly. These are smaller and much less expensive than other wine dinners...

 Can't have just one celebratory meal for an occasion as important as this! A few photos from Sunday Brunch with Courtney and Fred at Th...

 My wife and I celebrated our 33rd Anniversary this week. Hurricane Debby forced us to stay at home on Thursday (8/8), the actual date of ou...

 Recently attended an expo at the Kimpton Cardinal Hotel in Winston-Salem (thecardinalhotel.com). They have a space on the 20th floor that i...