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    Welcome to the home of our weekly food and drink Q&A! Consider us your restaurant concierge; we’ll answer questions each Thursday about Unpretentious Palate, restaurants in Charlotte, food, wine, or cocktails. Send us your questions!

    September 24, 2026

    Q&A: Learning N.C. wines, ice cream parlors

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    September 17, 2026

    Q&A: Mango sticky rice, meat and potatoes dinner

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    September 10, 2026

    Q&A: Bills bars, training wheel restaurants

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    September 3, 2026

    Q&A: Sarti Spritz, home vegetable gardens

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    August 27, 2026

    Q&A: Crab cakes, who gets reimbursed for an unsatisfactory meal

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    August 20, 2026

    Q&A: The next café beverage, Labor Day schedules

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    August 13, 2026

    Q&A: Low-key food and wine, learning cocktails

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    August 6, 2026

    Q&A: Food holidays, favorite steakhouse sides

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    July 30, 2026

    Q&A: Great affordable restaurants, N.C. legislation updates

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


    July 23, 2026

    Q&A: Is Queen’s Feast still worth it, National Tequila Day

    Each week, we answer reader questions about food and drink in Charlotte


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