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    The UPPY Awards

    Save the date for the 2024 UPPY Awards! Unpretentious Palate‘s fourth annual People of the Year Awards, or The UPPYs, will be held on Monday, November 4th from 6-9 p.m. at Charlotte’s historic Visulite Theatre. The annual event celebrates the best in Charlotte’s restaurant industry, from chefs and bartenders to sommeliers and general managers. Tickets are on sale now! See this year’s finalists.

    Tickets include dinner from Chapter 6, specialty cocktails created by last year’s Mixologist of the Year Stefan Huebner, and an awards presentation.

    Dinner Menu

    Passed Items
    Octopus salad
    Grilled Skewers
       Shrimp with olive salsa verde
       Marinated chicken thigh
       Lamb kefka
       Eggplant with pine nut lemon relish

    Entrée Station
    Braised lamb with aromatic rice and herbs
    Butcher’s salad with shaved steak, fresh mint, and basil, red onion, harissa
    Roasted carrots with pomegranate, tahini, pistachio dukkah

    Grazing Station
    Prosciutto with hazelnut gremolata
    Marinated olives & almonds
    Verde chickpeas with sundried peppers, preserved lemons, yogurt
    Confit garlic with white anchovies and calabrian chilies
    Tuna crudo with salsa matcha

    Dessert Station
    Cheesecake
    Assorted pastries
    Cookies

    Cocktail Menu

    Mr. Brownstone
    (in honor of UPPY Mixology Finalist Kyle Brown, Customshop)
    Casamigos blanco, rosemary, riesling, grape fruit, smoked lime

    Just In Time
    (in honor of UPPY Mixology Finalist Justin Hazelton, Lorem Ipsum)
    Casamigos Reposado, Tangerine, pear, hazelnuts cinnamon, lemon.

    The Buck Stops Here
    (in honor of UPPY Mixology Finalist Rhea Buck, Supperland)
    Wild Turkey Rye, Campari, Lemon, Blended Vermouth, Sweetened Carbonated Water

    Last Year’s Winner Punch
    (commemorating Huebner’s 2023 win)
    Wild Turkey 101, Bonal, Cardamaro, Maraschino, Orange, Black Walnut Bitters. Orange twist

    To choose the finalists, we lean on some of the city’s most food-educated and seasoned diners, UP members, to help select our finalists via nominations. This prevents someone from being named a winner solely based on the quality of their PR team or social media following. Nominations are now closed.

    THANK YOU, SPONSORS!

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    CATEGORY SPONSORS

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    If you’d like to be a sponsor, you can learn more by reaching out to Casey Wilson at Carben Events.

    See the 2023 UPPY Award Winners