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[cityboi]

twincity, on Jun 11 2007, 08:32 PM, said:

owners of "6th and Vine" in downtown winston-salem will be opening a restaurant/wine bar at 314 S. Elm Street called "The Vine on Elm Street"  they will take over the street level space formerly occupied by Miller's furniture store.

quote from Smitty's notes:

"...It will occupy 6,000 square feet and will include a wine shop, bar, restaurant and private dining room for special events. The space can hold up to 200 patrons and will have the same lounge feel as 6th and Vine, with plenty of plush sofas and chairs. An opening is planned for early 2008."

http://www.journalno...s=1037645508988

Great News! I was wondering when a restaurant was going to open up in there. Thanks for the link. This would be the second wine bar/cafe downtown and this looks like this is a nice size restaurant. It will be in a great location on South Elm in between Much/ N Club and Natty Greene's. Everytime I drive through downtown at night I get chills because its so unbelievable with alll the street activity going on at night. Very urban atmosphere with musicians on the street playing saxaphones and drums and the center-city park is full of people evan after 10 pm. Restaurants are usually packed around that time as well. Its amazing when you think about where downtown was 10 years ago. This wine restaurant will be just another great addition for downtown and hopefully a potential mega development will bring many more restaurants. Greensboro should make a goal to have at least 80 restaurants downtown with different variety. (the number of restaurants in downtown Greenville, SC) Id like to see a Japanese steakhouse restaurant, fine mexican dining restaurant, a true seafood restaurant and a barbeque restaurant downtown.

Edited by cityboi, 11 June 2007 - 08:56 PM.

[Mr Downtown]

twincity, on Jun 11 2007, 08:32 PM, said:

owners of "6th and Vine" in downtown winston-salem will be opening a restaurant/wine bar at 314 S. Elm Street called "The Vine on Elm Street" they will take over the street level space formerly occupied by Miller's furniture store.

quote from Smitty's notes:

"...It will occupy 6,000 square feet and will include a wine shop, bar, restaurant and private dining room for special events. The space can hold up to 200 patrons and will have the same lounge feel as 6th and Vine, with plenty of plush sofas and chairs. An opening is planned for early 2008."

http://www.journalno...s=1037645508988

Great News, good to see another restaurant/nightspot opening up downtown.  We have a nice mix of restaurants developing...... maybe one day we could add a soul food restaurant as well

[cityboi]

Mr Downtown, on Jun 11 2007, 09:07 PM, said:

Great News, good to see another restaurant/nightspot opening up downtown.  We have a nice mix of restaurants developing...... maybe one day we could add a soul food restaurant as well

maybe "Mama Dips" from the Triangle will expand here

Edited by cityboi, 11 June 2007 - 09:09 PM.

[Mr Downtown]

cityboi, on Jun 11 2007, 08:35 PM, said:

Great News! I was wondering when a restaurant was going to open up in there. Thanks for the link. This would be the second wine bar/cafe downtown and this looks like this is a nice size restaurant. It will be in a great location on South Elm in between Much/ N Club and Natty Greene's. Everytime I drive through downtown at night I get chills because its so unbelievable with alll the street activity going on at night. Very urban atmosphere with musicians on the street playing saxaphones and drums and the center-city park is full of people evan after 10 pm. Restaurants are usually packed around that time as well. Its amazing when you think about where downtown was 10 years ago. This wine restaurant will be just another great addition for downtown and hopefully a potential mega development will bring many more restaurants. Greensboro should make a goal to have at least 80 restaurants downtown with different variety. (the number of restaurants in downtown Greenville, SC) Id like to see a Japanese steakhouse restaurant, fine mexican dining restaurant, a true seafood restaurant and a barbeque restaurant downtown.

Amen to that.  About the 80 restaurants, does anyone know the number of places currently in downtown?  And yes, we should strive to have more places than downtown Greenville, SC.

[cityboi]

Mr Downtown, on Jun 11 2007, 09:10 PM, said:

Amen to that.  About the 80 restaurants, does anyone know the number of places currently in downtown?  And yes, we should strive to have more places than downtown Greenville, SC.

according to DGI's website, downtown Greensboro has 45 restaurants...so we are a little over half way there There are also several more just on the outskirts of downtown.  Of the 45 restaurants, only about 4 are fast food chains. (Subway, Hardees, Quiznos, and Chick-fil-A). With exception to Rumrunners, the rest are local restaurants. Mellow Mushroom is also suppose to open downtown as well. Its suppose to be the largest restaurant in downtown Greensboro and one of the chains largest restaurants. If this downtown mega development happen, im not sure Mellow Mushroom would be the largest but I think Mellow Mushroom should be one of the restaurants in the development. Downtown also needs a cafeteria style restaurant like K&W. That would very popular among the lunch crowd.

One restaurant just opened up on Elm Street, a Mexican/Cuban cuisine restaurant called Margaritas Grill.

Edited by cityboi, 11 June 2007 - 09:30 PM.

[cityboi]

For those of you that remember, the undercurrent restaurant at the corner of South Elm Street and Lewis Street caught on fire a few years back. The undercurrent has since then moved to another location downtown near the ballpark. Now a new restaurant is opening at the corner of South Elm and Lewis Streets called "Table 16" fine Italian restaurant. Im glad they opened another restaurant there because there arent that many restaurants on South Elm, south of the railroad tracks which consist mainly of antique shops.



http://www.news-reco...RSTAFF/70822007

http://www.table16restaurant.com/

another restaurant opened downtown as well called "Cafe Monet" in the Renaissance Plaza Tower

also here is the website to the new undercurrent restaurant located near the ballpark.

http://www.undercurrentrestaurant.com/

Edited by cityboi, 22 August 2007 - 11:48 AM.

[cityboi]

here is the Press Wine Cafe in Southside (you can listen to live Jazz music here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. There is also sidewalk cafe seating and free wifi)

Edited by cityboi, 22 August 2007 - 11:56 AM.

[cityboi]

The Green Burro Sports Bar/restaurant (across the street from Natty Greens at the corner of South Elm and McGee Streets)

Edited by cityboi, 22 August 2007 - 12:03 PM.

[cityboi]

Natty Greens Mirobrewery/restaurant. a 3-story restaurant located in a historic saloon from the late 1800s.

Edited by cityboi, 22 August 2007 - 12:44 PM.

[cityboi]

Ganache Bakery & Cafe (on North Elm Street and includes a roof top cafe seating)

Edited by cityboi, 22 August 2007 - 01:47 PM.

[nowensone]

Need pics of Liberty Oak, I never cease to be impressed with their menu, it really is a diamond in the rough and not normally found in a market like ours.

Oh, and Ganache has a fantastic Charleston style Shrimp n' grits with a roux base and sausage.  Man I'm hungry...

Edited by nowensone, 22 August 2007 - 02:48 PM.

[cityboi]

No problem!

Liberty Oak Restaurant (corner of South Elm and Washington Street)

Edited by cityboi, 22 August 2007 - 02:48 PM.

[cityboi]

Solaris Tapas Restaurant & Bar

[DigitalSky]

Solaris and Ganache are amazing.  Undercurrent is the best upscale downtown Greensboro restaurant hands down.  Also good for deserts- Cheesecakes by Alex!  Oh and a great lunch @ Metro Gourmet Market

[cityboi]

cantnot, on Aug 23 2007, 07:27 AM, said:

Solaris and Ganache are amazing.  Undercurrent is the best upscale downtown Greensboro restaurant hands down.  Also good for deserts- Cheesecakes by Alex!  Oh and a great lunch @ Metro Gourmet Market

Ive been to Ganache. Nice cafe and they have very tasty treats Eat there and you can get fat really quick!

I like Undercurrent's new location hopefully we'll see more restuarants and things to help spruce up that area of downtown which could use some streetscape improvements as well.

Edited by cityboi, 23 August 2007 - 07:33 AM.

[JerseyBoy]

Wow, didn't realize G'boro had these eclectic establishments. I might have to try Ganache one day when I pass through. Looks like my type of place!

[blburton]

There's also this coffee shop that I used to go to called the "Green something" I think.....??  I thought it was rather eclectic, as well.  It's on Elm St a few shops from Natty Greene's.

I loved Solaris when I lived in Greensboro!

[cityboi]

blburton, on Aug 23 2007, 01:48 PM, said:

There's also this coffee shop that I used to go to called the "Green something" I think.....??  I thought it was rather eclectic, as well.  It's on Elm St a few shops from Natty Greene's.

I loved Solaris when I lived in Greensboro!

that coffee shop is called the Green Bean. its very popular and has wifi access.

[DigitalSky]

I want to add another place - Cafe Europa, which is across the center city park, is very good too!

[cityboi]

Its very nice and its located in Festival Park. It has a nice patio area with a water fountain.