Building a Legacy


Written by: estiator Industry leaders share family stories. As told to Michael Kaminer In our community, family and business are often inseparable. While our pages often focus on the “business” side of that equation, we thought it was time to spotlight family — especially after such a challenging year. Who inspires you? Who’s influenced you? Whose spirit continues […]

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Popular Charlotte Restaurant comes to Winston-Salem


Written by: Michael Hastings, Winston-Salem Journal Forty years after opening its doors in Charlotte, the Showmars restaurant chain has come to Winston-Salem. Showmars opened its first and only Triad restaurant Jan. 19 at 27 Harvey St. in the Hanestowne Village shopping center off Stratford Road. Showmars, in the former spot occupied by Tijuana Flats, is […]

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Your ultimate guide to walk-up windows and drive-thrus in Charlotte


By Sonia Rao It’s time to think about dinner, and you want to support one of your favorite Charlotte restaurants. In the era of COVID-19, you feel much safer getting your food to-go. Easy enough, as you pick up the phone and dial a number (or, let’s be real, pull up a restaurant’s app) to […]

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Happy Monday


Hello friends, it’s Melissa. “Charlotte was peppered with fish camps in the late 70s and early 80s. So it made sense to serve a fish sandwich,” Showmars CEO Dean Peroulas told Philip for the latest in our Charlotte’s Classic Eats series. This statement alone brings back so many memories of my childhood, where going to […]

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The Race to Protect Pediatric Hearts Must Go On


Veteran Carolina Panthers’ Star Tight-End & Charlotte’s Family Favorite Restaurant Unite for Fifth Annual Virtual HEARTest Yard + Showmars 5K Greg Olsen and Showmars team up for this year’s first-ever socially distant 5K/Challenge to benefit Levine Children’s Hospital The Greg Olsen Foundation’s HEARTest Yard, supporting families of children with congenital heart diseases and disorders (CHDs) […]

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