We are in the middle of Bike Charlotte and one of the many events happening during this time is the Big Bingo Bike Ride. South End has been supporter of this event as it has taken shape over the years and something for the whole family. Grab your bike and come join us at Icehouse … Continue reading
This Friday looks like we will finally have great weather…not that the weather has stopped folks from coming out to Food Truck Friday! We have two great events happening on Friday night in two separate location. The first is the usual Food Truck Friday, which last Friday had to have been a record number of … Continue reading
Overview Charlotte Magazine recently named the South End Gallery Crawl as the “Best Artsy Place to Take a Date” and the May Gallery Crawl will be unlike any we have ever hosted! Whether you are a local resident or in town for the Wells Fargo Championship, this Friday will be a tremendous celebration of not … Continue reading
What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? If you’ve been at the market in the last week, you probably noticed that we’re moving things around a bit and are “under construction.” The modifications to the booth at the front door are to accommodate our newest vendor, Not Just Coffee. James Yoder is a familiar … Continue reading
You probably already have plans for this evening but if you don’t you might want to wander over to the Atherton Market and check out this wine and cheese event hosted by the Charlotte World Trade Association and the NC Department of Agriculture. Come have a little wine with your cheese! “First in Wine and … Continue reading
April First Friday Gallery Crawl in South End has some new features and great opening exhibits so hope you will come join us. We’ll have maps and information about the gallery crawl at 2 locations…Atherton Mill and Food Truck Friday lot so just look for the branded South End tents. We are continuing with the Free … Continue reading
April First Friday Gallery Crawl in South End has some new features and great opening exhibits so hope you will come join us. We’ll have maps and information about the gallery crawl at 2 locations…Atherton Mill and Food Truck Friday lot so just look for the branded South End tents. We are continuing with the … Continue reading
The Atherton Market is Charlotte’s first, indoor, year-round, producer only farmer’s market. The market is located in the historic Atherton Mill and is open Tuesday – Saturday. Below is the weekly newsletter from the market manager, Lynn Caldwell. What’s Happening This Week at the Market? The recent cooler rainy weather has really been slowing down … Continue reading
George Hobica, syndicated travel journalist and founder of Airfarewatchdog.com published a story yesterday titled, 10 Reasons To Visit Charlotte This Spring, and South End got some terrific mentions. Under reason number 2 “Food Wonderful Food” he calls out Price’s Chicken Coop, Mac’s Speed Shop and Luna’s Living Kitchen and noted the convenience of using the … Continue reading
The Market is open Tue 10am-7pm, Wed 10am -2pm, Thur 10am-2pm, Fri 10am-2pm and Sat 9am – 2pm and is located at 2000 South Blvd in the back of Atherton Mill. What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? Just in time for nearly spring, we’d like to introduce the young couple pictured right … Continue reading
The market is open today, Saturday from 9am to 2pm at the back of Atherton Mill at 2000 South Blvd. Tons of great vendors and two specials for today will be Roots Food Truck selling breakfast and A Finer Edge should be out to sharpen your knives. See the email newsletter from market manager, Lynn … Continue reading
I know the title sounds a little out there but it’s true that last weekend I drove around South End on a Ford Escape Ingredient Shopping Trip. An opportunity was presented to me to test drive a Ford Escape for a few days courtesy of Keith Hawthorne Ford Lincoln of Charlotte with the goal to share about the sustainable … Continue reading
South End is lucky to have a Charlotte’s first and only indoor, year round, producer only farmer’s market…the Atherton Market. The market is open 5 days a week Tue 9am-7p and Wed-Sat 9am-2pm and is located in the historic Atherton Mill. Each week the market manager, Lynn Caldwell, sends out a market update so you … Continue reading
Join us this Saturday, Dec 29th, for our 2nd South End Walking Tour. The first tour we did almost a year ago had a huge turnout and you can see some highlight from this past blog post: Exploring South End By Foot. The tour is Free but you do need to register here. The current weather forecast … Continue reading
Back by popular demand, we are hosting a 2nd South End Walking Tour. The first tour we did almost a year ago had a huge turnout and you can see some highlight from this past blog post: Exploring South End By Foot. South End is becoming a great urban neighborhood with eclectic shopping and restaurants all … Continue reading
What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? This is the last newsletter until after Christmas, so before I continue let me say that we appreciate each and every one of you, and wish you peace and joy for the Season. The power of community is making itself known here as well as in many … Continue reading
The following in the weekly newsletter from Atherton Market. Enjoy! What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? We’ve delivered your newsletter a little early this week so that you are sure to know that our “winter hours” begin today. It won’t mean any drastic changes, and we are still open 5 days a week. … Continue reading
What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? Now that we are officially into December it’s looking and sounding like the holidays around here! We’ve turned on the holiday music, decked the halls, and we’re hustling around to get ready for the weekend events, though we also love the weekdays. It’s a little quieter, … Continue reading
Come to South End for our FINAL Gallery Crawl of 2012 taking place this Friday, December 7th. Art is always a great gift idea so come explore and experience the many art galleries South End has to offer this Friday. Home to the largest number of galleries in Charlotte, you will find unique paintings; … Continue reading
What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? I’m just back from Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., and you may know that when I travel I explore markets and embark on culinary adventures. In D.C. we dined at “The Pig,” and had a true whole animal experience… pigs’ ears on a salad, and various organ meats … Continue reading
The 3rd Annual Small Business Saturday exceeded expectations in South End on November 24th. We featured over 71 Ideas for Shopping Small in South End. Some of those key highlights were as follows: - Reading of the Mayor’s Proclamation by City Councilwoman LaWana Mayfield at the Atherton Market - Two Free Trolley Shuttles in South … Continue reading
What an incredible Saturday! South End has been participating in Small Business Saturday since it’s inception in 2010. We have definitely seen the momentum build over the years and each year keeps getting better. To have so many people talking about Small Business Saturday showed that the day between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is truly … Continue reading
Hopefully you have taken advantage of the Black Friday deals and are gearing up for round two with Small Business Saturday. We have a whole lot (71 to be precise) of fun options for you on Saturday in South End and to make it a bit easier we’ll have 2 FREE Holiday Trolleys available to … Continue reading
Please make plans to join us on Saturday, November 24th from 5:30 to 7pm for South End’s First Ever Holiday Tree Lighting. The tree is located at Atherton Mill on the corner of Tremont and South Blvd. The tree will be lit at 6pm and we’ll have the House of Prayer Shout Band, Spin Cycle … Continue reading
Saturday, November 24th is Small Business Saturday, a day sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday to bring focus and sales to local small businesses. South End has participated in Small Business Saturday since it’s inception in 2010 by American Express. With over 870 businesses in South End and over 90% of those classified as … Continue reading
Below is the weekly newsletter from Atherton Market, South End’s year round, indoor farmer’s market. They have some great events this holiday season so make certain to add them to your calendar. What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? Signs of the upcoming holidays are all around us. It is unbelievable that Thanksgiving is … Continue reading
Tonight, Tuesday, November 13th, we will host a meeting for all South End Merchants to share our Holiday Promotion and Small Business Saturday details and how you can participate. The meeting will be held at the Atherton Market starting at 6:30pm for some light refreshments and holiday spirits with the meeting starting at 7pm. We have a Holiday Campaign … Continue reading
Each week I re-post the Atherton Market weekly newsletter so you can see the events happening each week. Market is open year round, Tue-Sat from 9am to 2pm with extended hours on Tuesdays to 7pm. Lots of great things lined up for this week with a special book signing by Charlotte Observer Food Writer Kathleen … Continue reading
It’s going to be an exciting Friday night in South End with no shortage of great things to do. Gallery Crawl is this Friday and we have A LOT of galleries and places hosting artists so make certain to check those out below. Food Truck Friday is a weekly staple and will have a canned … Continue reading
Lots of great events happening this week at Atherton Mill and the Atherton Market. Below is the weekly newsletter from manager, Lynn Caldwell. Market is open Tue-Sat 9am to 2pm with extended hours to 7pm on Tue. What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? The newsletter today is going to be short and seasonal … Continue reading
The following is reposted from the market manager of the Atherton Market. Lots of great events coming up so make certain you don’t miss out! What’s Happening this Week at the Atherton Market? The next big event you should know about is the Lucky Fish Oyster Roast and Low Country Boil on Friday, November 2nd. … Continue reading
We have two great food markets in South End: Atherton Market and Healthy Home Market. Both markets offer a great shopping experience and have wonderful events happening today. HHM has a great Oktoberfest beer tasting happening today (see flier). Lots of great events happening at the farmers market so see below but have your calendar … Continue reading
Between Healthy Home Market, the Atherton Market and all the restaurants that support local, we have a good bit of local food oriented events happening in the coming months. Below is the newsletter from Atherton Market manager Lynn Henderson which lays out the events at the market for the next couple months. Additionally, I’ve added … Continue reading
The 3rd Annual Dilworth South End Chili Cook Off was a huge success in more ways than one. For starters we had thousands of folks come to the parking lot of Atherton Mills for a great Sunday afternoon of chili, craft beer and live music. On top of all the fun, the Chili Cook Off … Continue reading
The 3rd Annual Dilworth South End Chili Cook Off was another huge success. Great weather, tasty chili, delicious local craft beer, terrific bands and lots of people. I’ll do an official recap with winners, money raised etc but wanted to see if you’d share any of your pictures with us so we can share in … Continue reading
The 3rd Annual South End / Dilworth Chili Cook Off is TODAY, Sunday, October 14th! Last year was a huge turnout and only anticipate it getting larger with more chili entries and more fun! The Chili Cook Off will be set up in the parking lot of Atherton Mill (2000 South Blvd) and starts at … Continue reading
Got weekend plans? The weather is going to be great and in addition to the great shops and restaurants in South End, we have some great events happening all weekend in the neighborhood. FRIDAY First up happens tonight with Food Truck Friday at the corner of Camden and Park Ave. Eight trucks are scheduled to … Continue reading
The following is the weekly newsletter from Lynn Caldwell, market manager for the Atherton Market. The farmers market is open year round, 5 days a week. Tue 9am -7pm and Wed-Sat 9am to 2pm. What’s Happening at the Market? I’ve had a couple of questions lately about how some of our products qualify as “local,” … Continue reading
The following is the weekly newsletter from Atherton Market manager, Lynn Caldwell. The farmers market is open year round, 5 days a week Tue-Sat 9am -2pm with extended hours on Tue until 7pm. What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? We have the opportunity to introduce not one, but two new vendors to the … Continue reading
The 3rd Annual South End / Dilworth Chili Cook Off is quickly approaching (Oct 14th) and wanted to share the current list of competitors signed up as well as share that local beer from Triple C, Olde Mecklenburg and Natty Greene’s will be pouring at the Chili Cook Off this year! Many are still in … Continue reading
Congratulations are in order for the Atherton Market for their Blast for the Past Award from Historic Charlotte for adaptive reuse of a building in a historic district. The award ceremony will be on October 10th and if you would like to purchase tickets to attend, please note the details below in the weekly Atherton … Continue reading
The 3rd Annual South End / Dilworth Chili Cook Off (noticed how I switched the order) is coming up on Sunday, October 14th and you need to make plans to be there. Last year was a huge turnout and only anticipate it getting larger with more chili entries and more fun! The Chili Cook Off … Continue reading
Icehouse and Zucca’s Pizza Tavern are joining forces to take over the Atherton Mill parking lot this Saturday for an Extreme Football Tailgate Kickoff! Located at 2000 South Blvd, Atherton Mill has great parking and is an easy walk from Wilmore or Dilworth as well as the East/West Light Rail Stop. Party runs from 4pm-11pm … Continue reading
Come experience the local produce of the region at the Atherton Farmer’s Market. Open 5 days a week, Tue – Sat from 9am to 2pm. Short trip down the light rail to East/West Station and quick walk south about half a block to Atherton Mill. The market is in the old Trolley Barn. See the … Continue reading
Saturday morning and the Atherton Market has been open for an hour already with lots of great local produce, proteins and local sourced food items. Below you can read the weekly market update, see some pictures from my visit this past week of a couple vendors and see what Luck Fish will be serving up … Continue reading
It is going to be a great night in South End with all kinds of events from live music, movies, food trucks and SEC rivalry! The great thing is you can walk to them all so you can party hop. Here is the list so you can start making your plans. SEC Alumni Bash 2012 at … Continue reading
As you wake up this Saturday morning and plan your day, I recommend a trip to Atherton Market. We go to grocery stores to buy food but we go to farmers markets for an experience. Clearly you are getting the freshest, local produce and proteins around when you shop a market, but you get the social … Continue reading
