🍽 Mimosa Grill will host a dinner on Oct. 12 at 6pm to benefit western N.C. Donations will go to World Central Kitchen. Tickets are $75. (Resy)
Chefs include Stagioni's Brittany Cochran, Mimosa Grill's Kaley Laird, Ryan Allen and Ryan Forte of Carolina Farm Trust and Nic Daniels of TPC Piper Glen.
🏀 The Charlotte Hornets face the Miami Heat in a home preseason game tonight at Spectrum Center. Make sure you check the arena's new bag policy before you go. (Axios)
🌮 Tacos el Nevado has soft-opened an express location in Compare Foods at 201 W Arrowood Road. It's open from 9am-9pm. (Instagram)
☕️ Mean Mug, a Salisbury-based coffee shop, has opened at Concord Mills. Other retailers expected to open before the end of the year include: