The sale's proceeds go towards job training and employment programs for Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont. Photo: Courtesy of Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont
Goodwill's annual bridal pop-up is back today at The Goodwill Opportunity Campus on Wilkinson Boulevard.
What to expect: Hundreds of donated wedding gowns, including designer brands, plus special occasion attire all at discounted prices.
If you go: Most wedding gowns will range between $99-$499, according to a press release.
Bridesmaid dresses are $49 each or three for $100.
Ward says her creations are heavily inspired by what's in season. Photo: McKenzie Rankin/Axios
Sam Ward, former owner of local bakery Wentworth & Fenn, is now the new pastry chef at fine dining restaurant L'Ostrica in Montford.
What to expect: Scratch-made desserts made with local ingredients that'll rotate about every two months, according to Ward.
Dig in: The new desserts are spread across L'Ostrica's various menus.
A rhubarb torte, pictured above, is available as part of the 5- or 10-course tasting menu.
Mignardises, AKA mini desserts like shortbread cookies, are served at the very end of the tasting menu and available in the Chef's Market.
A berry chocolate torte is part of the restaurant's bar menu.
Yes, and: L'Ostrica hosts a themed Sunday Supper every week at 5:30pm.
Tomorrow's theme is surf and turf and will feature a lemon cheesecake.
If you go: Reservations are required for the tasting menus and the Sunday Supper.
Between the lines: Wentworth & Fenn first started as a popup trailer business in 2017, as Unpretentious Palate reported.It expanded to Camp North End in 2020 and Uptown in 2023. Both locations closed last year due to lack of consistent foot traffic, according to Ward.
Optimism levels: high. Trivia ranking: mid. Photo: Laura Barrero/Axios
Last weekend, some of the Axios Charlotte team competed in the prelims for Mindless Minutia's Amazing Colossal Big A$$ Trivia Championship at Lenny Boy Brewing.
Context: It's the third year for the championship, which is the largest trivia tournament in Charlotte, put on by the city's most popular trivia company.
What's next: The top teams from prelims will compete for $3,000 in the finals on Mar. 16.
My thought bubble: Charlotte takes trivia seriously, and our city is stacked with a lot of smart people.
As for our team...Mindless Minutia founder Jacob Gresham said we landed in the middle of the pack.
"It was definitely a respectable showing y'all should be proud of!," he texted Laura. We think he's just being nice.
