Flight Savor Fare

Let’s eat some meat and drink some good stuff and party like it’s 1999!
In Brazil, Carnival is a week long event and, in that spirit, Flight offers carnival specials from Thursday-Fat Tuesday (Feb 19 – Feb 24). Special themed dinners like our 13 oz bone-in strip steak with chimichurri sauce for $30 and [...]

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There will come a time when we look back on 2008 as the year that ended a decade not unlike the “Roaring Twenties.” We thought the fun would never end. I don’t think of myself as a decadent person, but circumstances conspired to expose me to some really varied and incredible wine that [...]

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Sparkling wine, great food and thine.
What creates a memorable Valentine’s Day? Attention to details. See earlier post, What She Really Wants for Valentines Day.)
For him, remember to open the car door and place your hand gently under her elbow as you escort her to Flight. Open the heavy glass door [...]

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Celebrate the day of the Norse goddess Frigga. According to wikipedia (so it must be true, right?) Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch.
And then, they dreamed up [...]

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The “Eat Local” food movement is big here in Western North Carolina and one that Flight Wood Grill has participated in to the fullest extent possible. (There isn’t much local produce available in February.) Now, a local organic farm, Cane Creek Valley Farm, is offering subscriptions. Yes, you can have a box of [...]

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The Bushes were known for not drinking and going to bed early. Now, with Obama in office, Washington is braced for a new energy at the White House in the entertaining vein as well as the governmental one because Barack and Michelle have a penchant for good wine. Reportedly.
The Obamas have a 1000 bottle [...]

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Listen up, guys. Yes, make dinner reservations (at Flight, of course) and pick the right sparkling wine and wives and girlfriends will be impressed. (Flight is giving every two entrees a split of sparkling wine, normally called champagne, but that’s correct only if it actually comes from Champagne, France.) You can even [...]

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