Flight Savor Fare

Where have all the bitters gone? Angostura bitters, that is. A crucial ingredient in some cocktails and there is none to be had in all of North Carolina nor the upstate of South Carolina. Check your liquor cabinet — if you have any extra, let me know! Apparently, bitters is the new gold in our [...]

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Flight’s Patrons had fun, too!

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I love Twitter. You can form groups, speak directly to an individual or to an audience, search for keywords and track. Facebook, I find cluttered and difficult and sometimes juvenile, but of the two, Facebook will most likely be the vehicle that reaches my people in the near future. Middle-aged women are the fastest growing [...]

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April is here! Mike Phillips predicts one more snowfall, but still it is spring. The dafs are blooming, so are the cherry trees. If there is one more snow, we can just laugh at it. Flight is ready for Spring! The restaurant is freshly painted and the menu has been refreshed as well. May it [...]

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While we are on the subject of restaurant reservations, let me point you to Open Table. If you travel and dine out frequently, opentable.com is a must visit site. You can check out the various restaurants before you travel, read reviews of frequent diners, and, of course, make reservations. Open Table allows you to make [...]

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If there are plenty of tables available and no waiting… Why make reservations at Flight or any restaurant? If you’ve ever been in a less than crowded restaurant and received slow service or if your favorite dish or the special is sold out frequently, it is most likely due to the chef and general manager [...]

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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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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 Cupid [...]

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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 have flowers awaiting [...]

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