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10/02/2026

Voila! The News & Observer previews the “scrumptious” Croque Madame, coffee & cocktails Café Royale! Opening Monday 🇫🇷 🎉🍾

10/02/2026

Cafe Royale opens Monday with Croque Madames, coffee & cocktails!

Cafe Royale is the latest project at The Exchange from Patrick Shanahan and Robby Opperman, who also created the ornate Capulet Cocktail Club next door. Frederique Leonard, the Cafe Royale general manager, introduces the restaurant's Croque Monsieur. Cafe Royale opens Monday, Oct. 5.

10/02/2026

Voila!

09/28/2026

When ✌🏻 Imbibe 75’s get together 🔥 BESPOKE’s takeover Kingfisher was the highlight of our (Negroni) week 😉 & even better to toast it with Speed Rack’s REBEKAH MARIE behind the stick with Robby Dow 💪🏽

Juicy, crushable cocktails as per usual so we had them ALL 🤪 & that Kingfisher Steak Frites was clutch

Never more excited to see NC leading the amaro conversation like this! (Courtesy of Robby Dow) 💯

Go check out BESPOKE in Wilmington (where all the details are dialed in — now even cutting their own ice 👏🏻) & dip into one of our favorite bars of all time when you’re in Durham 👉🏼 Sean Umstead & Michelle Vanderwalker’s Kingfisher ✨

09/25/2026

Pitmaster Christopher Prieto returns to Southbound Food Festival🍴 with his PRIME Barbecue brisket in-hand! 💯 Look for him Southern Living’s Food & Fire on Saturday in Birmingham, AL 🔥

Visit Tuesday-Saturday for this & more or snag tickets before he sells out of his next Ultimate BBQ Class Nov 15th 👈🏽

09/25/2026

Join us Sunday! We’re toasting Negroni Week BESPOKE’s pop up Kingfisher!🍹✌🏻

Look for this years’ Imbibe 75 Winner Robby Dow shaking & stirring Campari & Amaro cocktails from 5-11 💯

Robby Dow’s new all-day, coffee-to-cocktail neighborhood bar in Wilmington serves everything from Negronis on draft at 7am to NC’s finest vintage amaros 💯

Check him out this month Punch where he obsesses over amaro-fueled Shakeratos with Brad Thomas Parsons 👏🏻

We may even request one on Sunday 😉

09/24/2026

Again this year, Yokai is on Imbibe’s Negroni Week map 👏🏻 with a Japanese spin on the Italian classic featuring plum sake instead of vermouth 🥃

Meet Beverage Director Sebastian Moreno & ask for the Tengu — made with saké to reflect this playful Japanese izakaya helmed by MACHETE’s Kevin Cottrell in downtown Greensboro 💯

What’s more? Each year, the team participates in Negroni Week in the fullest way — with a contribution to Slow Food USA and team participation in the national day of service with their local USBG 💪🏽

Sip for a cause this week! And get a peek at some of these innovative sips & snacks 💯

09/23/2026

Kissing summer goodbye with the brightest & fluffiest green tomato gazpacho on our palate! MACHETE’s Kevin Cottrell wow’d with euphoriagreenville’s best bite 💫

Other highlights — sips & snacks Little Secret with The Local Palate & media friends, bread service followed by the full menu The Anchorage Restaurant, rosé-all-day brunch Fork and Plough | Neighborhood Restaurant in Greenville, SC, late night MICHELIN Guide (official) ⭐️ eats Scoundrel🦪 & ☕️ at the cutest Augusta A20 Twenty Market & Cafe 💯

See you next year, euphoriagreenville 👋🏼