Open a steak house with a legendary chef, right next door to an illustrious performing arts center. The Weddington brothers did it! Listen in to find out what it likes to make a steakhouse fit the foodie culture of Durham, NC.

Also, all the answers to:

How to properly brine a turkey.

Who you should be rooting for, football wise on Thanksgiving?

The never ending question of, what to drink with Thanksgiving?

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• https://www.ncfbpodcast.com/about

Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&Bpodcast.

Max is a front-of-house veteran/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina three years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected]

Eat & Drink Merrily!