Winter storms freeze Queen's Feast
Restaurants report losing significant revenue with expected back-to-back winter storms in Charlotte
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Two weekends of winter weather during Queen’s Feast ‘devastating’ for local restaurants
by Ashley Fahey
It’s definitely not the first spurt of extreme winter weather that Queen’s Feast, the biannual restaurant week for the Charlotte region that offers multi-course menus at discounted prices, has experienced in its 18-year history.
But never before have they seen two winter weather storms on both weekends that bookend the 10-day festival, with storms hitting on the busiest and most lucrative days for the restaurants participating.