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CHARLOTTE — A local restaurant received a ”C” rating following a health inspection, according to a February state inspection report. Two weeks later, a spokesperson said the restaurant got an “A” rating after a reinspection.

On Feb. 23, the Chili’s on Sardis Road North at East Independence Boulevard got a 73.5 grade.

The inspection findings included seeing cockroaches throughout the facility, as well as no soap at a hand sink. Inspectors also noticed a sticky buildup on equipment on the food line and numerous foods being held at improper temperatures.

>> For more information about the inspection, click here.

On March 9, a Brinker International spokesperson (which owns Chili’s) said the location got a significantly higher health rating in a reinspection by the health department. The company shared the following statement with Channel 9:

“The health of our Guests and Team Members is our top priority, and we are happy to report Chili’s Crown Point on Sardis Road received a 96.5 in our reinspection by the health department this week. We took quick, corrective action to thoroughly address all concerns and ensure we continue to score A’s on future health inspections. Some of our actions included providing additional training to our Team Members, making necessary repairs in our Heart of House, working with our chemical solutions partner EcoLab and confirming we could operate our virtual brand, Maggiano’s Italian Classics.”

The Chili's on Sardis Road got a 73.5 on its health inspection. The inspection findings included cockroaches throughout the facility, no soap at a handsink, sticky buildup on equipment on the food line and numerous foods being held at improper temperatures @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/AxiOLfcr9B

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) February 24, 2022

In February, Channel 9 spoke with food safety consultant and teacher Adam Deitrich, who said he checks restaurant inspections daily. Deitrich said he wasn’t surprised by the score at the Chili’s on Sardis Road North location and has previously reached out to the store to offer help. Deitrich said the restaurant received some half points back for correcting problems during the inspection, but it really should have been shut down.

“It’s my opinion that the health department probably should have revoked their permits to sell food based on all the infractions. And the fact that they were repeat violations,” Deitrich said.

Deitrich said the biggest concern from the inspection was the knowledge that this Chili’s was operating as a “ghost kitchen” for Maggiano’s Italian Classics. According to the Charlotte Observer, a ghost kitchen is a commercialized kitchen that specializes in takeout and delivery food.

Deitrich said Maggiano’s Italian Classics is an entirely online restaurant that customers can order from on Door Dash. He said the health inspector noted that the kitchen had not been approved yet.

Deitrich said customers have no idea that their food is actually being prepared in this Chili’s.

“A 73 ain’t good. But the big issue is the ghost kitchen being operated that guests have no idea that it’s coming out of a 73.5 scored kitchen,” Deitrich said.

Deitrich told Channel 9 that ghost kitchens are growing in popularity, but they are operating in a gray zone because state health departments don’t have regulations for them yet.

For more information about the inspection, click here.

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Three local developers want to rezone 115 acres in south Charlotte for a project that could eventually include 45,000 square feet of offices, a 100,000-square-foot grocery store, 80,000 square feet of retail and 1,500 residential units, including at least 300 affordable housing units.

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Levine Properties, Northwood Ravin, and Horizon Development Properties are all expected to have filed rezoning plans by the end of today for the site of Providence Square Shopping Center and adjacent property. That’s near the intersection of Providence Road, Old Providence Road and Sardis Lane.

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— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) January 31, 2023

A spokesperson for the project said the three firms have assembled the property needed for the multi-phase development. The rezoning requests consist of three separate applications.

According to a news release, the project says the revitalization will include replacing large numbers of obsolete units and a full renovation of others, as well as retaining the Moments of Hope Church in the old Harris Teeter space and an existing recreation/tennis facility.

“Inspired by the long-term goals of Charlotte’s 2040 Plan efforts, these proposed rezonings will energize an area in need of revitalization and bring the idea of 10-minute neighborhoods to life, where people can access most day-to-day needs within a short distance from home,” Levine Properties President Daniel Levine said.

The rezoning requests will be heard in the next few months. They will require a public hearing and a Charlotte City Council vote.

In the early 2000s, the Providence Square Shopping Center was home to a Harris Teeter. The developers are proposing the return of a grocery store option for this part of south Charlotte. The 100,000-square-foot store is nearly double the size of a typical Harris Teeter or Food Lion.

Supermarket expert Phil Lempert of supermarketguru.com says he would bet the new store is Wegmans.

“Danny and Colleen Wegman have their eyes on you, Charlotte,” he said. “I would bet on it.”

A source tells Channel 9, the Providence and Sardis area was pitched to Wegmans four or five years ago as a potential location for a new store. A spokesperson for Wegmans declined to comment. Levine did not respond to a question asking if Wegmans is the future store.

Lempert says other typical stores of this size do not have a presence in North Carolina including Meijer and Hy-Vee. A Walmart, according to Lempert, would not make sense in this area.

Lempert says Charlotte’s population growth, resident background, and culinary scene make the city a desirable market. Wegmans has four stores in North Carolina and an additional store is planning to open in Holly Springs.

If Wegmans is coming to south Charlotte, Lempert says other stores will have to step up.

“I think what you’re going to see with all the other retailers, is they’re going to have to up their game as it relates to more unique products, more local products, more prepared foods.,” he said.

The 115-acre site includes the rezoning of several housing complexes. One of the complexes is Crest on Providence Apartments. Northwood Ravin’s plans call for replacing a portion of the property with single-family, rental townhomes and apartments. Northwood Ravin plans to renovate 100 units to preserve them as naturally occurring affordable housing. It is unclear what the current occupancy rate is for the development.

The rezoning petitions also include Inlivian’s Gladedale Homes. Horizon Development Properties is Inlivian’s nonprofit development subsidiary. Plans call for a mix of housing types, including at least 225 affordable housing units. Gladedale is currently home to 49 units.

“Our vision is to create a mix of new affordable/workforce housing units to help residents live near job opportunities throughout our community,” said Kevin Boyett, senior vice president of Real Estate Development of Horizon. “Maintaining and expanding affordability within our Gladedale community is a key priority.”

The Charlotte City Council will hold a public hearing and vote in the coming months. The developers will also have to host community meetings to brief neighbors on the plans.

Read more here.

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SARDIS, Ga., Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southern Bank announces the appointment of its new executive leadership team, following the retirement of bank CEO and President Preston Conner.

After nearly 37 years with the bank, Conner hands over leadership to Chief Executive Officer Jamin M. Hujik, President Scott M. Frierson and Chief Lending Officer Frank Townsend.

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With over 85 years of collective community banking experience, the team will position The Southern Bank for long-term growth while continuing to deliver for its existing customers, communities and shareholders.

"We thank Preston for his years of excellent service and commitment to our team and shareholders," says Frank Cole, Chairman of the Board for The Southern Bank. "We believe this new executive team reflects the board's commitment to growing the bank and driving shareholder value while continuing to serve our existing customers and communities."

Hujik began his career in 1999 and most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CresCom Bank. While with CresCom, he led the bank through a period of rapid growth and record profitability with 73 branches and over $4.7 billion in assets, culminating in CresCom's acquisition by United Bank in 2019 for $1.1 billion.

Frierson, with over 35 years of experience leading and building organizations and teams, has spent nearly four decades serving in community banking leadership roles, including, President of the Carolinas with Carolina First Bank (The South Financial Group); EVP and Chief Credit Officer with Regent Bank; President of the State of South Carolina with CertusBank; and Upstate S.C. Market Executive with CresCom Bank.

Townsend began his banking career in 1985 in the management associate program at C&S Bank in Aiken, S.C. and spent several years in Columbia, S.C., as branch management, before moving to Palmetto Federal Savings Bank in Aiken, S.C., in 1994 as a commercial lender. In 2007, he organized and served as CEO of Southern Bank & Trust, a de-novo bank in Aiken, S.C. In his time there, Townsend helped grow the bank to just under $200 million in assets before its acquisition by South State Bank, where he most recently served as City Executive.

To learn more about The Southern Bank, its leadership and its services, please visit www.thesouthern.bank.

About The Southern Bank The Southern Bank, with headquarters in Sardis, Ga., is changing the way digital banking and community banking are done. The Southern Bank is committed to delivering high-tech innovative financial tools while also providing a high-touch, personal customer experience. With over $145 million in total assets, the bank currently operates branches in Gibson, Hephzibah, Sardis and Waynesboro, Ga. To learn more about The Southern Bank, visit www.thesouthern.bank.

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The University of South Carolina is one step closer to creating new recreational fields and a golf practice facility on 300 acres of riverfront property near Williams-Brice Stadium, just south of downtown Columbia.

USC has long had plans to put intramural playing fields, a short-range golf practice facility and other amenities on the flood-prone land it bought in 2014 in U.S. bankruptcy court, outbidding a mining company that has property nearby.

And now the USC Development Foundation, a private fundraising arm of the school, is asking Columbia to annex the land and rezone it to a “Sports/Amusement District.” That zoning designation allows for recreational fields, stadiums, amusement parks and more.

The state’s flagship university is “really close” to beginning work on the property, according to Russ Meekins, executive director of the USC Development Foundation. The golf practice facility for the USC men and women’s golf teams could be completed as early as next spring, he said.

USC just last year at nearby Gamecock Park on Bluff Road built two practice fields and an indoor practice facility for the Gamecocks’ football program.

Meekins said the new fields would accommodate soccer, football, softball and other sports. USC spokesman Wes Hickman said specifics are subject to change.

As USC’s enrollment has grown, officials for years have said the school doesn’t have enough recreational fields at its downtown campus.

Adding fields south of campus would take care of that shortage and protect them from overuse, Meekins said. Students could ride a shuttle the nearly three miles from campus to the fields, he said.

“We just don’t have enough with the growing student population,” Meekins said, “and the land in town for athletic fields is just so expensive.”

USC placed a winning bid of $3.25 million for the low-lying 300 acres that stretch from north of National Guard Road, off Bluff Road, south to Heathwood Hall Episcopal School along the Congaree River.

Meekins said plans for the golf facility were born out of “pressure to improve facilities for the golf teams so they can recruit and get top athletes.”

Some land near the river likely remain will undeveloped, USC officials said.

“We’re going to have some wetlands, and we hope to plant some species of trees and things that would attract wildlife,” Meekins said.

A cross-country trail for students could be put in later, he said.

“For an urban campus, it’ll be a pastoral setting in a lot of ways,” Meekins said.

Meekins said the plans have support from environmental groups, including Sustainable Midlands, whose members are happy the land won’t become a quarry.

Ryan Nevius, who founded and now is a board member at Sustainable Midlands, said turning the land into greenspace is “the best thing that could possible happen to it.”

“We’re thrilled that it’s not going to be developed with any negative environmental impact,” Nevius said.

Still, Meekins said some environmentalists have called to say the land should just be left alone.

“We try to do things responsibly. For goodness sakes, we teach environmental science,” Meekins said. “To me, this is the best outcome for that property.”

City planning staffers have recommended the planning commission advise City Council to annex and rezone the land.

Avery G. Wilks: 803-771-8362, @averygwilks

This story was originally published March 4, 2016, 6:34 PM.

Around Columbia, it seems like everyone has his or her own way of making pimento cheese. Some go the traditional cheese-pimento-mayo route, and others dress it up with additional spices or bacon. Sometimes it’s a dip, and sometimes it’s slathered atop a burger patty.

When it comes to one of the South’s most beloved food icons, we don’t discriminate. But we did want to taste test the wide variety of pimento cheese offerings around town. And boy, did we.

No Name Deli – Pimento cheese sandwich

No Name’s sandwich has a generous helping of pimento cheese stuffed between two slices of plain bread. The mayo-based cheese is gloopy and flavorful with a kick of spiciness. Overall it’s filling and messy. Eat with two hands, and keep napkins nearby.

▪ Get it: 2042 Marion St.

Di Prato’s – Pimento cheese with pita chips

Di Pratos has a reputation for having one of the best – if not the best – pimento cheese in town. Dianne Light’s restaurant and deli go through about 500 pounds of the stuff per week.

The pimento cheese is dense and chunky with a blend of five cheeses, but what really makes it are the pita chips it’s served with. Crunchy and salty on the outside and soft and buttery on the inside, they are the real MVP.

▪ Get it: 342 Pickens St.

Michael’s Café & Catering – B.Y.O. Grilled Cheese

Spring for the pimento cheese for an extra $1.50. The sandwich is lightly toasted on the outside but not super melted on the inside because the grated cheese is chunky. It’s basically a deluxe Southern upgrade on a normal grilled cheese. You’ll probably never go back to Kraft after trying this.

▪ Get it: 1620 Main St.

Oh yes. The enormous but totally manageable #pimentocheeseburger at #rockawayathleticclub in Columbia, SC. With a glorious amount of cheese. Ran into the guys from @bourbonscout too!

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Rockaway Athletic Club – Pimento cheeseburger

It ain’t fancy, but it sure is good. Rockaway’s signature pimento cheeseburger is a slightly runny, cheesy mess that hits the spot every time.

▪ Get it: 2719 Rosewood Drive

Jake’s Bar & Grill – Smothered Chicken Biscuit

You can only get it on Sundays, but it’s worth the wait if you can eat pimento cheese for breakfast, right? The smothered chicken biscuit oozes pimento-cheese-infused sausage gravy, which can be sopped up by the fries on the side. The BAE biscuit with pimento cheese is another solid option.

▪ Get it: 2112 Devine St.

Bourbon – Creole pimento cheese

Bourbon’s pimento cheese schmear-y spread has a Tabasco-like heat that lingers after each bite.

▪ Get it: 1214 Main St.

Oak Table – Pimento cheese with crostini

Oak Table’s pimento cheese is super smooth and creamy. It’s served warm and is more like queso than your typical PC dip. The chives and char on top give it a smoky flavor. At $11, it’s a bit higher price point, but worth it.

▪ Get it: 1221 Main St.

Pawley’s Front Porch – Caw Caw Creek burger

Dig into the jalapeño pimento cheese, pickled green tomato, applewood-smoked bacon and grilled onions. Or, for a slightly different take, get the Isle of Palms burger that has regular pimento cheese with jalapeño bacon. Note: If you go during peak lunch and dinner hours, be prepared to wait.

▪ Get it: 827 Harden St.

Gourmet Shop – Make Your Own Sandwich

You gotta love the pimento cheese here. Order it off the “Make Your Own Sandwich” menu. We recommend toasted sourdough with lettuce and bacon. The pimento cheese texture is spot-on, with a homemade-esque grated cheese. You also can buy pimento cheese from the deli case by the pound.

▪ Get it: 724 Saluda Ave.

The Whig – Jalapeño pimento cheese fries

Absolutely smothered in cheese, with a slight kick from the jalapeño, these fries can be a full meal for two people. Great with a beer, or sopping up the beer already in your system.

▪ Get it: 1200 Main St.

Tallulah – Pimento cheese and crackers

The pimento cheese at Tallulah’s has a hint of smoky heat. Ask for extra toasted crackers to even out the cheese-to-bread ratio. Bonus: it’s half price during happy hour.

▪ Get it: 2400 Devine St.

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This story was originally published May 10, 2017, 9:11 AM.