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Chef Jim Noble prepares beef ribs at his home in 2016. He opened Noble Smoke on Freedom Drive in 2019.
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Jim Noble is one of this city’s most successful, innovative, and philanthropic restaurant owners—and a lot of people in ever-changing Charlotte won’t set foot in his eateries
PICK A MEASURE OF RESTAURANT SUCCESS, and Jim Noble meets it: He was one of the city’s first chefs to work with local farmers to put heirloom and locally grown products on his menus. He has a long list of successful food businesses, from Rooster’s to The King’s Kitchen. He’s an innovator who has used online orders and catering to build support before he commits to brick-andmortar spaces, like the newly opened bakery Copain and his barbecue business, Noble Smoke.
BY KATHLEEN PURVIS
JANUARY 2021 // CHARLOTTE
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