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Greater Wilmington Business Journal
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April 15 - May 5, 2022
RESTAURANT ROUNDUP
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BUSINESS OF LIFE
This is a sampling of stories from the Business Journal’s weekly Restaurant Roundup email. Subscribe at wilmingtonbiz.com.
Vicious Biscuit to open in summer at The Forum Vicious Biscuits, which won The Post and Courier’s Best Biscuit in Charleston award in 2021, labels itself a fast-casual restaurant “consistently serving delicious, creative comfort meals made with high-quality ingredients, complimented by Southern hospitality.” The menu features biscuit sandwiches such as the popular Vicious, a fried chicken breast on a cheddar jalapeño biscuit covered in maple sausage gravy, candied jalepeños and maple syrup. Vicious Biscuit’s Chris Fletcher’s favorite – what he said convinced him to work for the restaurant after he first tried one at the Summerville location – is The Fat Boy, a buttermilk biscuit served with smoked ham, white cheddar cheese and an egg. Once it’s ready to open, Vicious Biscuit’s Wilmington establishment will be located at 1121-A Military Cutoff Road. Hours will run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. every weekday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Kipos to bring seafoodfocused Greek food Kipos Hellenic Cuisine is preparing for an early summer opening of a Greek seafood-focused Wilmington location at Lumina Station off Eastwood Road. The restaurant’s other Greek-themed restaurant, Kipos Greek Tavern, is in Chapel Hill. The 140-seat restaurant, next to upscale French restaurant Brasserie du Soleil, will be surrounded by a lush, partially covered garden patio, with the atmosphere inside “convivial, bright, white, and airy Mediterranean,” according to a news release. The garden will surround old oak trees and include an herb and flower terrace and gazebos. Prices will range from $5 for appetizers to $28 for entrees.
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Now open for brunch: Seaview Crab Co. grows When the kitchen at Seaview Crab Co.’s midtown Wilmington market first opened in March 2020, before
the pandemic began in earnest, Seaview’s owners saw it to hit two birds with one stone (or, more accurately, catch two fish with one lure). Brothers Joe and Sam Romano, along with their friend from Virginia Beach, Nathan King, believed the kitchen would not only reduce excess waste from their retail market, but also show customers different ways to prepare their fresh seafood products. Because it was set up as a takeout kitchen from the start, the two-yearsand-counting pandemic has done little to slow down the new operation. So King and the Romanos looked to expand: Beginning early February, they began opening the kitchen from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Sunday with a special brunch menu.
Restaurant proposed near Live Oak Bank campus A wooded, 3-acre piece of land adjacent to the Live Oak Bank campus may soon be home to a new restaurant if the city of Wilmington approves a conditional rezoning request. The applicant is listed as Covey Property LLC, whose registered agent is James S. Mahan III, according to state records. Mahan is the founder and CEO of Live Oak Bancshares, the umbrella company of Live Oak Bank. Mahan was present at a virtually attended neighborhood meeting Feb. 15 to discuss the rezoning request, according to the application. The Oleander Co. Inc., whose registered agent is listed as Nelson MacRae, is cited as the property owner. Located at the corner of Independence Boulevard and Tiburon Drive, the property is currently undeveloped. Monteith Construction, Peadon Finein Architecture and Mihaly Land Design are listed among members of the development team. The concept focuses on a neighborhood restaurant with private dining rooms, a patio, wine bar, lounge and main dining room. The applicant argues that the “neighborhood is now a vibrant business hub with diverse residential living, but it lacks accessible dining for the residents and workers, and, in particular, has no dining within a reasonable walking distance.” “We believe the restaurant would definitely complement the character of the immediate area,” according to the proposal.
