Mocksie, a mobile bartending service specializing in nonalcoholic beverages, has been a refreshing addition to Wilmington’s social scene thanks to Carter Jewell’s entrepreneurial vision.  Jewell is a Wilmington native who studied at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and later pursued graduate studies in Valencia, Spain. Upon returning to her h ...

Danielle Mahon, owner of Topsail Steamer, a local family-run company specializing in customizable ready-to-cook seafood boils, appeared on ABC’s reality show “Shark Tank” on Oct. 25. The show allows entrepreneurs to pitch their products and ideas to five potential investors to gain financial backing to get a business off the ground or expand it. Mah ...

The morning of Sept. 16 started out like any normal day for Max and April Sussman, the owners of locally based produce company The Veggie Wagon. The forecast said rain was coming to the Wilmington and Carolina Beach areas because of what became named Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight, but it wasn’t something the Sussmans were worried about or put much thought into. ...

One of Wilmington’s most popular local restaurant groups has filed for bankruptcy, but its owner said Thursday that the Chapter 11 filings are a necessary step. It's business as usual at Indochine restaurants in the Wilmington area, said owner Solange “Niki” Thompson. “It just needs to be reorganized in a more efficient way,” she said, ...

The owners of Folks Café, a coffee roastery and restaurant with a loyal local following, announced via Facebook on Wednesday that they have made the difficult decision to sell the property where the café is located at 1202 Princess St. Tammy and Juan Pacini have owned and operated the café since 2010. In 2014, they opened a second location at 706 N. ...

Opening a restaurant can be a high-risk venture. While Mobile-Cuisine.com reports that there’s only a 40% chance of success in the first year, vendors are trading in their trucks for brick-and-mortar restaurants, relying on their mobile kitchen experience to drive their success. Austin Belt, chef and owner of Banh Sai in the Cargo District, recently made the leap. ...

Think of ancient cave paintings of horses, deer and bison in places like Lascaux, France. Now think of any number of restaurants, bars and eateries in and around Wilmington chock-full of art. For Café Chinois owner Solange Thompson and others like her, the connection is clear. “Art dates back to prehistoric times,” said Thompson, who also owns Indochi ...

Cat and Greg Marinich, owners of Nothing Bundt Cakes at 1437 Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington, recently opened a new location in Leland’s Waterford Shopping Center. Cat Marinich said while it wasn’t part of their original business plan to open a second location in Brunswick County, they’ve built a loyal clientele in the area that has pleaded with the ...

Ellipsis, the event-based dining concept from the We Are True Blue restaurant group, has announced a shift in its revolving dining platform. Rather than hosting individual ticketed events, the concept will now feature a reservation-only dinner service with a new theme every six weeks. While previous Ellipsis events such as NOLA Brunch, Take Out and Mariposa Date Night w ...

Coco Pipa, a vibrant new addition to Castle Street, brings a unique blend of global nutrition and local community spirit to the neighborhood. Life partners and founders Lizzy Fowler and Isaac Bol say the business reflects their love of travel and a shared belief in the importance of access to nutritious food. The concept for Coco Pipa was inspired by their time livin ...