Happy New Year! Ciao from your Local Goodie, Panzanella! We had a record-breaking night at Panzanella on New Year's Eve. Many old friends came by to celebrate with us. At the close of 2006, we want to express our joy and gratitude that we continue to be your neighborhood restaurant. To savor some of that celebration throughout the month, we will be serving the Oyster Stew that was on the New Year's Eve menu whenever we can get the perfect oysters for it. Also coming up within the next few weeks, we will be testing some new dishes, and making changes to our menus. Some things will have to go to make room for the new. You can help us decide. Please come by and give us your feedback on anything you try. More

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Help us test our Menu!

Your enjoyment is the most important part of what we do and this is a good time to let us know. We'll have a short form for you to fill out. (Please request it, if you haven't received one by the time you get your check.) After our survey is completed (sometime in February), we'll put the forms that have contact information on them in a drawing for a $20 Gift Card, good at Panzanella or Weaver Street Market.

Events: January Wine Dinner!

Wines of the Rhone Valley - just a few ticktes left! Monday, January 15, 7:00 - 9:30 pm France's Rhône Valley has two very distinct sub regions, the Northern and the Southern Rhône. The northern region produces the most prestigious and most complex Syrah and Viognier in the world, from the towns of Condrieu, Cornas and Côte Rôtie. Head south and you'll find spicy, peppery reds from Gigondas and Vacqeyras, and aromatic, elegant whites and reds from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The cost of this event is $40 per person; space is limited, so reserve early. Please pay in advance and pick up a ticket for this tasting at either Panzanella or the customer service desk at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro. There are still a few tickets left for this event! Our next Wine Dinner, on Monday, February 19, 7-9:30 pm, will feature the wines of South Africa. South Africa ranks as the world's seventh largest wine producer. You can expect an interesting mix of old-world AND new world styles in these unique wines from South Africa's famous Cape. We welcome Olivier Lotterie from Vineyard Brands Imports to guide us on a tasting tour of this exciting wine producing region. Wine Dinner tickets cost $40 per person. Please purchase tickets in advance at Panzanella or the Customer Service Desk at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro.

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Current Exhibit: On January 8th, we installed a new art exhibit, and are very pleased to be showing the work of Jenifer Padilla through Monday, March 12. Padilla draws from her dynamic surroundings and steadied observations to elicit, at once, movement and delicacy in her still-life paintings. Padilla's paintings are informed by her craftsmanship in a variety of other media: "I use my photography, sketches, Xerox, and 8mm film for reference in the making of my paintings," says Padilla. With this approach, Padilla's paintings transcend the still-life medium. Recently, Padilla moved her studio to Archer Graphics in Carrboro, North Carolina where she shares space with four other artists. The large glass bay doors of the old auto repair shop allow light to flood her studio. Padilla stands at her easel centered on the oil-stained concrete once inhabited by craftsmen of a different sort. The previous life of the space, the abundance of natural light and vintage character of the Mid-Century Modern building have all inspired Padilla to employ new color and line in her work. "My work is directly influenced by my surroundings, my travel experiences and by food - especially the delicate shapes, textures and colors of fruit, the mark of graffiti and tag art, the shapes and lines created by cityscapes, mass transit and the trains that pass by." Most recently, Padilla traveled to Barcelona where she studied with world-renowned Spanish artists Tom Carr and Carmen Miguel. Of her journey, Padilla exclaims, "Barcelona was the most artistic and inspiring city I have ever been too. I was amazed and inspired by all the incredible graffiti, museums, public art, architecture, mass transit, oceans, design, city planning, performance art and landscape." A native of Chapel Hill, Padilla is a graduate of North Carolina State University College of Design and has studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy and La Llotja Escola d'Art in Barcelona, Spain. Jenifer's reception will be held on Monday. January 29, from 5:30 - 7:30. It is free and open to the public. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served and the bar will be open. Please join us for a perfect opportunity to meet the artist, and enjoy the work while our dining room is closed.

View more of Padilla's work here.