people &places Sip+Savor 2020 P HOTO G RA P H Y B Y CO R NE L L WATSO N
Shannon Media Inc. hosted the fourth annual Sip+Savor food and
drink experience presented by Johnson Lexus of Durham and Raleigh on Nov. 7, transitioning from an in-person affair at Durham Performing Arts Center to an at-home dining experience due to the pandemic. Participants selected food and wine pairings from various global cuisines and then visited Johnson Lexus of Durham for contactless meal pickup while enjoying live music by The Simple Joy band. Each meal included four entrees and a dessert to be shared by two people with four half 1
bottles of wine from The Oak House at Durham. The menus featured fare from local restaurants such as Boricua Soul, Goorsha, Guglhupf Bakery, Cafe & Biergarten, Harvest 18, Luna Rotisserie & Empanadas, The Mad Hatter’s Café & Bakeshop / Saladelia Cafe, Soul Cocina and Zweli’s Kitchen & Catering. Participants then went home to watch chef-tell-all videos and take a mini wine-tasting class. Sip+Savor donated a portion of the proceeds from this year’s event to local restaurants and The Carolina Theatre of Durham. The event was made possible thanks to sponsors US Foods, Carrboro Coffee Roasters, Trinity Partners, Durham Coca-Cola, Downtown Durham Inc., eXO Skin Simple and The Oak House.
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1 Durham Magazine’s Marie Muir and her dad, Allen Muir. 2 Johnson Lexus Executive General Manager of Lexus Division Roger Yiu. 3 Members of The Simple Joy. 4 The Oak House provided the wine pairings for the five-course meals. 5 Audrey Shore of The Carolina Theatre and Durham Magazine COO Rory Gillis.