Tickets are still available for the Evening with Master Chefs event on Sunday, Feb. 24 to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The 5 p.m. dinner at The Carolina Club in Chapel Hill includes a reception with cocktails and appetizers, a multi-course meal and a silent auction. The chefs cooking for the event include: Dave Gaydeski of the Governor's Mansion, Walter Royal of the Angus Barn, Joe Lumbrazo of Backyard Bistro, Oscar La Fuente of The Carolina Club, Clifton Vogelsberg of Winston's Grille, Ian Sullivan of Urban Food Group, Virgil Wilson of Virgil's Jamaica and chefs from The Chef's Academy, a culinary school in Morrisville.

The silent auction includes a chance to have Chef Masatoshi Tsujimura of Waraji come to your home and prepare a sushi dinner and sake tasting for 10 guests.

Tickets cost $200. To purchase tickets or learn more about the event, go to
cff.org/Chapters/carolinas/ and click on Chapter events or call 919-845-2155

I got word Saturday night via Greg Cox, our restaurant critic, that Frazier's has closed.

Kevin and Stacey Jennings, owners of Urban Food Group, a local restaurant company, sent a note to Cox late Saturday night. The note from Kevin Jennings' phone read: "I'm going down to Frazier's to close it for good.We will miss that place terribly."

Frazier's was the Jennings' first restaurant in Raleigh. As a young couple, they created a dining destination on Raleigh's Hillsborough Street when there wasn't much else there for grown-ups. It was a favorite among the people who lived in the neighborhoods close to N.C. State University. The couple's flagship restaurant had faltered in recent years as the city's dining scene exploded on Glenwood South and in downtown Raleigh. Most recently, the couple had transformed Frazier's into a wine bar.

The Jennings also own Porter's Tavern, Coquette, Chow and two locations of Vivace, one in Charlotte and the other in Raleigh. 

UPDATE: I got Kevin Jennings on the phone this afternoon. After 14 years, he said, business was down and they decided to put the restaurant up for sale six months ago. Jennings says the owners of Klara's, a Czech restaurant in Cary, have bought the business. (No word yet on their plans.)

Jennings explained that they plan to focus on opening locations of Vivace in Denver, Washington, D.C. and Durham. For the Durham location, they have had "initial talks" with the folks behind Diamond View III, at the Durham Bulls ballpark and American Tobacco.

Frazier's Wine Bar is offering a four-course wine dinner at 6:30 p.m. Monday featuring wines from Bethel Heights Winery in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It costs $55.

Here is the menu:

• Salmon tartare with roasted beet relish, Polish mustard, creme fraiche, dill and potatoes paired with the 2010 Pinot Gris.
• Roasted pork loin with braised pumpkin, spinach, apricot and thyme paired with the 2008 Estate Chardonnay.
• Pan-seared venison with cannellini beans, spaghetti squash and a brandy peppercorn cream sauce paired with 2009 Estate Pinot Noir and the 2008 Justice Single Vineyard Pinot Noir.
• Baked brie with blackberry preserves and fresh blueberries paired with the 2010 Pinot Blanc.

For a reservation, call 828-6699.

Like Groupon and Twongo, Living Social offers discount deals on everything from spa packages to Nascar racing experiences. Today's deal is $36 to dine and drink during a three-hour food tour of Urban Food Group restaurants: Vivace, Porter's and Frazier's.

Go HERE for the details.

Vivace, Urban Food Group's Italian restaurant at North Hills in Raleigh, is offering the traditional Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes meal tonight through Christmas Eve.

Seven courses cost $65 per person. With optional wine pairings, it's an additional $30.

Call 787-7747 to make a reservation.

Also if you are an Urban Food Group fan (they own Coquette, Porter's, Frazier's and Chow as well as a Vivace in Charlotte), they are offering a deal now on gift cards. Spend $100 and get a $20 gift card for free.

Porter's in Raleigh is hosting a five-course N.C. beer dinner at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 21.

Here's the deal: five chefs from Urban Food Group restaurant group (Porter's, Vivace and Coquette) will each be cooking a course paired with different N.C. beers.

The cost is $50. Call 821-2133.

Raleigh's Urban Food Group is planning to close its very first restaurant and remake it into a European wine bar.

Frazier's at 2418 Hillsborough St. opened 11 years ago, but the fancier dining option doesn't fit anymore, said Kevin Jennings, who runs Urban Food Group with his wife Stacey.

The new yet-to-be named restaurant will, "be sort of like our other concepts in being a little less rigid in pricing," Jennings said. "Fazier's is sort of like a multicourse kind of thing and we've long thought that was not the greatest location for that particular restaurant."

Frazier's will close after Valentine's Day, and the renovations will be completed by the end of the summer. But Frazier's fans should take heart. Jennings said Fraziers could some day resurface in a different location.

Remember to dine out Saturday to help the family whose 6-year-old daughter was killed last week after being run over by an elderly motorist.

If you would like to help the family whose 6-year-old daughter was killed last week after being run over by an elderly motorist, you can dine out Saturday.

The girl's parents, Alfonzo and Elena, along with several other family members, have been long-time employees of Urban Food Group's restaurants, according to a company press release. On Saturday, the company’s service staff has agreed to donate some or all of their tips and wages to the family.