Tom Meyer, the owner of The Q Shack at North Hills, is opening another location at Raleigh's Crabtree Valley Mall.
Meyer says he's taking over the space previously occupied by Dixie Belle's Smokehouse in the food court. Since little renovation is needed, Meyer hopes to open by July 1.
Andrea Weigl has been the food writer at The News & Observer since the summer of 2007. She has won a handful of awards from the Association of Food Journalists and the Society for Features Journalism. Her profile of chef Ashley Christensen titled "A Force of Nature" will be published in the sixth edition of "Cornbread Nation: The Best of Southern Food Writing." She is serving a three-year term on the James Beard Foundation book awards committee. Follow her on Twitter at @andreaweigl.
