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March 29, 2001 – Greensboro News & Record By John Batchelor About this time last years, I had prepared a column that would have awarded an overall five star rating to a restaurant in Wilmington. Just before I submitted the review, however, I learned that the...June 1, 2017 Media
June 27, 2001 – Greensboro News & Record By Tom Steadman, Staff Writer Wilmington Ð In recent years, they were practically Greensboro fixtures. Anne Steketee had spent a dozen years making diners comfortable and crafting the wine list at Southern Lights...June 1, 2017 Media
December 25, 2002 – Wilmington Morning Star News By Gale Tolan What started as a dream to open a restaurant in Portland, Ore. and ended as a Wilmington restaurant called Port Land Grille certainly turned out to be a blessing for the Port City. I only hope that...June 1, 2017 Media
January 31, 2003 – Capturing the Spirit of the Carolinas Magazine By Billy Cone As you enter the dining rooms of Port Land Grille you immediately notice the simplicity of décor and the black and white memories of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach hanging on the...June 1, 2017 Media
October 20, 2003 – Santé Magazine By Mark Vaughn “Sheer love of wine permeates Port Land Grille’s wine list,” concludes one judge. The restaurant’s New American cuisine is backed by what another judge calls, “a solid American...June 1, 2017 Media
April 14, 2004 – DiRoNA By DiRoNA Port Land Grille Wins 2005 Distinguished Restaurants of North America Award Joins Ranks of Most Celebrated Restaurants in United States, Mexico & Canada Wilmington, NC–Port Land Grille has just been added to the elite roster...June 1, 2017 Media
December 15, 2008 – North Carolina Signature By John Batchelor Port Land Grille always appears on my short list of candidates for “best restaurant in North Carolina.” The restaurant occupies a breezy, open space in the tony Lumina Station cluster of...June 1, 2017 Media
February 1, 2005 – Charlotte Observer By Kathleen Purvis “To see ourselves as others see us,” the poet Robert Burns said, would be the highest gift we could recieve. This week, I asked Raleigh food writer Debbie Moose to help us do just that, to...June 1, 2017 Media
March 1, 2005 – METRO Magazine By Moreton Neal Chef Shawn Wellersdick and his wife Anne Steketee (floor and wine manager) combine their formidable talents to produce ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING RESTAURANTS IN THE STATE. They call their cusine “progressive...June 1, 2017 Media
March 2, 2005 – Encore By Wade Wilson Best restaurant, this is a category that always gets lots of entries-everybody has a favortie restaurant, and many diners are pretty adamant about who they find thew best in town. But for the FOURTH year in a row, the mosat...