New Boundary-Pushing Restaurant Machete at the Forefront of Greensboro Dining Reopens | Eater Carolinas

"A New American restaurant born from a cult-following home dinner series, this ambitious spot opened on the northside of downtown Greensboro after more than a year of monthly pop-ups hosted by owner Tal Blevins. The kitchen, led by executive chef Kevin Cottrell and chef de cuisine Lydia Greene, is known for meticulously plated, playful, and modern dishes; when retail dining shut down three weeks after opening, the team nimbly rewrote the menu for takeout with items such as a sirloin risotto, a fried chicken sandwich, and a brunch cinnamon roll that became a weekend sensation (as many as 250 made a weekend). After shifting back to dine-in, the restaurant kept its main dining room closed in favor of a covered, open-air front and expanded seating into an adjacent space to spread tables, and it hopes to return to ticketed, communal Sunday tasting dinners while continuing to build word of mouth despite operating at a loss and employing roughly ten staff members." - Eric Ginsburg