Freshness is standard at Forsyth Seafood
BY MIA JAMISON
FOR THE CHRONICLE
Once inside Forsyth
Seafood Cafe or Forsyth
Seafood Market, people could
easily be fooled into thinking
they were somehow transport
ed to the coast within seconds.
The smell of fresh fish cannot
be easily ignored. Forsyth
Seafood does not need gim
micks to reel true fish lovers in.
There are no bright neon lights
or oversized signs distracting
customers away from what
they truly are there for. Forsyth
? Seafood does not need decora
? tive ads promising the best
prices in town. Quality seafood
at affordable prices is all
Forsyth Seafood needs to
remain on top.
Charlie and Virginia Hardesty
are from Beaufort, a small port
town on the N.C. coast. So the
couple have high standards
when it comes to seafood.
The couple founded
?fjorsyth Seafood 19 years ago.
They have two locations in
Winston-Salem: the seafood
market and grill at 108 Martin
Luther King Drive, and the
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Locations:
108 Martin Luther
King Drive and ISO
Broad Street
Honrs:
10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(MLK). II a.m. to 9:30
p.m. (Broad)
Prices:
from S4
Phone numbers:
748-0740 (Broad). 748
079S (MLK)
cafe downtown at 150 Broad
Streeti Both locations are,
accessible tb Business 40.
The Hardestys have no cur
rent plans to open another
branch of their popular busi
ness, but they are always look
ing.
Forsyth Seafood's cus
tomers have many reasons for
choosing it over other area
seafood markets.
"The fish is fresh, and it just
tastes good," said Mache
McTeer, who brings fried fish
dinners home to her family for
occasional weekend treats. "I
also like the fact that they have
so many varieties of fish. I like
Charlie and Virginia Hardesty
fish with hones in it, and I
know I can always find it
there," she added.
Forsyth Seafood's special
ties include fresh bone-fish,
oysters, shrimp burgers, and
hush puppies. Coleslaw .is
made daily. Crab legs and cVab
cakes may be purchased exclu
sively from Forsyth Seafood's
Broad Street cafe. The Hard
estys use fresh seafood shipped
directly from the coasts of the
Carolinas, Virginia; and Mary
land.
Profile: P.J. Gibson: NBTF August
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Wilson Playwright's Award recipient
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The 2003 National Black Theatre Festi
val August Wilson Playwright s Award will
go to Patricia Joann (P.J.) Gibson.
Gibson was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., but
grew up in Trenton. N.J. She received a
B.A. degree from Keuka College in 1973
and won a Schubert Fellowship to study at
Brandeis University, where she received a
master of fine arts degree.
Gibson studied with J.P. Miller, the
author of "Wine and Roses." After gradua
tion, she taught creative writing at Boston
College from 1975-76. and then creative
writing/playwriting at the Frederick Dou
glass Creative Arts Center.
Gibson has been a guest lecturer in the
Sudan, at Yale University, and at Boston
College, and has taught classes at Rutgers
and UC-Berkeley. At one time she adminis
tered the arts programs for WGBH-TV in
Boston and worked with CETA. the Com
prehensive Employment and Training Arts
Program in New York.
Gibson currently has an appointment as
an assistant professor of English at the
John Jay College of Criminal Justice in
New York City.
In addition to drama, for which she won
an NEA grant, Gibson writes poetry and
short stories. She recently published two
stories and a poem in the anthology "Ero
tique Noire/Black Erotica."
Downtown
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Dining
The Lighthouse
905 Burke Street
Phone:724-9619
Hours: M-F 6 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Featuring Greco-American cuisine,
breakfast, lunch, dinner
Opie's Southbound Grille
300 S. Liberty Street
Phone: 723-0322
Hours: Tu.-F 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.,
Tu.-Sat. 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Features casual fine dining
Subway Sandwiches
8 West 3rd Street
Phone: 748-8344
Hours: M-Sat, 11 a.m. to 3p.m.
Upper Deck Deli
2nd Floor of BB&T Financial Center
200 West 2nd Street
Phone: 777-0772
Hours: M-F 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
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