Marc Basnight is about to be back in business.
Basnight's Lone Cedar Cafe is scheduled to reopen within weeks after burning to the ground in May, reports The Virginian-Pilot.
The paper notes that the restaurant owned by Basnight, the Democratic leader of the state Senate, has gone back up in record time. Basnight told the paper his family decided to spend more money to get the restaurant back in operation quicker.
Meanwhile, still no word on the cause of the fire.
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Re: Basnight restaurant almost ready
The Virginian-Pilot carries more news about Northeastern North Carolina than does The News & Observer, but of course, "The Albemarle" and Northeastern N.C. are practically "in the back yard" as far as the Norfolk newspaper's circulation territory is concerned.
Perhaps The N&O could open up a couple of bureaus "Down East" to let folks in Raleigh know what is going on from "E-Town" to "E-City" (Elizabethtown to Elizabeth City.)
Jerry Allegood has certainly rendered stellar regional reportorial service from Greenville and other Eastern N.C. locales, so he deserves a Ted Vaden regional news gold star or at least a couple of company ducats to a future Carolina mudcats home game.
If The N&O had a correspondent in Edenton, Hertford or Elizabeth City, we could find out what exhibits will be on the schedule at the Museum of the Albemarle, along with other Northeastern N.C. news tidbits.
True, The N&O has emphasizes its Triangle urban focus of late, but don't forget, there are people in Raleigh and the Triangle who are from all across North Carolina and would like to know what's going on back home every now and then.
Meanwhile, although it would be a tough and journalistically thankless task, it would be a fine thing if some N&O were "volunteered" to go out to the Lone Cedar Cafe when it re-opens in order to sample the delectables on the latest menu and report back to the Carolina Dining Editor.