has always admired the building at the corner of south wilmington and east martin streets in downtown raleigh. and when the space, which was originally a piggly wiggly, opened up, the wheels started to turn. christensen, who gained some fame competing against bobby flay on iron chef, already owned a restaurant, poole's diner, just blocks away. but she was itching for more. >> i'm definitely one of those people, who when things are going really well, i get a little antsy and start thinking about what needs to creatively happen next. >> reporter: the building's landlord suggested it be divided into three spaces. >> within, you know, two weeks, we had decided that i would take the whole first floor, and within four weeks, we decided i would take the whole building. >> reporter: as a result, three businesses were born. there's beasley's chicken and honey. just next door is chuck's. and then downstairs is fox liquor bar. one key component of christensen's business model is that on paper, these three concepts actually exist as one. >> we can obviously track sales, and what goes on in the different

boston and even raleigh drop to freezing bit end of the >> cooler air has pushed into our region. , the highsn national will make it generally into the upper 50's to around 60 degrees downtown. excited to have the seven-time grammy winner, number one song, number one album on itunes here with us this morning. taylor swift and all her swif swifties are out here in times square. you just played "welcome to new york." that is on "1989." and you said all the proceeds from that song will go to benefit new york city public schools. >> yes. >> that's tremendous. >> i mean, it's just so amazing to be here and having the fans here and having them sing the words to this new album of music. it's unbelievable. you guys are so fast at learning lyrics. i want to thank everybody who camped out last night. a lot of people slept over on the street in times square. thank you to american express every day card for paying for the stage. >> it's a nice stage. >> it's a really nice stage. i'm appreciative. >> this is the biggest "gma" concert ever here in times square. thanks to you, the biggest ever. and "1989" hasn't even been out a week yet, and already closing in on 1 million sold. everyone