Personal weekly shrine:
Brooks Sandwich House in Noda. Cash only.
Places to Eat/Drink:
- Optimist hall (bars and food options)
- Food Trucks Friday Night in the South End
BBQ
- Sweet Lews BBQ (Poor location and atmosphere, take to go)
- Mac’s Speed Shop (BBQ, highly recommended)
- Lancaster’s BBQ (Cool, informal BBQ)
- Midwood Smokehouse
- Bar-bq king (Curbside service, order “dipped fried chicken”)
Asian
- Seoul Food Meat Company (Korean BBQ, downhill since COVID, order soy garlic and spicy bbq wings)
- Soul Gastrolounge (small plates, sushi, drinks)
- Let’s Meat (Korean BBQ)
- Musashi (Japanese/sushi)
- Cowfish (sushi/burger bar)
- Mr. Tokyo (all-you-can-eat sushi)
- O-Ku (Sushi and other dishes)
- Idlewild for a cocktail
- Hobbyist for coffee
- Charlotte Beer Garden (Most beers, multiple floors, good view)
Burgers/Sandwiches
- Pinky’s Westside Grill (Burgers)
- Cookout (Fast Food)
- Big Daddy’s (Burgers)
- Local Loaf (Chicken Sandwich)
- Jack Beagles
- Brooks Sandwich House (Burgers)
Fancy
- 131 Main Street (Fancy)
- Bentley’s on 27 (Fancy fancy)
- Fahrenheit (Rooftop restaurant and bar)
- Bardo (American small plates)
- Dunavant (Fancy, best steak)
- Barrington’s (Fancy)
- Kindred (Fancy, kinda far I think)
Desert
- Amelie’s French Bakery
- Nova’s Bakery
Other
- The Cellar at Ducksworth (Speakeasy type vibe)
- Supperland (Steakhouse with others, old church)
- Haberdish (Southern comfort)
- Cabo Fish Taco
- Graham Street Pub (Rooftop restaurant/bar)
- Kid Cashew (Mediterranean, outdoorsy, chill)
Breakfast
- Poppy’s (Bagels)
- Famous Toastery
- Metro Diner
- Eddie’s Place (NOLA)
- Snooze
Pizza
- Inizio (Pizza, wood fired)
- Salud (Overall the best? and good beer)
- Intermezzo (Pizza and restaurant)
- Due Amici (Best for NY style)
- Luigi’s
- Portofino’s
- Brooklyn South Pizzeria
Places to Visit:
General Things to do page https://www.charlottesgotalot.com/
- The White Water Center
- Inner Peaks (Indoor Rock Climbing)
Hikes/Trails
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway (Scenic walkway)
- Francis Beatty Park (Walking)
- Parks and Rec Page
- 25 Top Hiking Trails https://greatoutdoorprovision.com/blog/25-top-hikes-in-the-charlotte-area/
- Hanging Rock State Park
- Crowder’s Mountain State Park (Hike)
- Reedy Creek Nature Preserve
- Latta Plantation.
- Jetton Park (Cornelius) is a nice way to see Lake Norman.
- South Mountains State Park
- Linville Gorge
- Morrow Mountain State Park
- If you want to learn how to ruin a perfectly good hike, consider taking up disc golf. Charlotte’s courses are second to none and range from beginner to pro levels.
Museum
- Mint Museum (Art and Design, free on Wednesday)
- Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
- Discovery Place Science (Museum type)
Amusement/Waterpark
- Carowinds (Amusement Park, particularly around halloween)
- Great Wolf Lodge Waterpark
Outside Charlotte
- Reed Gold Mine (Old mines and it’s free)
- Biltmore Estates (Asheville)
- Day Trip to Davidson
- New River (Oldest river in North America)
- Charleston
- Savannah
- Richmond
- Outer Banks
- NC Zoo in Asheboro
Music
- AvidXchange Music Factory (2 venues with bars and restaurants, buy tickets)
- Neighborhood Theatre
- Visualite
- Snug Harbo
Nature Exhibit
- UNC Botanical Gardens
- Lazy 5 Ranch (Kind of a Zoo)
- Carolina Raptor Center (Probably better than it seems)
Comedy
- The Comedy Zone (Comedy Club)
- Charlotte Comedy Theater
Walk Around Town
- Charlotte Farmers Market (By airport, weekends)
- Greek Festival (Sept. 8-11)
- Camp North End (Old car factory turned food/shops/art…music on fridays)
- Explore Freedom park area (South Charlotte – Myers Park area). There is an adjacent, nice greenway that’ll take you north to uptown or south to Park Road Shopping Center (good lunch spots here)