Birdsong Brewing Co.

Optimist Park

Birdsong was founded in 2010 by husband and wife Chris and Tara Goulet with their friend Conor Robinson, after they decided Charlotte needed a neighborhood brewery pouring fresh, unfiltered American ale. The taproom sits on North Davidson Street between Optimist Park and NoDa, with a patio running fire tables and outdoor heaters through the cold months.

Clutch Kitchen & Pour House

Neighborhood sports bar beside the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC stadium. Its site lists over 20 TVs upstairs, downstairs and on the patio, and it hosts Charlotte FC away watch parties.

Hawthorne's New York Pizza and Bar

Elizabeth · pizza, italian american

A New York style pizza room on East 7th Street in Elizabeth, established in 2004. The company's own site invites guests onto the patio, calls the restaurant family and dog friendly, and publishes a kids menu with pizza, chicken, pasta, ravioli and macaroni and cheese. Its current specials page does not publish a kids-eat-free offer, so this profile does not treat the older Tuesday promotion as current.

The Penguin Drive-In

East Blvd diner and bar, Est. 1954 per its Instagram. Its Iceberg Lounge and Moon Room have TVs, and its Instagram bio calls it the official home of Charlotte's Auburn Club.

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Birdsong Brewing Co.

Optimist Park

Birdsong was founded in 2010 by husband and wife Chris and Tara Goulet with their friend Conor Robinson, after they decided Charlotte needed a neighborhood brewery pouring fresh, unfiltered American ale. The taproom sits on North Davidson Street between Optimist Park and NoDa, with a patio running fire tables and outdoor heaters through the cold months.

Clutch Kitchen & Pour House

Neighborhood sports bar beside the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC stadium. Its site lists over 20 TVs upstairs, downstairs and on the patio, and it hosts Charlotte FC away watch parties.

Hawthorne's New York Pizza and Bar

Elizabeth · pizza, italian american

A New York style pizza room on East 7th Street in Elizabeth, established in 2004. The company's own site invites guests onto the patio, calls the restaurant family and dog friendly, and publishes a kids menu with pizza, chicken, pasta, ravioli and macaroni and cheese. Its current specials page does not publish a kids-eat-free offer, so this profile does not treat the older Tuesday promotion as current.

The Penguin Drive-In

East Blvd diner and bar, Est. 1954 per its Instagram. Its Iceberg Lounge and Moon Room have TVs, and its Instagram bio calls it the official home of Charlotte's Auburn Club.

Wooden Robot Brewery

South End · beer

Wooden Robot calls itself an urban farmhouse brewery and says it blends art and science to make its beer. The South End room at 1440 S Tryon is the original taproom and it runs a kitchen and a coffee bar alongside the beer, opening at 8 a.m. on weekdays. A second Charlotte room, The Chamber in NoDa, holds the wood-aging program and a rooftop bar.

Wooden Robot Brewery ... The Chamber

NoDa

The Chamber is Wooden Robot's NoDa room, on E 36th St, and it carries a rooftop bar that the South End original does not have. It keeps its own hours and closes Mondays.

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