Bar Fly takes over the rooftop deck above Room Service at Camp North End on weekend nights, from the same founder. The landlord's page describes bold and playful decor, cocktails, bites, dancing and music, with a rotating schedule of events each weekend. The drinks list runs to cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and rotating slushies.
Fahrenheit Charlotte is the 21st-floor rooftop restaurant at 222 South Caldwell Street. The recognizable part is not a storefront at street level. It is the wraparound patio, linear fireplaces and open skyline view above Uptown. Dinner runs every night, and the rooftop stays open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Reservations are for indoor dinner seating, while outdoor tables are not guaranteed.
Uptown rooftop bar a few blocks from Bank of America Stadium that calls itself a sports pub. Its feed posts game day specials for Charlotte FC and college games.
Merchant + Trade is a rooftop bar on the 19th floor at 303 Church Street in Uptown, with an indoor bar, an outdoor terrace, a private terrace and a lawn. It calls itself Charlotte's premier skyline destination and it runs its own rooftop kitchen. Seating is first come, first served and the room is 21 and over.
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Bar Fly takes over the rooftop deck above Room Service at Camp North End on weekend nights, from the same founder. The landlord's page describes bold and playful decor, cocktails, bites, dancing and music, with a rotating schedule of events each weekend. The drinks list runs to cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and rotating slushies.
Fahrenheit Charlotte is the 21st-floor rooftop restaurant at 222 South Caldwell Street. The recognizable part is not a storefront at street level. It is the wraparound patio, linear fireplaces and open skyline view above Uptown. Dinner runs every night, and the rooftop stays open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Reservations are for indoor dinner seating, while outdoor tables are not guaranteed.
Uptown rooftop bar a few blocks from Bank of America Stadium that calls itself a sports pub. Its feed posts game day specials for Charlotte FC and college games.
Merchant + Trade is a rooftop bar on the 19th floor at 303 Church Street in Uptown, with an indoor bar, an outdoor terrace, a private terrace and a lawn. It calls itself Charlotte's premier skyline destination and it runs its own rooftop kitchen. Seating is first come, first served and the room is 21 and over.
The Waterman Fish Bar is a neighborhood seafood room on South Boulevard in South End with an 80-seat rooftop bar called Topside, which keeps its own hours and seats first come, first served. The kitchen says it buys responsibly sourced domestic seafood and runs a $1.50 oyster happy hour. It is part of the Charlotte group that trades as eat704, alongside Sea Level, High Tide and Packard Tavern. There is also a Waterman counter at Charlotte Douglas airport, which is out of scope for this site.
Whiskey Warehouse sits on The Plaza across from Supperland and calls itself a top shelf pub: classic American dining, craft beer and cocktails, with a rooftop above the main bar. The rooftop keeps its own hours and runs latest of all, to 2am on Friday and Saturday.
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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