Craft Tasting Room & Growler Shop opened in 2014 on South Church Street in South End's Gold District, founded by the husband and wife team Alyson and Dan Davis. It pours local craft beer and draft cocktails next to regional cheeses, charcuterie, pizzas and flatbread sandwiches. It runs outdoor movie nights on Thursdays and hosts private parties.
Optimist Hall fills the 1892 Highland Park Gingham Mill on North Brevard Street between Optimist Park and NoDa. The long brick mill and its 1895 smokestack now hold more than 25 food stalls, dine-in restaurants, a full-service bar, a brewery and shops. It is the kind of place where a group can split up for tacos, dumplings, barbecue, pizza or Ethiopian food and still eat at the same table.
The newest Reid's, in Ballantyne, described on the company's own site as recently opened. Same format as the other stores ... premium meat, wine, local provisions, produce and prepared meals.
The Selwyn Avenue store, in the same short Myers Park row as Rada, The Jimmy and Selwyn Avenue Pub. Reid's sells premium meat, wine, local provisions, produce and prepared meals, and calls itself Charlotte's original hometown specialty food store.
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Craft Tasting Room & Growler Shop opened in 2014 on South Church Street in South End's Gold District, founded by the husband and wife team Alyson and Dan Davis. It pours local craft beer and draft cocktails next to regional cheeses, charcuterie, pizzas and flatbread sandwiches. It runs outdoor movie nights on Thursdays and hosts private parties.
Optimist Hall fills the 1892 Highland Park Gingham Mill on North Brevard Street between Optimist Park and NoDa. The long brick mill and its 1895 smokestack now hold more than 25 food stalls, dine-in restaurants, a full-service bar, a brewery and shops. It is the kind of place where a group can split up for tacos, dumplings, barbecue, pizza or Ethiopian food and still eat at the same table.
The newest Reid's, in Ballantyne, described on the company's own site as recently opened. Same format as the other stores ... premium meat, wine, local provisions, produce and prepared meals.
The Selwyn Avenue store, in the same short Myers Park row as Rada, The Jimmy and Selwyn Avenue Pub. Reid's sells premium meat, wine, local provisions, produce and prepared meals, and calls itself Charlotte's original hometown specialty food store.
A specialty grocer that also runs a deli, a hot bar and a full restaurant with lunch and dinner service. Its own site calls Reid's Charlotte's original hometown specialty food store. The company now runs five stores across the city.
The Common Market describes itself as an uncommon convenience store, deli and bar: you can buy a six-pack, order a sandwich made fresh that day, and drink the beer on site. The Plaza Midwood store on Commonwealth Avenue is the one the neighbourhood built itself around. The company now also runs stores in South End, Oakwold on Monroe Road and Durham, with a Raleigh store listed as opening in 2026.
The Trolley Barn Fermentory & Food Hall is Legion Brewing's South End room, on South Boulevard beside the Rail Trail in the Atherton Mill area. Legion runs four rooms, all inside Charlotte: Plaza Midwood, this one, West Morehead and SouthPark. The company opened its largest production facility in west Charlotte in 2022.
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