Guidebook for Charlotte

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Guidebook for Charlotte

Food Scene

Awesome and unique selection of food from breakfast, lunch, pastries, and small snacks. Good drinks too.
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Queen City Grounds
644 N Church St
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Awesome and unique selection of food from breakfast, lunch, pastries, and small snacks. Good drinks too.
24 hour coffee shop with sandwiches, salads, soup, and tons of desserts. Located in NoDa where there are a bunch of other cool places to check out.
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Amélie's French Bakery & Café
136 N Davidson St
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24 hour coffee shop with sandwiches, salads, soup, and tons of desserts. Located in NoDa where there are a bunch of other cool places to check out.
Best Chai Latte, hands down
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Smelly Cat Coffee House & Roastery
514 E 36th St
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Best Chai Latte, hands down
Amazing, authentic pho. Recommend the Me-Wang. That is how you pronounce it, not spell it. It's a meaty, fatty, and incredible bowl of goodness.
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Pho Hoa Noodle Soup | Charlotte
3000 Central Ave
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Amazing, authentic pho. Recommend the Me-Wang. That is how you pronounce it, not spell it. It's a meaty, fatty, and incredible bowl of goodness.
Best pizza in Charlotte. Recommend the Pesto pizza and add sausage. Crust is thin but chewy, and everything else is just perfect.
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Inizio Pizza Napoletana Dilworth
2230 Park Rd
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Best pizza in Charlotte. Recommend the Pesto pizza and add sausage. Crust is thin but chewy, and everything else is just perfect.
Mediterranean street food available here. Literally everything tastes great.
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YAFO Kitchen
1331 Central Ave
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Mediterranean street food available here. Literally everything tastes great.
Best burger! Keep it classic.
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Bang Bang Burgers
2001 E 7th St
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Best burger! Keep it classic.
Best sushi is at Eez in Huntersville, but that's a little far. Cowfish is its sister restaurant. So just as yummy sushi.
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The Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar
4310 Sharon Rd
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Best sushi is at Eez in Huntersville, but that's a little far. Cowfish is its sister restaurant. So just as yummy sushi.
24 hour diner. Perfect to fill an empty belly full of drink or just to get some feel-good grub.
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Midnight Diner
420 E Carson Blvd
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24 hour diner. Perfect to fill an empty belly full of drink or just to get some feel-good grub.
Authentic Vietnamese. Definitely worth checking out.
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Lang Van Vietnamese Restaurant
3019 Shamrock Dr
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Authentic Vietnamese. Definitely worth checking out.
Inspired by Asian street fare. Includes lots of tapas as well as rice, noodle, and soup dishes. Recommend the roti, Yi-yi's chicken dumplings, canton cod, roast duck lettuce wraps, and pad thai.
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Hawkers Asian Street Fare
1930 Camden Rd
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Inspired by Asian street fare. Includes lots of tapas as well as rice, noodle, and soup dishes. Recommend the roti, Yi-yi's chicken dumplings, canton cod, roast duck lettuce wraps, and pad thai.
Incredible ice cream. They have non-dairy and gf options that are just as good.
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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
1920 Camden Rd
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Incredible ice cream. They have non-dairy and gf options that are just as good.
If you are looking for something healthy with veg and vegan options, or not, this place rocks it. Organic ingredients based off of the "dirty dozen". I recommend the Glow Bowl and the Rebel wrap, but everything is honestly so good.
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Flower Child
1537 Camden Rd
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If you are looking for something healthy with veg and vegan options, or not, this place rocks it. Organic ingredients based off of the "dirty dozen". I recommend the Glow Bowl and the Rebel wrap, but everything is honestly so good.
High quality drive through coffee in uptown!! Do I need to say anything else?
Waterbean Coffee
616 N Tryon St
High quality drive through coffee in uptown!! Do I need to say anything else?
Chicken shack and hidden gem 💎
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Bossy Beulah's
2200 Freedom Dr
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Chicken shack and hidden gem 💎
Damn good smoked meat and sides galore.
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Noble Smoke
2216 Freedom Dr
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Damn good smoked meat and sides galore.
Big ol' place with various food vendors and shops. Fun stuff.
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Optimist Hall
1115 N Brevard St
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Big ol' place with various food vendors and shops. Fun stuff.

Drinks & Nightlife

Swanky lounge that's intimate and upscale.
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Lola's Restaurant
300 S Brevard St
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Swanky lounge that's intimate and upscale.
Biker bar that sticks out like a small, sore thumb. Local treasure.
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Thirsty Beaver Salooon
1225 Central Ave
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Biker bar that sticks out like a small, sore thumb. Local treasure.
Super close, low-key neighborhood bar.
1st Ward Beverage Company
820 E 7th St
Super close, low-key neighborhood bar.
Lots to do around here, entertainment hub and food options. Day or night.
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AvidXchange Music Factory
1000 North Carolina Music Factory Blvd
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Lots to do around here, entertainment hub and food options. Day or night.
Classic cocktail lounge.. Upscale speakeasy with a classic feel serving craft liquors & cocktails plus curated bites.
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Dot Dot Dot
4237 Park Rd
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Classic cocktail lounge.. Upscale speakeasy with a classic feel serving craft liquors & cocktails plus curated bites.

Parks & Nature

Go get an acai bowl from Rico's Acai at the 7th Street Market and sit on the pillars in this park and people watch. It's great.
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First Ward Park
301 E 7th St
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Go get an acai bowl from Rico's Acai at the 7th Street Market and sit on the pillars in this park and people watch. It's great.
Large neighborhood park that loops around a pond. Has hills, stage, fields, and large play area for children. The Green Way is connected which I recommend biking down.
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Park Svobody
1908 East Blvd
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Large neighborhood park that loops around a pond. Has hills, stage, fields, and large play area for children. The Green Way is connected which I recommend biking down.
Dedicated to the artist Romare. Unique water feature that lights up at night. Interactive areas and lovely landscaping and sculptures.
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Romare Bearden Park
300 S Church St
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Dedicated to the artist Romare. Unique water feature that lights up at night. Interactive areas and lovely landscaping and sculptures.
This is an awesome trail to walk or jog on. Better yet, rent a bike and start from the trail off of 7th street right after bridge on right side where CPCC starts. Go until you hit Freedom Park then come back.
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Little Sugar Creek Greenway
1133 Metropolitan Ave
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This is an awesome trail to walk or jog on. Better yet, rent a bike and start from the trail off of 7th street right after bridge on right side where CPCC starts. Go until you hit Freedom Park then come back.
A historic, beautiful neighborhood to stroll through. Look at the beautiful homes, eat at Alexander Michael's, or go to the park.
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Fourth Ward
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A historic, beautiful neighborhood to stroll through. Look at the beautiful homes, eat at Alexander Michael's, or go to the park.

Essentials

Reasonably priced, unique California based grocery store.
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Trader Joe's
1133 Metropolitan Ave
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Reasonably priced, unique California based grocery store.
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Target
900 Metropolitan Ave
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If you're downtown and need an essential. They'll validate your parking ticket if you use their parking deck too.
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CVS
231 N Graham St
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If you're downtown and need an essential. They'll validate your parking ticket if you use their parking deck too.
Downtown Harris Teeter. Small but solid.
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Harris Teeter
2717 South Boulevard
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Downtown Harris Teeter. Small but solid.
Great variety of healthy options. If you are looking for a bite to eat or a snack, there is a hot bar, bakery section, and a diversity of choices.
65 místní doporučují
Whole Foods Market
400 E Stonewall St
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Great variety of healthy options. If you are looking for a bite to eat or a snack, there is a hot bar, bakery section, and a diversity of choices.

Getting Around

JW Clay Blvd / UNC Charlotte
9234-9300 N Tryon St
Charlotte Station
1914 N Tryon St
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Charlotte Area Transit System
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Arts & Culture

Small, intimate museum.
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Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
420 S Tryon St
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Small, intimate museum.
Big museum, very interesting.
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Mint Museum Uptown
500 S Tryon St
293 místní doporučují
Big museum, very interesting.