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50 Best Restaurants in Charlotte in 2025
Here are our picks for 50 best restaurants in Charlotte, organized by neighborhoods. All restaurants on this list must have been opened by November 1, 2024. Restaurants new to this list are indicated with an *asterisks.
25 Best Restaurants in Charlotte 2024
Yucatán-style pork butt, Miami-style Cubans, and California-style vegan menus in our city of transplants.
23 Great Date Night Restaurants
Each of these Charlotte date night spots will keep the food, drinks, and conversation flowing.
Voter’s Choice
Best in Charlotte:
-Best Chef – Christa Csoka
-Best Small Plates
-Best Craft Cocktails
19 Wine Bars and Tasting Rooms To Try in Charlotte
It isn’t good to keep things bottled up. Luckily, the city has a range of wine bars and tasting rooms where you can fill your glass—or empty a few bottles. Discover rare labels, award-winning vintages, regional varietals, and wines on tap. Savor your sips beside a koi pond, on a rooftop, or in a garden, and share some tapas or a charcuterie board with friends. Remember to always drink responsibly, and for the love of grapes, don’t spill it.
Putting positivity out into the world
What started as a way to keep Charlotte drag queens employed during the early stages of the pandemic has turned into a community fundraiser that’s collected more than $60,000 for local charities over the past two years.
Where to Eat in Noda
Short for “North Davidson,” NoDa was a textile mill village through most of the 20th century. Today, the mill buildings have been renovated into apartments, and you’ll find an array of art galleries, murals, music venues, and some of the city’s best breweries. Dining options include Southern, Cajun, Mexican, and pub grub. Wear comfortable shoes, park where you can, and see where the day (or night) takes you.
50 Best Restaurants in Charlotte in 2023
Eating out isn’t a choice you make casually these days. More than ever, it’s a luxury you save for special occasions. Depending on where you plan to dine, you’re going to reserve a table, book a babysitter, schedule a ride-share, and get dressed to go out. The experience—food, service, atmosphere—had better be worth the price tag.
2022- Critics’ Picks: Best Restaurateur – Christa Csoka, The Artisan’s Palate
The best of Charlotte’s food and drink as chosen by Nerve critics
The Artisan’s Palate Is an Art Gallery Restaurant with a Femme-
Forward Focus
Christa Csoka sits at the end of an industrial chic, community-style bar table at The Artisan’s Palate dressed in a Blondie t-shirt, sipping her iced coffee as customers, artists and staff repeatedly call for her attention, not unlike a matriarch of a large, blended family. Patiently, happily, she listens to each question, each life update, each rave about her new dishes as though the person speaking is the only one in the room.
Where Chefs Eat: The Artisan’s Palate’s Christa Csoka
Folks in the restaurant industry know good food, so we want to know where they eat when they’re not cooking. In this series, we ask a local chef, bartender, restaurateur, or waiter to share their favorite restaurants in town and what they order there. This week, we interview Christa Csoka, chef and owner of The Artisan’s Palate in NoDa. With years of culinary experience, Csoka can never turn down a classic wine and cheese combination.