Official Charlotte Thread

Will this be one that's easy to find in stores or on tap?

 

very easy. in pretty much every store

 

Super late to this party, but I went to the bowling alley on Montford last night for the first time since I was in high school and it was just dingy old George Pappas Lanes.

Quite a transformation.

 

hey i was right across the street

but yeah i have recommended that to friends before and they act like i am crazy. they have two bars and it's just a nice set up

 

Brazwells I assume?

Yeah it was a lot of fun. Just a ridiculous beer selection.

 

yeah i was there for trivia

the outside area is nice during the summer too

 

Best thing about the CLT beer market is how locally focused it is. Think about it, 20+ breweries in the metro area that basically only serve Meck County. So much demand locally these guys don't even think about distributing across the state...

 

Yea the amount of good local beers is crazy, plus they do get a lot of stuff in from Asheville and other surrounding areas. Asheville Brewing Company had one called Ninjabread Man that I really liked. Then another good local Charlotte beer was Birdsong MexiCali Stout. Hard to go wrong.

 

Home of the Charlotte Iowa Club gamewatch. Many a drunken time there.

 

this is true. always impressed by how many iowa fans show up. been there for brunch before and it is always packed in the fall even for noon games

 

Snag some NoDa Hoppy Holidays if you can.

 

has word "hop" in the title. I'll probably like it.

 

Just tried that at Hattie's Tap & Tavern, very tasty. Also an under the radar beer spot if you're in NoDa/PM ...

 

Best thing unknown has ever bottled imo

 

Thanks for the review, I live near there and had been wondering about that spot.

 

Great spot for a low key beer. Also if you're a dog owner you can bring your dog in on leash, tap room style sorta. It's become the neighborhood for me vs the more popular joints in NoDa/PM ...

 

NineteenNine give us the rundown of your charlotte experience

 

So far haven't really seen shit other than my brother in law's house. >:

 

So now I'm at this place in Pineville called "Pintville." Fun place. I really, really wish I could translate this concept in Colorado. Fucking stupid laws.

 

if you want wings, tlc wings and dd peckers are close to there and really good

 

Duly noted. Gracias.

 

dd's serves booze but tlc doesn't fyi

 

Also duly noted.

 

I am a dog owner

 

On the wings front, rediscovered the bee stings at Moosehead Grill. Never been a huge wings guy, but gat damn those suckers have changed my whole perspective. Stopping by every couple weeks now...

 

soooo good

 

My favorite ones in Charlotte. And this is coming from a fatass who managed a 25 wing plate at DDs.

 

My roommate and I were talking about taking his dog out to the new dog bar in West Charlotte tomorrow to have some beers and let it run, well apparently the dog bar is having a beer fest tmw- http://luckydogbarkandbrew.com/event/2017-winter-beer-fest/?instance_id=36

 

The Dog Bar is in NoDa, sir ...

 

Anyone been to Heist lately? That Not from Concentrate line of juicy IPAs is unreal. Which is crazy because I was told they used to have shit beer.

 

They changed their brewer about 1 year ago. All into NE IPAs now. Very good if you like that style. Have some other decent beers. Much better beer. They also switched out their chef and the food isn't quite as good, IMO

 

Apparently their beers trade for ridiculous stuff on BA. My cousin is on it a lot, and people were offering Heady haha

 

Heard the same, although I had their food for the first time a couple weeks ago and it didn't disappoint, but I didn't have a benchmark on their previous chef. The beer is unreal, but I'm a sucker for those NE IPAs.

 

crowder mountain is a nice hike

my buddy and i took our pups yesterday and then sat and drank on the back porch of brazwells. nice little day

 

Coronado tap takeover tonight at Custom Home Pubs. $15 for a pint glass of Coronado and all you can drink for 3 hours.

 

Greg Olsen's brother and UNC Charlotte QB arrested on rape charges.
http://deadspin.com/unc-charlotte-quarterback-kevin-olsen-arrested-on-rape-1792557331

 

Was recently down in Charlotte on a business trip. Lorenzo's Pizzeria is good stuff.

 

Never heard of it

 

It was p good. I didn't get pizza. Had two different types of pasta and some meatballs. Probably the best pasta and meatballs I've ever had. It's near Ardrey Kell HS.

Some people I was on the trip with got pizza and said it was really good. The pizzas are then but gigantic. Pretty good prices for a local place.

 

We do got a lot of pizza around this town

 

Some folks also got ice cream or milk shakes. Those were also met with rave reviews. Literally everything anyone had there was top notch, basically.

Their menu says the Charlotte Observer rated it the best pizzeria in South Charlotte in 2009, not really sure how relevant that is 8 years later but I would certainly think they would still be in the conversation.
http://www.lorenzos-pizzeria.com/LorenzosMenu.pdf

 

They're a damn institution if they've been around since at least '09 ...

 

We also went to Buca Di Beppo in Pineville for dinner the night before. Was good stuff, more pasta and bread. Pasta wasn't as good as Lorenzo's, but still good. However, the chicken parm was

 

Southsiders will have to participate in this discussion, way outside of my jurisdiction ...

 

Can appreciate if you were staying out near ballantyne/pineville that those places were about as good as you were going to do, but Charlotte has much, much better to offer if you're ever closer to uptown.

 

Eh...in general, sure. But Lorenzo's is pretty damn good.

 

Who was it that was singing the praises of McCoys wings?

I'm looking to pick up ~40 wings for some basketball on Saturday. Was just gonna get a bunch of bee stings from moosehead but I recall someone saying McCoys was legit. Was thinking of branching out.

 

They're legit as fuck. Get them double grilled