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1. Wild Wing Cafe

210 East Trade Street D-262 (EpiCentre 2nd Level), Charlotte, NC
Wings Joint · Uptown · 40 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: While many other eateries come close (for instance, the wings at Fuel Pizza are mighty tasty), we still think these wings are the best.

2. Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center

7.4
800 E Martin Luther King Blvd, Charlotte, NC
Swimming Pool · Uptown · 9 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: With its massive, 50-meter competition pool, there are so many lanes that you rarely have to share with someone whose idea of swimming is splashing more water out of the pool than is already in it.

3. Roxbury

116 W 5th St (btwn Tryon & Church), Charlotte, NC
Night Club · Fourth Ward · 18 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: RIP Breakfast Club, but thankfully owner Jody Sullivan started the Roxbury. It has carried the BC spirit to 5th Street, giving the city a place to spazz out to favorite hits from the '80s and '90s.

4. McCormick & Schmick's

7.6
200 S Tryon St (btwn 3rd St. & 4th St.), Charlotte, NC
Seafood Restaurant · Third Ward · 43 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: It doesn't matter whether you order your preferred fish plainly grilled or loaded up with sauces and stuffings - it's all superb.

5. Harvest Moon Grille

237 N Tryon St (Dunhill Hotel), Charlotte, NC
New American Restaurant · Fourth Ward · 19 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: The eggs here are local and organic, and Harvest Moon's Summer Benedict, with thickly sliced heirloom tomatoes, will make you wish for tomato season year-round.

6. Enso Asian Bistro & Sushi Bar

210 E Trade St #A108 (at S College St), Charlotte, NC
Sushi Restaurant · Uptown · 61 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Enso not only offers delicious cuisine, but the drink menu ranges from sake selections to fancy cucumber/flower/fruit-infused concoctions straight from the imaginations of creative bartenders.

7. Mert’s Heart & Soul Restaurant

7.8
214 N College St, Charlotte, NC
Southern Food Restaurant · First Ward · 110 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Southern and Low Country dishes prepared with heart by owners James and Renee Bazelle at this Uptown favorite where everybody takes out-of-town guests. It's Charlotte's version of NYC's Sylvia's.

8. Uptown Cabaret

7.0
108 E Morehead St (btwn S Tryon St. & S College St.), Charlotte, NC
Strip Club · South End · 18 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: The venue of choice for buffets and booty-dropping. With its infamous amateur night on Sunday, the joint has been featuring T, A and a mix of impressive dance moves for many racy moons.

9. Church & Union

8.0
127 N Tryon St #8 (5th St.), Charlotte, NC
New American Restaurant · Fourth Ward · 84 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Chef Jamie Lynch makes use of local ingredients and puts a creative twist on any dish. (Try the NC Grouper.) The spot is perfect to enjoy a drink (we recommend QC Iced Tea) before hitting the clubs.

10. Actor's Theatre of Charlotte

650 E Stonewall St, Charlotte, NC
Theater · Uptown · 9 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Some first dates need a conversation starter, and nothing beats sitting in the dark for two hours to work up a good getting-to-know-you question. Actor's Theater is that place on Cult Movie Mondays.

11. Pavillion at EpiCentre

210 E Trade St (3rd Level), Charlotte, NC
Bar · Uptown · 5 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Silent disco is a chance to dance in a club setting like you normally would, only while wearing headphones. The fun is for the outsiders: watching a room of people who appear to be dancing to silence.

12. Breakfast Club

225 N Caldwell St (E 6th St), Charlotte, NC
Night Club · First Ward · 7 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: The tragic news is that Breakfast Club, Charlotte's '80s dance club for about a decade, has shut its doors. But as suitable placation, owner Jody Sullivan started a new venture Uptown, the Roxbury.

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13. Blake Hotel Executive offices

555 S McDowell St, Charlotte, NC
Office · Uptown · 5 tips and reviews

14. The Light Factory Museum of Photography & Film

1817 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC
Art Gallery · First Ward · 4 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: The Light Factory supports aspiring and indie filmmakers with its annual Filmmakers' Showcase, as well as hosting screenings of newer titles that otherwise wouldn't have played locally.

15. New Gallery Of Modern Art

435 S Tryon St Ste 110, Charlotte, NC
Art Gallery · Uptown · 1 tip

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Maja Godlewska's On Tigers & Putti, included paintings inspired by frescoes, icebergs and other phenomena. Her work, dense with gold leaf and dripped paint, brims with contrast and contradiction.

16. The Charlotte Observer

600 S Tryon St (btw Stonewall & Hill), Charlotte, NC
Office · 12 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Sentimentality aside, Tracy Curtis' "ra-ra Charlotte" attitude is more than a little obnoxious. Her posts that focus on parenting seem useful; if she stuck to that, we wouldn't put her in a timeout.

17. Mint Museum UPTOWN

8.4
500 S Tryon St (at Levine Avenue of the Arts), Charlotte, NC
Art Museum · Third Ward · 40 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: The Mint Museum has been revitalized by its new Uptown location and new executive director. A string of impressive shows signals its new swagger and ambition.

18. Urban Ministry Center

935 N College St, Charlotte, NC
Non-Profit Organization · 5 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: "The Urb" offers a daily soup kitchen and mail service, showers, counselors, substance-abuse treatment, laundry, art classes, resume advice, communal garden, sculptures and a welcoming environment.

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19. Charlotte, NC

North Carolina
City · 55 tips and reviews

Creative Loafing CharlotteCreative Loafing Charlotte: Time to throw stereotypes out the window. Uptown residents are more likely to be arts lovers than late-night partiers; in fact, they're neighborhood encouragers who go days without getting into a car.