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The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena
Queen City Quarter is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

1. Queen City Quarter

8.4
210 E Trade St (at S College St), Charlotte, NC
Shopping Mall · Uptown · 34 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: A great spot day or night. Bowling, sushi, movies, pizza, shopping, margaritas, dueling pianos, bars, nightclubs. If you are in a group and only want to come to one spot Uptown, this is the one.

Fitzgerald's Irish Pub is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

2. Fitzgerald's Irish Pub

201 E 5th St (at N College St.), Charlotte, NC
Irish Pub · First Ward · 40 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: Great spot on the corner of College & 5th, central to Time Warner Arena, Blumenthal, and EpiCenter. Irish pub fare with lots of TVs for the sports fan.

Rí Rá Irish Pub is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

3. Rí Rá Irish Pub

8.1
208 N Tryon St (5th St), Charlotte, NC
Irish Pub · First Ward · 90 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: They have a real working fireplace, which is a great spot to warm up during the colder months. We just love the Jameson Glazed Steak Tips.

Queen City Q (The Q) is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

4. Queen City Q (The Q)

225 E 6th St (College St), Charlotte, NC
BBQ Joint · First Ward · 60 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: The best BBQ spot Uptown. If you like a clean, crisp beer, try the Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat from Kansas City.

The Wooden Vine is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

5. The Wooden Vine

231 N Tryon St (6th St.), Charlotte, NC
Wine Bar · First Ward · 32 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: You come here for the wine, but you return, time and time again, for the food. Amazing menu, amazing chef.

Blue Restaurant & Bar is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

6. Blue Restaurant & Bar

206 N College St (at E 5th St), Charlotte, NC
Mediterranean Restaurant · First Ward · 43 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: A terrific spot for a quiet or romantic dinner. I just love the Duo of Wild Boar: grilled tenderloin and crepinette of shoulder braised with porcini mushrooms.

Church & Union is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

7. Church & Union

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

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: Hip and chic uptown spot, with Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" hand-painted on the ceiling. Happy-hour here is one of Charlotte's best see and be seen bars.

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

8. Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

401 N Tryon St (at 7th St.), Charlotte, NC
Brewery · Fourth Ward · 67 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: The salads here can feed four people, they are just ridiculous. But ridiculous in a wonderful, tasty way.

Dandelion Market is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

9. Dandelion Market

8.4
118 W 5th St (N Church St), Charlotte, NC
Tapas Restaurant · Fourth Ward · 79 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: A great happy hour spot with $25 wine bottles every day. I just love the portobello fries.

Malabar is one of The Best Places to Go Around Time Warner Arena.

10. Malabar

214 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC
Tapas Restaurant · First Ward · 17 tips and reviews

Joshua D.Joshua Drown: There are entrees on the menu, but do yourself a favor and go tapas, the more the better. The Pimientos Rellenos are super tasty.