Community Matters Café

Neighborhood: Uptown |  Cuisine: Southern |  Price Range: $$
Overall Rating: 3.5

A non-profit restaurant serving simple but delicious breakfast and lunch dishes

Peppervine

Neighborhood: SouthPark |  Cuisine: New Southern |  Price Range: $$$$
Overall Rating: 4.5

Bill and Anita Greene, owners of Banner Elk’s Artisanal, go metropolitan with their Charlotte restaurant

Hawkers Asian Street Fare

Neighborhood: South End |  Cuisine: Asian |  Price Range: $$
Overall Rating: 2.5

A Florida-based restaurant serving a variety of inspired Asian street food

Church & Union

Neighborhood: Uptown |  Cuisine: New American |  Price Range: $$$
Overall Rating: 3.5

With a seductive dining room and creative menu, 5Church has become the city’s place to be seen

Boudreaux’s Louisiana Kitchen

Neighborhood: NoDa-Villa Heights |  Cuisine: Southern |  Price Range: $
Overall Rating: 3

A dive-y Cajun restaurant with all the classics

Rooster’s Wood-Fired Kitchen

Neighborhood: Uptown |  Cuisine: New Southern |  Price Range: $$$
Overall Rating: 3.5

A wood-fired grill fuels a menu of simply prepared yet impeccable seasonal dishes.

Flour Shop

Neighborhood: Dilworth-Sedgefield-Montford Park |  Cuisine: Italian |  Price Range: $$$
Overall Rating: 3

A sister concept to Customshop, this place focuses on pastas

Sweet Lew’s BBQ

Neighborhood: Plaza Midwood-Belmont |  Cuisine: Barbecue |  Price Range: $$
Overall Rating: 4.5

This small barbecue spot quickly gained a loyal following for its old-school cooking

Customshop Handcrafted Food

Neighborhood: Cherry-Elizabeth-Midtown |  Cuisine: New American |  Price Range: $$$
Overall Rating: 3.5

Local ingredients and classic technique combine on this menu

Fenwick’s

Neighborhood: Myers Park |  Cuisine: Southern |  Price Range: $$
Overall Rating: 3.5

There’s a reason Fenwick’s, a Myers Park neighborhood spot, has been open for more than 30 years