Charlotte’s dining scene is booming. We see it firsthand when reporting about new restaurants opening each week.

Why it matters: It can be hard to keep up, let alone sift through every new addition and rank them. That’s what this list is — a culmination of the best cuisine Charlotte has to offer.

The big picture: In 2023, we reported about 91 new restaurants and bars; this year we’re on track to see just as many new additions.

  • Charlotteans love to flock to the shiny and new, often forgetting about the restaurants that laid the foundation for those newer restaurants to succeed in a relatively young city.

What’s new: There’s so much great food here, this list now only contains restaurants within Charlotte city limits. That’s why — although our team agrees it deserves all the accolades — for the first time since it opened, Kindred in Davidson didn’t make it in the rankings.

What they’re saying: We recently surveyed our newsletter subscribers and Instagram followers, asking them “What’s your favorite restaurant in Charlotte?” More than 300 people responded.

Read the full article at: https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2024/07/19/best-restaurants-charlotte-2024