Built around Park Road Shopping Center, which opened in the 1950s as Charlotte's first shopping center and is still trading. A strip of neighborhood restaurants, bakeries and bars that serves the Madison Park and Montford side of the city.
Dot Dot Dot is a membership cocktail lounge. A membership is required to get in and it covers up to three guests per visit, with a dress code and a valid ID at the door. A limited number of door memberships are sold, but the bar tells people to buy online. It is one of the few Charlotte rooms posting a 1am close.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
A small restaurant and wine market on Park Road cooking what it calls contemporary, seasonal Carolina Piedmont food with global influences. It is run by Eric and Cat, who are named on the site. Sunday Supper is a single 5:30 seating and takes reservations only; the wine market is open midday Wednesday through Saturday.
An Italian osteria in the Park Road Shopping Center, serving lunch and dinner six days a week. It sits in the middle of one of Charlotte's oldest shopping centers, a strip that has slowly turned into a restaurant row.
A fresh-pasta shop and Italian deli that has been in Charlotte since 1992. Pasta is made in house and sold alongside prepared meals, specialty groceries, bakery items, wine and beer. The Park Road store is one of three in the city.
A pub hidden on the back side of the Park Road Shopping Center, open since 1996. Its own directions tell you to park out front and walk down the stairs to find it. It is known for a bacon cheeseburger, a championship veggie chili, twenty ounce pints and a whiskey list, and it serves until 2 in the morning four nights a week.
Go early. It turns into a late-night spot later in the evening.
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