Stone Crest at Piper Glen — Attraction in Charlotte

On Rea Road, sandwiched between I-485 and Ballantyne Commons Parkway, this is a large shopping plaza. I've been here a bunch of times so I'm surprised that it managed to miss my reviews until now.

Anchored by the Target in the center, the top end has the Regal cinema that used to draw a crowd but in the post-COVID era, who knows. Michaels, Ulta, GameStop, Harris Teeter are the main tenants in the big building but there are other structures that have professional offices, sporting goods, vitamins and supplements, restaurants, bubble tea and clothing.

I think there are three Starbucks locations here plus fast food Wendy's, Chick-Fil-A, Firebirds, Smashburger, Nothing but Noodles and banks.

The driving routes do a good job of keeping the higher speed traffic away from the areas where people are walking, so that's a good thing. And at Christmas time, this...

I follow a blogger @heywharsthemove on IG who featured a video on this restaurant, Tap & Wine Stonecrest off Rea Rd. and some things he tried. We decided to try new restaurant and OMG! This place was GOOD! Waitress Julie G was friendly, made recommendations which we tried & succeeded. I had the cocktail, Lady Geraldine (lemon flavor drink). I don't normally like lemon (too tart), but this was great! Hubby ordered Raspberry mule and it was good too. Tried the Boom boom shrimp, bourbon salmon w/ mashed potatoes & green beans, chicken marsala, & ordered chicken wings (tequila lime flavor, I think) & no complaints here! Topped it off with the tiramisu which I can tell they actually make. The best one I've had to date! We traveled across town from Huntersville to eat here & we'll...

Shopping at Stone Crest at Piper Glen was great.

I went to Target to pick up some health and beauty items and items for my home.

The cosmetic aisles were setup like a beauty counter at a major department store.

All other aisles were neat and organized which made shopping an easy experience.

I also went to Sally Beauty while at Stone Crest.

I appreciated the modern look and the way the store was setup with shorter shelves which made it easy for me to scan the entire store and quickly find what I needed.

These were the only two stores that I visited. However there was a doctor's office, a dry cleaners and a few other businesses there.

Stone Crest provides an easy one stop shop for major...