👑 Charlotte, NC Travel | Ultimate Food Guide 🍗

Spent 4 days and 3 nights in Charlotte and devoured nearly 20 restaurants/food halls! Here are my 9 absolute faves: Main Meals Haberdish 🍗My favorite spot in Charlotte—no contest! 🚨 Obsessed with their fried chicken + waffle combo 🧇. The weekend-only spicy chicken tenders with toast? Chef’s kiss. We had a reservation, so they gifted us cornbread—creamy, buttery, and so good I wanted to lick the plate 😋. Midwood Smokehouse 🥩You can’t visit NC without BBQ! Get the meat platter—pick 4 meats, portions are huge . Brisket and ribs stole the show: perfectly marbled, smoky, and fall-off-the-bone tender 🔥. Cabo Fish Taco 🌮BBQ Mahi-Mahi taco? Perfection. Soy ginger shrimp is crispy outside, juicy inside—so good. Skip the Beer-Battered though—underwhelming 😐. Midnight Diner 🥞Must-order: coconut French toast! 🥥 Who knew toasted coconut flakes would make it this amazing? Shrimp & grits (classic Southern dish) has a unique, fragrant sauce—so flavorful 🍤. Food Halls Optimist Hall 🍔Boxcar’s fried chicken burger? Yum. Indian Grill has rare Indian snacks—explore! Papi Queso’s grilled cheese? Mushroom overload in the best way 🍄. 7th Market 🧇Hazelnuts Creperie has 20+ sweet/savory crepes. My top pick: pesto chicken—creamy, herby, delish 🥑. Drinks/Coffee Coco and the Director ☕️Their cronut? Life-changing! 🍩 Just as good as NYC’s famous Dominique—so flaky, I wanted to pack 5 to go 🛍️. Sycamore Brewing 🍺Even if you hate beer, try their vanilla and brownie flavors—they converted me! 🤯 Fridays have food trucks—Carolina Smash’s Southern Pork Mac Grill Cheese? Still dreaming about it 🧀. Dessert Jeni’s Ice Creams 🍦Waffle cones are made fresh—butter aroma fills the air! Darkest chocolate is intensely chocolatey; lavender wild berry tastes like floral berry yogurt 🌸. Love Charlotte’s food scene—so much to explore! #CharlotteFood #NorthCarolinaUSA #CharlotteNC #CharlotteTravel #CharlotteEats #CharlotteChineseFood