Advice on Charlotte

[theceddy]

I hope you guys can help me. I'm getting together with about 20 of my friends in Charlotte and we just was a place where we can chill out, drink and catch up. Some of may even want to order some light food. The problem is that most restaurants I run into online are sit down, full dinner type places and the bars don't have the space. Is anyone familiar with Bar 9 in New York? That's what we're looking for. Please help!

[waitress]

Tell us the area you want to be in and what night you will be visiting, if you are uptown, you could pretty much take over any hotel bar or restaurant..
FEAST might be a good place for drinks....
http://www.yellowpages.com/info-LMS73...

I thought the food at FEAST was average, but the place is great for drinks etc.. will attach photo.

Savannah Red in the Marriott is a great place if it is dead in there.. There is a wine bar, with full liquor bar... and Cutters (in the Marriott, too ) the cigar bar is great as long as no one is smoking cigars. hahaha

I looked at a photo of Bar 9, it looks very cool, most places in Charlotte are new and shiny and then the dives are really dives, not much in between.

[hazardnc]

Moosehead Grill on Montford is good if you don't mind sitting outside. They have a big upstairs deck and their food is pretty decent for what it is...bar food.

I like Sir Edmonds, but it is very, very smokey inside.

[Chocolate Toe]

Ok, now that I have a better idea... Moosehead is good, Angry Ale's (not sure about the food though), also Cosmo's downtown or Big Daddy's Burger Bar on East Blvd.

[ickymettle]

THE best place to go for what you are looking for is Sir Edmund Halley's behind Park Road Shopping Center off of Park Road and Woodlawn Road. Depending on what time you are going there, call ahead and get one of the spaces up top in the back. Request the room with the jukebox and the big table. If you're going there later, don't worry about calling ahead, as the dinner crowd will be gone, and the whole place will provide the right atmosphere. It's a British-style pub serving good food.

Thomas Street Tavern is also good for something like that, but the food there is terrible. So don't go there if eating will be a part of it (unless eveyone is content with mostly below-average bar food).

[lynnlato]

I was going to suggest Sir Edmund Halley's but didn't b/c it's tiny inside. But you were kind enough to elaborate.

[lynnlato]

I'm not familiar w/ Bar 9 but I checked it out online. These places look like they are in the same league: Connolly's on 5th, RiRa, Typer Creek Pub & Big Ben.

[southernitalian]

LL - I don't think Connolly's has a kitchen. It's one of those paid membership clubs. I like your other suggestions though.

[lynnlato]

Oops, my bad.

[GodfatherofLunch]

In Southend there is a restaurant called Pewter Rose right next door is a club called
Tutto Mondo that I think will be perfect for you. Great vibe and you can order food from the Pewter Rose menu. Check out -http://pewterose.com/page/nwpy/Tutto_...

[Chocolate Toe]

are you looking for a nicer place, or more of a bar-type atmosphere? also, Charlotte is pretty big. Any certain area of town? Uptown? PLaza Midwood/Myers Park/Cotswold/DIlworth? Ballantyne?