Breakfast and Coffee: Cafe Monte, Ruby Sunshine, The Flying Biscuit, Poppy's Bagels, Amelies French Bakery and Cafe, Roots Café, 300 East Lunch: Kid Cashew, Hawkers, Ilios, Midwood Smokehouse, Catalina, Sweet Lew’s, La Lima, Flower Child, Paco’s Tacos & Tequila, Bricktops Dinner: Supperland, Oku, 131 Main, Church and Union, Barcelona Wine Bar, Fin and Fino, Indaco, The Cowfish, Habberdish, Roosters. Drinks: The Dilworth Tasting Room, The Crunkleton, The Cotton Room, Charlotte Beer Garden, Aura Rooftop, Wooden Robot, Triple C Brewing Co., Selwyn Pub, The Suffolk Punch, Sixty Vines, Idlewild
Outdoors: US National Whitewater Center, Freedom Park, Lake Norman, Quail Hollow Golf Club, Crowders Mountain. Shopping: Phillips Place, Atherton Mill and Market, Southpark Mall, NoDa Arts District.
For guests coming from the UK, there are plenty of nearby spots to extend your stay in the US: Asheville, NC (2-hour drive): Blue Ridge Parkway, Biltmore Estate, hiking, and breweries. Charleston, SC (3.5-hour drive): Beaches, shopping, and waterfront dining. Nashville, TN (6-hour drive or 1-hour flight): Live country music on Broadway and southern cuisine. Lake Norman (30 minute drive): Local lake house and boat rentals. Kiawah Island, SC (4.5-hour drive): The Sanctuary Spa, golf, and beaches.