While many other eateries come close (for instance, the wings at Fuel Pizza are mighty tasty), we still think these wings are the best.
With its massive, 50-meter competition pool, there are so many lanes that you rarely have to share with someone whose idea of swimming is splashing more water out of the pool than is already in it.
RIP Breakfast Club, but thankfully owner Jody Sullivan started the Roxbury. It has carried the BC spirit to 5th Street, giving the city a place to spazz out to favorite hits from the '80s and '90s.
It doesn't matter whether you order your preferred fish plainly grilled or loaded up with sauces and stuffings - it's all superb.
The eggs here are local and organic, and Harvest Moon's Summer Benedict, with thickly sliced heirloom tomatoes, will make you wish for tomato season year-round.
Enso not only offers delicious cuisine, but the drink menu ranges from sake selections to fancy cucumber/flower/fruit-infused concoctions straight from the imaginations of creative bartenders.
Southern and Low Country dishes prepared with heart by owners James and Renee Bazelle at this Uptown favorite where everybody takes out-of-town guests. It's Charlotte's version of NYC's Sylvia's.
The venue of choice for buffets and booty-dropping. With its infamous amateur night on Sunday, the joint has been featuring T, A and a mix of impressive dance moves for many racy moons.
Chef Jamie Lynch makes use of local ingredients and puts a creative twist on any dish. (Try the NC Grouper.) The spot is perfect to enjoy a drink (we recommend QC Iced Tea) before hitting the clubs.
Some first dates need a conversation starter, and nothing beats sitting in the dark for two hours to work up a good getting-to-know-you question. Actor's Theater is that place on Cult Movie Mondays.
Silent disco is a chance to dance in a club setting like you normally would, only while wearing headphones. The fun is for the outsiders: watching a room of people who appear to be dancing to silence.
The tragic news is that Breakfast Club, Charlotte's '80s dance club for about a decade, has shut its doors. But as suitable placation, owner Jody Sullivan started a new venture Uptown, the Roxbury.
The Light Factory supports aspiring and indie filmmakers with its annual Filmmakers' Showcase, as well as hosting screenings of newer titles that otherwise wouldn't have played locally.
Maja Godlewska's On Tigers & Putti, included paintings inspired by frescoes, icebergs and other phenomena. Her work, dense with gold leaf and dripped paint, brims with contrast and contradiction.
Sentimentality aside, Tracy Curtis' "ra-ra Charlotte" attitude is more than a little obnoxious. Her posts that focus on parenting seem useful; if she stuck to that, we wouldn't put her in a timeout.
The Mint Museum has been revitalized by its new Uptown location and new executive director. A string of impressive shows signals its new swagger and ambition.
"The Urb" offers a daily soup kitchen and mail service, showers, counselors, substance-abuse treatment, laundry, art classes, resume advice, communal garden, sculptures and a welcoming environment.
Time to throw stereotypes out the window. Uptown residents are more likely to be arts lovers than late-night partiers; in fact, they're neighborhood encouragers who go days without getting into a car.
