Gilde Brewery's three-weekend Oktoberfest kicks off Friday with free entry, steinholding contests, and a brewmaster who can carry 11 steins at once.

The new spot fills the old Crafty Crab space with a kitchen window so diners can watch dumplings get folded by hand.

The free Uptown festival, now led by its first Black president, expects thousands of visitors this fall.

The Rigsby Road steakhouse opens Nov. 9, ending southwest Charlotte's long drives to Concord or Gastonia for Texas Roadhouse.

Town Council gave the new restaurant an official welcome, and it's already running $5 Tap Tuesday drafts.

Daybreaker brings $9-$14 sandwiches like The Lincoln, a tribute to a shuttered South End favorite, to Cheat's this fall.

The West Charlotte tortilleria pressed its own heirloom masa daily, but the doors have shut for good after a two-year run.

Panzú Brewery, Mint Hill's only craft brewery, is closing after three years with a farewell party on September 20.

The five-year-old vegan drive-thru will shut its South Boulevard doors by November, but its food truck keeps rolling through Charlotte, Raleigh and Columbia.

The Charlotte Italian favorite opens Sept. 7 on Bailey Road with 140 seats and a hand-pulled mozzarella show.

Nikko's Arlington Avenue space sold for roughly $4 million, and new owners already plan a sushi-steakhouse concept in its place.

The temporary rooftop spot pairs pool and darts with frozen slushies above Room Service, and it kicks off with a queer icon dance party tonight.

The Texas-born chain just soft-opened on Camden Road, in the same spot where Central Coffee once served South End for six years.