Coming to Charlotte (Advice needed)

[Panthers Scotland]

Hi guys

I'm finally managing to get my ass to a GAME!!  .

I'm coming over for the Green bay game in December and I'm just really looking for advice on where to go what to do (Bars is a must I will be drinking alot haha) im aiming to be over for at least 2 weeks touching down in Charlotte around December 14th. Any help is definitely appreciated :).

Scottie.

[Panthers Scotland]

So no one can point me in the right direction of what bars to goto etc?  Lol

[stirs]

Give em time, their in mourning, and hung over

And, you might want to put it in the football forum

[Shocker]

Just walk downtown on Tryon, follow the crowd.  Your bound to find a bar eventually.  Enjoy.

[PanthersBigD]

I'm going to write this assuming you've never been to Charlotte. 

Where are you staying? Downtown? If so, you're best off just wandering through downtown and stopping in to see what you like. For dinner and drinks downtown I like Essex: https://www.essexnc.com/. It's pricey for tapas, but the food is great and the drinks are strong for a restaurant bar. 

 

Charlotte has become a brewery town for better or worse. Most of them are in clusters that are within stumbling distance of one another. 

Far end of South End:

These are within 100 meters of each other on the Southside:

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery,  Sugar Creek Brewing,The Broken Spoke, Good Roads Cider, Queens Park Social Club 

South End closer to downtown:

The Suffolk Punch, Triple C Brewing, Yamazaru Sushi, Sycamore Brewing, Big Ben's pub

These are all within a mile of each other on the Rail Trail with follows our Light Rail system

Closer to Stadium:

The Unknown Brewing Co., Wooden Robot Brewing, Seoul Food Meat Co.- this is an interesting concept. A Korean/Southern BBQ fusion place that sounds strange but really manages to pull off some awesome food. A good way to end up in a meat coma. Again, you can stumble around and hit all of these without any traffic fatalities. 

Plaza Midwood neighborhood:

Thirsty Beaver, Snug Harbor, Thomas Street Tavern, The Peculiar Rabbit, Legion Brewing, etc. All of these are within 2-3 blocks of each other. Try Midwood Smokehouse. The BBQ is good, and in my opinion the best you're going to get without leaving Charlotte and heading to Lexington or Shelby. 

NoDa neighborhood:

This link saved me a lot of typing: http://noda.org/eat-drink.html. Walkable neighborhood with great food and still a few cool shops/bars that haven't been turned into condos. 

If you're going to be here two weeks and you have a car I'd recommend heading up to the mountains for a day, or two, drive some of the Blue Ridge Parkway and hit Asheville for some of their breweries/restaurants. If that's not your scene, Hendersonville or Black Mountain still have more of a small, mountain town feel that's part of what I love about North Carolina. Consider doing the Blue Ridge Buffet at the Omni Grove Park Inn: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60742-d509990-Reviews-Blue_Ridge_Artisanal_Buffet-Asheville_North_Carolina.html. Again it's pricey, but how often will you be in NC? 

Hope some of this helps. Hopefully some others will come in here to add their two cents/crap on my suggestions and you'll get a good mix of opinions/suggestions. Enjoy your visit. 

 

[cookinwithgas]

I got to spend one night in Scotland when my submarine got forward deployed to Holy Loch. It was great until I tore my ACL at a bar in Dunoon and started drinking shots to kill the pain. Only other places I saw were the hospital over in Gouroch, and the bus ride to the airport. Beautiful country.

Anyways while you are here make sure you get down to Charleston SC. Lots of interesting history as well as some of the best places to eat in the country.