Time to catch up: Here are a few new items on the shopping and dining scene in Charlotte
by SouthPark Magazine staff
Cara’s Cookie Company opened a location at Camp North End. The Concord business was created to support its sister nonprofit, Cara’s Purpose, which helps families with terminally ill babies.
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Spaghett, a pasta-focused restaurant from Chef Sam Hart, opened in the historic Morrison House (previously home to Poplar Tapas) in Fourth Ward. υThree years after closing its Plaza Midwood location, SOUL Gastrolounge will reopen at The Pass in NoDa. ESO Artisanal Pasta, from husband-and-wife team AJ Sankofa and Kristina Gambarian, opened at Optimist Hall. Resident Culture Brewing closed its South End location.
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Top Chef Season 23 is being filmed in Charlotte and Greenville, South Carolina. The episodes will premiere in 2026.
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KIKI, Hill House Home and J.Crew
Phillips Place keeps adding to its roster of trendy boutiques: Hill House Home, the brand best known for its trademark nap dress in feminine patterns and florals, will open next to LoveShackFancy later this year. Hill House sells women’s clothing and accessories, children’s wear and home goods such as table linens. J.Crew also opened at Phillips Place in July.
KIKI, a jewelry store started by Charlotte’s Kris Cox, opened at Camp North End. KIKI sells hypoallergenic and waterproof gold-filled jewelry.
Crate and Barrel moved to a new SouthPark location at Morrocroft.
At Park Road Shopping Center, locally owned Bossy Beulah’s Chicken Shack opened in August along with California-based small chain Mother’s Comfort Food & Cocktails.
Revolution Clothiers on East Boulevard closed. SP
Photographs courtesy Rico Marcelo Photography (KIKI), Hill House Home, Phillips Place (J.Crew), Justin Driscoll (Cara’s Cookie Co.)
