- Nightlife
Starlight on 22nd Is a North Star in North Charlotte
On a Saturday at 9 p.m., East 22nd Street tickled my “seedy” meter as we rounded the corner to…
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Eden of Plaza Is an Alluring New Nightlife Spot in Plaza Midwood
In a dimly lit nook beyond the second-floor bar at Eden of Plaza, on an eerily quiet night for Midwood’s…
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Haylo Healing Arts Lounge Takes Me Down The Rabbit Hole
As an only child often misread as extroverted, I often relish in the fact that I’ve always found comfort in…
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A Nighttime Visit to Morningside Pub in Plaza Midwood
Heading away from Uptown on Central Avenue, you may remember a restaurant called Krazy Fish. Located on the corner of…
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Learning to Do-Si-Do at Coyote Joe’s
“Dancing tonight? I’m (100 emoji) going with a couple of girls. Feel free to join! 7:15-9:15.” Insert the “It was…
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Pinhouse and Cutting Board Serve What’s Needed on a Spring Day
“They’ve got transfusions,” my girlfriend said in a seemingly calm voice. I looked up to see the mischievous grin spreading…
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Change Please Coffee Opens in Charlotte’s Belmont Neighborhood
“I was homeless,” a new acquaintance shared mid-sentence while having dinner at La Belle Helene last week. We were chatting…
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Disco Night at Town Brewing Gets Groovy, Baby
On one Saturday in mid-February, I donned not one, but two funky tie-dye shirts, a leather jacket that would rival…
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New Seoul Food Meat Company Location Has Big Space Energy
Picture it: The stage is ready, the setlist picked, the lights dim and the hush that falls over your chatty…
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No Cheese Please, Gimme Cav With My Cab at Bar à Vins
Call me insane, but I think charcuterie boards are overrated. If I must be the one to face a public…
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Broken Promises Delivers on Heartthrob Tuesdays for LGBTQIA+ Night
When we laid our heads down on a recent Saturday night, none of us could have predicted that our Sunday…
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A Night With Tim DePeugh Never Disappoints, Even in South End
When Timothy DePeugh, Queen City Nerve’s very own food writer and restaurant critic (BKA @TimTimTokyo in my contact list) texts…
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Alt-Country Singer John Moreland Offers a Lesson in Judgement
“I’m so excited not to have plans tomorrow,” I lamented to my boyfriend after a long weekend of self-imposed overindulgence,…
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A Funky, Rainy Saturday Funday in NoDa
Normally, a rainy Saturday is my ultimate excuse to put on my biggest sweats, curl up on the couch and…
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New Bar Humbug Is a Refuge Within a Refuge
Sitting on the cozy patio of Humbug nestled inside Refuge, a “five-room limited engagement hotel” at the corner of Central…
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DJ Fannie Mae Is Onto Something With Sainted
“This is a church kid’s dream where you can shake yo‘ ass and shake yo‘ feet and shake the devil…
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