The Best in Charlotte – Best in the Nest
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The Best in Charlotte: Best in the Nest 2025
Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member Winners: Download your award graphics here The Seventh Wonder We made it this far thanks to community As we prepare to send out our 7th annual Best in the Nest issue and look back on seven years in business coming up in December, this…
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City Life Critics’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
Every day there are folks working hard to ensure a better future for our city. This is for them. Back to all categories Winners: Download your award graphics here Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: James “Fergie” Ferguson II “We weren’t practicing law in the abstract,” said James…
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Arts & Music Readers’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
***Best in the Nest Readers’ Picks are chosen exclusively by readers through a one-month nomination process followed by a one-month voting process. The nominations were not tampered with by Queen City Nerve staff at all. In other words, if you disagree with these ones, that’s on your fellow reader, not…
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Hall of Shame 2025: The Charlotte Area’s Worst of the Worst
We hate to be downers but there are some folks out there who tried their hardest to make this year worse rather than better and they deserve to be called on it. Back to all categories Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member LEAST TRANSPARENT: Johnny Jennings When news broke…
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Closing Time 2025: RIP to the Charlotte Restaurants We Lost
Each year Charlotte loses dozens of culinary establishments that began with a dream. Here, we list those we will remember most fondly. Back to all categories Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member The Good Wurst Company (September 2020-February 2025) Queen City Craft & Gourmet (September 2018-February 2025) Bryant Seafood…
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Music Critics’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
Every year needs a good soundtrack, and the winners below helped make that happen. Back to all categories Winners: Download your award graphics here Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member BEST MUSIC FESTIVAL/EVENT: Springadelia For the second time in two years, Snug Harbor presented Springadelia, a curated, three-day multisensory experience…
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Arts & Entertainment Critics’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
Creatives continue to act as the heart and soul of our city, and therefore the heart and soul of Queen City Nerve. Back to all categories Winners: Download your award graphics here Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Morris Costumes Morris Costumes launched 60 years ago, but the…
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Consumer Culture Critics’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
We can’t buy time but what else is for sale? Back to all categories Winners: Download your award graphics here Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member BEST LOCAL PRODUCT: Sorce Perfume Sorcellerie Apothecary, or Sorce, is a local artisan-owned business based in the Elizabeth neighborhood with a mission to “create…
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Consumer Culture Readers’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
***Best in the Nest Readers’ Picks are chosen exclusively by readers through a one-month nomination process followed by a one-month voting process. The nominations were not tampered with by Queen City Nerve staff at all. In other words, if you disagree with these ones, that’s on your fellow reader, not…
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In Memoriam 2025: Charlotte Community Leaders Who Have Passed On This Year
We lost many great people in Charlotte this year. Here are memorials to just a few. Back to all categories Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member John Holmes III (March 21, 1995-December 29, 2024) The unexpected passing of John Holmes III, a tireless advocate for safer cycling and pedestrian…
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City Life Readers’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
***Best in the Nest Readers’ Picks are chosen exclusively by readers through a one-month nomination process followed by a one-month voting process. The nominations were not tampered with by Queen City Nerve staff at all. In other words, if you disagree with these ones, that’s on your fellow reader, not…
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Food & Drink Readers’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
***Best in the Nest Readers’ Picks are chosen exclusively by readers through a one-month nomination process followed by a one-month voting process. The nominations were not tampered with by Queen City Nerve staff at all. In other words, if you disagree with these ones, that’s on your fellow reader, not…
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Social Life Readers’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
***Best in the Nest Readers’ Picks are chosen exclusively by readers through a one-month nomination process followed by a one-month voting process. The nominations were not tampered with by Queen City Nerve staff at all. In other words, if you disagree with these ones, that’s on your fellow reader, not…
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Food & Drink Critics’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
We are what we eat, and we’re a damn good city. Back to all categories Winners: Download your award graphics here Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Chef Carmen Vasquez Carmen Vasquez celebrated her 18th birthday just a few months after arriving in the United States from…
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Social Life Critics’ Pick Winners: Best in the Nest 2025
If there’s one thing we’ve done our research on, it’s where to have a good time in this town. We’re more than happy to share what we’ve found. Check out Charlotte’s best bars, mixologists, parties, date ideas and more. Back to all categories Winners: Download your award graphics here Support our…
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The Best in Charlotte: Best in the Nest 2024
Support our work by becoming a Nerve Member Winners: Download your award graphics here Six years in business. I guess we’re really doing this thing. When Justin LaFrancois and I took a leap of faith in late 2018, announcing we would be launching a new alt-weekly by Charlotte’s 250th birthday in December…
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