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| - I met up with a couple of friends while on my somewhat annual Christmas trip to Charlotte. My friends were late due to traffic and laundry, so I sat in Amelie's on a couch by the door for about an hour (yeah, I know) and the staff didn't even care! THIS IS A GOOD THING. I didn't get any dirty looks for not buying anything, nor did I get asked if I wanted anything. They just let me sit there and wait. And people watch.
The vibe of Amelie's is really laid back... One of my friends (can't remember who, sorry!) said that it was like a "little piece of Boone in Charlotte." I wouldn't really say all that, but I definitely appreciated the mix of clientele from people getting off of work from their corporate jobs to hipsters coming to hang out, to young parents coming to pick up snacks, to whoever else happened to walk in to get anything ranging from coffee to a loaf of French bread. I stayed for quite a while with my friends (again, not a problem with the staff at all) and was good with it all until about 10 pm, where the crowd seemed to gravitate more towards groups kids (I can say kids, right?) who are excited to not be at home with their parents and people dressed up for the skanky Charlotte bar scene. That's when my friend and I finally took our queue to leave...
...But not before having a cup of awesome coffee, a croque monsieur, a fruit tie, a salted caramel brownie, a cup of earl gray, and a croissant... I told you, I was there for a while... Probably like 5 or 6 hours. The food was all delicious. The croque monsieur had a little more mustard than I would've liked, but I'm not a fan of mustard... The salted caramel brownie was AMAZING. It was perfectly sized and had equal parts salted caramel and fudgy brownie. The croissant just tempted my from the display case, so I HAD to eat it... The fruit tie? While ginormous, I prefer the kolochies (totally butchered that word, but hey, I'm not Polish) made by the locals in Chicago.
Final verdict: I'll be bringing Joe the next time we go to NC and the food is kinda pricey I guess and nothing out of this world (except that brownie), but the atmosphere is totally worth it.
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