Walked in like a boss! Felt like one too! The atmosphere at "5Church" is like no other in the City of Charlotte and the writing is on the wall literally. The layout/space at "5Church" took sometime to plan out and you can tell. There's areas to have a special nice dinners, area's to lounge with friends, area's to meet new people and of course a bar that says drink here and feel like a yuppie in a upbeat urban area movie. Yes, the place can get a little loud but it's a restaurant for young people and we are loud naturally. Yes, the prices are a little higher but its not astonishing. When I was looking for a restaurant to choose for the special occasion (2yr anniversary dinner)(not married just together) I was thinking Sullivans but chose "5church" because the prices were moderately better. The service was pretty darn good if you ask me, everyone was polite and very knowledgeable of the menu. Our waiter knew exactly what was on the menu and how things should be prepared. I started the evening off with a Shrimp flat bread... man o' man was this good. My lady ate most of it and then was looking for more. The downfall here for me was the shrimp (it was cocktail shimp) I felt like at a place like this they should of used bigger prawns but who am I to judge because I did enjoy it. The flatbread had boursin cheese on it, I was trying my best to figure out what type of cheese this was the entire time because the waiter had taken our menu's by this time. It reminded me of cream cheese but you can tell it wasn't (it melted just right onto the flat bread). Now along with the cheese and shrimp there was red onions and arugula on the bread. Main Course Time:
I had the Grilled Hanger Steak (pictured above). The steak was very juicy and cooked just right. I hate Brussels spouts but as long as you serve them with this steak I'll eat them every day of the week. The potato risotto was a great touch as well. It was sort of like a fresh mashed potato with potato chunks in it. You can't see it in the pic above because its covered by the shallot jus. Altogether this was a damn good dish. My lady on the other hand had the Herb-Brined & roasted chicken. The Chicken was juicier than the steak. I love to brine my chicken so I have to give them 2 thumbs and 2 big toes up with this one. The mashed potatoes for this dish were, meh. I've had better, way better.
All together I would definitely be back here and if your in Charlotte you have to come by here. All of the who's who in Charlotte come here, I'm guessing because it's just that type of place. In no time I'm sure this will be the before club hangout spot in CLT! Great job 5church.