It's not high art, it's functional food and it's an option. I went during dinner at 6:30. I had a minimal wait and was seated at a booth by the jukebox whose selections I forgot to peruse. Some other yelper please address.
The booths are comfortable and wide, enough for the two 240lb male consultants behind me or maybe three 120lb uptown clubbing women. I mention the clubgoer set because by and large I think that's where the patrons are going to come from for this establishment. What Charlotte has greatly lacked is a place making more substantive meals than bar food after 10pm between Uptown and South End/Dilworth.
The menu is as varied as you would want with a 24 hour diner. In terms of the breakdown of choices it's 50% breakfast, 30% lunch, 15% entrees, 5% dessert. I'd like if the low calorie choices were more interesting than iceberg lettuce + cottage cheese + protein on top. Iceberg lettuce is nutritionally bankrupt & except for a iceberg/blue cheese/bacon wedge it's not a salad base.
My order of steak & eggs came quickly and to order meaning the steak was as rare as legally allowed. This brings me to my opening statement as to what to expect. It is functional food served here, not haute cuisine. The eggs were a shade runney, which I prefer, the steak cooked well but could have used some rub and the hashbrowns definitely needed something. These are individual nitpickings as there was salt & pepper on the table and the waitress asked if I wanted steak sauce. The one gripe I have is the biscuit. It's more of a bread dough consistency than a Flying Biscuit/Zada Jane/traditional dough. It comes buttered so the flavor is there but the mouth feel is more spongey than flakey. It's not bad, it's just different.
Th service is warm & friendly without being hovering. Parking will be an issue as there 8 spots. Carson St stop on the Lynx is a short walk away and I expect to see a number of cabs dropping off late night patrons.
Dear Charlotte, if your durnk if firmly on and you're not in the mood for another street side hotdog you now have another option.