"WOW, this place is EXPENSIVE!" ... is what I would say if Dean & Deluca cut all their prices in half.
I'm giving them 1 star because I feel that they make no effort at all to cater to anyone other than the uber-rich. Like everything else in Phillips Place, D&D is just another spot where the wealthiest people in Charlotte can spend obscene sums of money on stuff they really don't need, while the rest of the country struggles to find employment and to stop their houses from being foreclosed upon.
Don't get me wrong, D&D has high-quality, delicious foods. If I had a few million dollars in the bank, and didn't mind getting ripped off, I'd probably do all my shopping here.