been traveling a lot for business and north carolina was one the stops. the downtown section here was pretty pleasant and yes, there was quite a few college folks walking around hitting the happy hour clubs after work. business travel is funny. not nearly as glamourous as you might think. that's why people that have to travel 60-90% for work automatically get a 40% salary increase over the stationary people. if you want to brag about your salary, go shine shoes for a consulting company that will send you all over the place to do whatever and probably they will pay you $140K / year to do almost anything as long as you do it out of a suitcase Mon-Fri. but i digress.
we have no idea where to eat and were about to walk right by the non-descript and none-to-impressive from the outside, Flemings. until one other traveler, that comes to charlotte a lot, said the place we're standing in front of is one of the best in the whole area. flemings. so we say, 'what the heck' and go inside. we are immediately impressed and happy with the decision. it's packed and the place is decked out to the tunes of millions (at least if it were california). bar area was beautiful, dining area was impressive. the wait was only about 15 minutes. the wine list was very nice. the bartender gave us a couple fine glasses of red. we were sat somewhat quickly.
i'm not a massive red meat eater but my filet mignon was really flavorful. the sides that came with it were perfect without being too big. ask the waiter on what's the best to go with each entree. we had to coffee and port before heading out to our next destination, but the meal here was fantastic and we can definitely see this place being a regular visit when we're in town.