Hickory Tavern was a great place for dinner when we visited Charlotte.
I had the Tavern Burger (cooked "Medium") with fries and it was great. Probably one of the best burgers that I ate in Charlotte ever. The restaurant is great, they have a ton of TV's covering almost every sport from Hockey, Basketball, Baseball (and Football when it's Sunday) and covering every angle you look at. When we ate here, the heat game was playing in the background while we ate so it wasn't that boring. Atmosphere is great for lunch or dinner.
Sadly, when we got there our first server forgot my Sprite while he got the rest of our drinks. But then once our second server came, she brought it to me when she looked at the table.
It's like a Duffy's (a sports bar in Florida) but in Charlotte.