If I still had young kids wanting me to take them to McDonald's I probably would appreciate this Penguin-wannabe as an alternative. But, I don't, and I don't.
The original Penguin fit its setting. It was a rundown dive in a rundown neighborhood with a good vibe and good "low brow" food. The effort to re-create this in an upscale Huntersville shopping center seems like something in a theme park. It lacks any authenticity.
I was there on a Monday night, and it was full of families with young kids. The bar has only three beers on tap. I ordered a burger, a "Maddy Patty Melt." I cannot remember when I last saw a place that sold burgers without fries or some other side, and that is okay, but might the waitress not have tried a little simple upselling, like, would you like fries with that? The burger comes out wrapped in paper, and that is the last I saw of my waitress. The burger is supposed to be on Texas Toast, and I suppose that allows them to call whatever they want Texas Toast, but it sure looked and tasted like ordinary white bread to me.
To pay and end my meal I had to flag down the hostess/cashier. The place, again, was full, and perhaps for families with young children, it is a good choice. There are better burgers at the Five Guys in the same shopping center, and several other restaurants there better than this one.