At long last, Charlotte Jewish deli Meshugganah has found its new home
Charlotte’s first scratch Jewish kitchen Meshugganah finally has a place to call home: City Kitch West End.
The Jewish deli opened as a pop-up in 2020. It launched a Kickstarter in May to raise funds for a brick-and-mortar location. For a moment, the business had big plans that didn’t pan out to open a 3,000 square foot deli on North Graham Street.
BUT NOW, BIG NEWS: Meshugganah is officially moving into City Kitch West End starting in December.
WHAT IS CITY KITCH?
In a nutshell, it’s a ghost kitchen.
- The building is filled with cooking stations used to produce mostly delivery and takeout food. You place your order online, then pick up your food at the front entrance.
Meshugganah will join vendors such as Best of Both Souls, Distinctive Soul Creations, Honeybear Bake Shop and more. Next door (for now, before it moves around the corner) is fine dining restaurant -Counter.
LEARN MORE: CharlotteFive’s Kadee Blakely has a guide to City Kitch West End.
What it means for Meshugganah
“I believe that the best food is honest food,” owner Rob Clement told CharlotteFive a few months ago. “People cooking what they love, putting who they are on a plate.”
When it moves in December, the deli will start offering:
- Drop off and pick up catering: boxed lunches, sandwich platters, dessert platters and more.
- You will be able to order and pick up pastrami sandwiches, Knishes and matzo ball soup on select days each week.
- Bagels and Bialys: You’ll be able to get a bagel box on Sundays beginning early next year — with lox, cream cheese and more.
- Bigger menu with more hot food: “Part of this includes us carefully considering and coming to the conclusion that we would like to offer things with a mix of meat and dairy,” Meshugganah stated via Instagram. “Ultimately, kosher style is not Kosher, so while we won’t use pork, shellfish or any other traife, we WILL be unleashing a Rueben, The PEC (Pastrami-Egg-Cheese) Breakfast Sammy and more.” Any items mixing meat and dairy will be noted on the menu.
POP-UPS UPDATE: Expect fewer pop-ups — but expanded menus at them.
“All in all, we wanted to have our place open this winter, life happened and it didn’t, so we turned chicken skin in to schmaltz and found a great alternative to hold the city over until we find our permanent home and open,” the deli stated.
Catering inquiries are now open via Meshugganah’s website.
MESHUGGANAH
Location: 2200 Thrift Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
Neighborhood: Wesley Heights
Opening: December 2021
Instagram: @meshugganah
The City Kitch
Location: 2200 Thrift Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
To order: Find the restaurants online on The City Kitch website.
Instagram: @citykitch
