Food and Drink

What to eat when you’re near Quail Hollow in Charlotte for the PGA Championship

Dilworth Tasting Room’s SouthPark location at Sharon Square is a short drive from Quail Hollow in Charlotte.
Dilworth Tasting Room’s SouthPark location at Sharon Square is a short drive from Quail Hollow in Charlotte.

While you’re in Charlotte to watch the 2025 PGA Championship, you’re going to need to eat.

And while this year, your Championship+ admission ticket includes unlimited food and non-alcoholic beverages, there will be times you’ll want to stray from the golf course to find breakfast, lunch or dinner nearby.

Whether you’re staying north of Quail Hollow in the SouthPark area or you’re looking for a bite to eat a bit south of the club in the South Charlotte and Pineville areas, we’ve got you covered.

Here are 13 places to find a meal within a short drive of the PGA competition in Charlotte.

131 Main — SouthPark

Location: 5970 Fairview Rd #100, Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: Beverly Woods

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.5 miles

Menu: lunch, dinner

Cuisine: American, steak, seafood

Cafe Monte

Location: 6700 Fairview Road, Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: SouthPark

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.3 miles

Menu: breakfast/brunch, dinner

Cuisine: French

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Crab cake salad.
Crab cake salad. Courtesy of Cafe Monte CharlotteFive

Dilworth Tasting Room — SouthPark

Location: 4905 Ashley Park Ln., Suite J, Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: SouthPark

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.1 miles

Menu

Cuisine: American

Dilworth Tasting Room’s menu includes entrees such as hangar steak, pork tenderloin and veal ragu.
Dilworth Tasting Room’s menu includes entrees such as hangar steak, pork tenderloin and veal ragu. Chad Whittington

Little Mama’s

Location: 4521 Sharon Rd, Charlotte, NC 28211

Neighborhood: SouthPark

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.4 miles

Menu

Cuisine: Italian

The Broiled Chicken Chef Salad is one of six salads on Little Mama’s menu.
The Broiled Chicken Chef Salad is one of six salads on Little Mama’s menu. Remy Thurston

Mi Tierra Restaurant

Location: 816 E. Arrowood Road, Charlotte, NC 28217

Neighborhood: Montclaire South

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.6 miles

Menu

Cuisine: Colombian, South American

Nazo’s Mediterranean Bowls & Salads

Location: 8318 Pineville-Matthews Rd #710, Charlotte, NC 28210

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.6 miles

Menu

Cuisine: Mediterranean, Turkish

A Turkish mix bowl at Nazo’s Mediterranean Bowls & Salads, with half lettuce, half yellow rice and all the toppings.
A Turkish mix bowl at Nazo’s Mediterranean Bowls & Salads, with half lettuce, half yellow rice and all the toppings. Heidi Finley CharlotteFive

Peppervine

Location: 4620 Piedmont Row Dr Suite 170B, Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: Barclay Downs/SouthPark

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.7 miles

Menu

Cuisine: American

Rice & Spice Thai Street Food

Location: 8314 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 901, Charlotte, NC 28226

Neighborhood: Pineville, South Charlotte

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.1 miles

Menu

Cuisine: Thai

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Rice & Spice Thai Street Food’s menu offers variety with Thai sweet tea, moo ping, khao soi, Thai fish cakes and curry puffs.
Rice & Spice Thai Street Food’s menu offers variety with Thai sweet tea, moo ping, khao soi, Thai fish cakes and curry puffs. Ebony Morman CharlotteFive

Rusty’s Deli

Location: 8512 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: South Charlotte (Quail Corners Shopping Center)

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 1.2 miles

Menu

Cuisine: American, deli

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Rusty’s chicken salad sandwich.
Rusty’s chicken salad sandwich. Alex Cason CharlotteFive

Showmars

Location: 9925 Cedar Park Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: Pineville/South Charlotte

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3 miles

Menu

Cuisine: American, Greek

The Greek salad at Showmars.
The Greek salad at Showmars. Alex Cason Photography CharlotteFive

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Taste of SHU: Authentic Szechuan Cuisine

Location: 8418 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: South Charlotte (Quail Corners Shopping Center)

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 1.2 miles

Menu

Cuisine: Chinese

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Trio

Location: 10709 McMullen Creek Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28226

Neighborhood: Pineville/South Charlotte

Distance from Quail Hollow Club: 3.1 miles

Menu

Cuisine: American, pizza

Wolfman Pizza

Location: 8504 Park Rd., Charlotte, NC 28210

Neighborhood: South Charlotte (Quail Corners Shopping Center)

Distance from Quail Hollow: 1.3 miles

Menu

Cuisine: American, Italian, pizza

Wolfman Pizza’s pepperoni and Wolfbites.
Wolfman Pizza’s pepperoni and Wolfbites. Jennings Cool CharlotteFive
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