Food and Drink

Queen’s Feast is back. Here’s how you can dine at a discount around Charlotte

Queen’s Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week, the twice-a-year promotion that offers diners a chance to eat a multi-course meal at a fixed price, is back.

From Friday, Jan. 23-Sunday, Feb. 1, you’ll be able to eat dinner at some of the Charlotte area’s best restaurants for $30 to $55 per person. Afterward, we’ll be waiting until July for the promotion to return.

Reservations are recommended for dining at the participating restaurants in nine counties: Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston, Cleveland, Union, Lincoln, Catawba, Stanly and York, SC.

“It’s the perfect mid-winter incentive for a fun and leisurely night out while you sample new spots,” Bruce Hensley, a partner in Hensley Fontana Public Relations — which owns and operates the promotion — said in a news release. “And the restaurants are ready to impress all those fresh faces and keep them coming back.”

A gourmet beef entrée plated on a dark rimmed dish. The sliced beef rests in a savory yellow sauce with roasted mushrooms, a pearl onion, and sprigs of fresh rosemary and sage. Two thin, crispy crostini crackers are perched on top of the meat. A glass of red wine stands in the blurred background of the elegantly set dining room.
Queen’s Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week is back in January, with more than 120 participating restaurants to choose from. Courtesy of Charlotte Restaurant Week Maksim Shebeko/stock.adobe.com
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Queen’s Feast details

The hardest thing about Queen’s Feast might be deciding which restaurants to pick. With 120 restaurants to choose from, it’s a tall task.

To narrow things down, you can browse the restaurants by neighborhoods in Charlotte or by city outside of Charlotte. When you spot an eatery you’re interested in, click the name to find out the prix fixe deal being offered and what’s on the menu, along with other details.

First-time participants in the restaurant week event are:

A slightly angled, close-up shot of an appetizer presentation featuring six individual pork belly bites, each served on a small, oval-shaped white tortilla. The succulent pieces of pork belly are glazed with a glossy, dark sauce and topped with a bright red, diced cube of watermelon, some with a sprinkle of green herbs. The appetizers are arranged in two rows of three on a rectangular white plate, which is slightly blurred towards the edges, suggesting a focus on the food. The background is dark and out of focus.
Soul Gastrolounge is known for its pork-belly tacos. Soul Gastrolounge

This story was originally published January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM.

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