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Meat delivery, macarons and menswear: What’s buzzing in Charlotte right now

By Produced using AI, based on original work by Evan Moore.

Between a new butcher club, a pineapple-themed scavenger hunt and a viral TikTok roasting local guys’ wardrobes, Charlotte’s been giving me a lot to talk about lately. Here’s what’s caught my attention this week:

The meat delivery club you should sign up for

  • The Chop Shop Butchery on Selwyn Avenue launched a Meat Club with two tiers — Classic Cut at $195 a month and Reserve at $395 a month — both featuring butcher-selected fresh meats, pantry items and recipe cards, I reported.
  • Only 12 founding Reserve memberships are available, and those members get complimentary Charlotte delivery, early access to holiday orders, a named cooler section inside the shop and a Chop Shop-branded YETI item.
An overhead shot of a curated gourmet meat and provisions box from “Chop Shop Butchery and Provisions,” packed in brown butcher paper inside a cardboard box. The box features an assortment of raw, high-quality meats including thick bone-in pork chops, heavily marbled ribeye steaks, a rolled roast, sausage links, and bacon strips. Interspersed with the meats are premium pantry items: a tin of Spicewalla spice blend, a jar of Chago Adobo seasoning, a container of Acquerello rice, a small jar of Wild Goods White Alba Truffle Salt, and a bottle of Essenza Balsamic vinegar. The scene is set on a warm wooden surface accented with loose peppercorns, garlic bulbs, and fresh rosemary sprigs.
The Meat Club at The Chop Shop offers fresh meats, specialty pantry items and more. The Chop Shop

The rocks you should hunt for in uptown

  • Dole Food Company partnered with Amelie’s on a pineapple-themed treasure hunt, with a gold-painted rock at the bakery redeemable for a “Free Amelie’s Macarons for a Year” prize valued at more than $300.
  • Dole’s “Positively Rocks Charlotte” campaign will hide 125 pineapple rocks around the city in June and July to mark its 125th anniversary in the pineapple business, and Amelie’s created a limited-time pineapple macaron inspired by Dole pineapples.
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Amelie’s typically has a rotating menu of macaron flavors to choose from.
Amelie’s typically has a rotating menu of macaron flavors to choose from. Courtesy of Amelie's

The menswear debate I can’t stop thinking about

  • TikTok creator Steffy posted a video earlier this year declaring “the men in Charlotte simply cannot dress,” calling out polos, khaki shorts, quarter-zips and Patagonia vests as the unofficial uniform.
  • Commenters largely agreed, with one calling Charlotte the “quarter-zip finance capital,” though I noted the look is partly driven by the city’s hot, humid climate and prevalence of banking, consulting and corporate jobs where business-casual reigns.

This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists. To learn more about how The Charlotte Observer is using AI in our newsroom, see our policy here.

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