Charlotte Five's Readers' Choice

These are the Top 2 brunch restaurants in the Charlotte area. Vote for the best now.

By CharlotteFive staff

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, there’s no question that brunch is the superior.

Lucky for us, Charlotte is home to a long, long list of delicious spots to dig into for brunch — so it’s no surprise that we got nearly 100 nominations when we asked our readers where to find the best spots that serve brunch.

Now, it’s time to put it to a vote and find out which local restaurant is the best of the best for brunch, whether you’re a fan of savory or sweet breakfast bites.

Here are the details:

  • The final round will determine the winner. It is live now and will be until noon April 30.

*Note: This is not a scientific poll or survey. If you have more than one favorite, you are welcome to refresh the poll and submit a second vote. Restaurants owned by companies with more than 100 locations worldwide were disqualified.

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Top 2

  1. Church and Union
  2. Deluxe Fun Dining

Top 4

  1. Deluxe Fun Dining
  2. Church and Union
  3. Angeline’s
  4. Local Loaf

Top 8

  1. Deluxe Fun Dining

  2. Church and Union

  3. Sanctuary Bistro

  4. Angeline’s

  5. John’s Place/Mario’s Italian Restaurant

  6. Heist Brewery

  7. Local Loaf

  8. On the Nines Bistro

Top 16

  1. Deluxe Fun Dining

  2. On the Nines Bistro

  3. John’s Place/Mario’s Italian Restaurant

  4. Angeline’s

  5. Local Loaf

  6. Church and Union

  7. Heist Brewery

  8. Sanctuary Bisto

  9. El Puro Cuban Restaurant

  10. Queen City Grounds

  11. Napa on Providence

  12. Sunflour Baking Company

  13. VINYL

  14. ROOTS CAFE

  15. Stir

  16. Cafe Monte

Top 26

  1. Deluxe Fun Dining

  2. Angeline’s

  3. Church and Union

  4. Heist Brewery

  5. Local Loaf

  6. El Puro Cuban Restaurant

  7. Queen City Grounds

  8. Napa on Providence

  9. Sunflower Baking Company

  10. Haymaker

  11. Salted Melon

  12. The Artisan’s Palate

  13. Oh My Soul

  14. ROOTS Cafe

  15. On the Nines Bistro

  16. Cajun Queen

  17. John’s Place/Mario’s Italian Restaurant

  18. Cafe Monte

  19. Stir

  20. VINYL

  21. The Goodyear House

  22. Eddie’s Place

  23. 300 East

  24. Mariposa

  25. Sanctuary Bistro

  26. Zada Jane’s Corner Cafe

Top 46

Due to a tie, this is actually the Top 47!

  1. El Puro Cuban Restaurant
  2. Deluxe Fun Dining
  3. On the Nines Bistro
  4. John’s Place/Mario’s Italian Restaurant
  5. Heist Brewery
  6. Local Loaf

  7. VINYL

  8. Queen City Grounds
  9. Church and Union
  10. Red Rocks Cafe
  11. Napa on Providence
  12. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
  13. Cafe Monte
  14. The Artisan’s Palate
  15. ROOTS Cafe
  16. 204 North Kitchen & Cocktails
  17. Ruby Sunshine
  18. Easy Like Sunday
  19. Snooze
  20. 300 East
  21. Sunflour Baking Company
  22. Kounter
  23. Stir
  24. Angeline’s
  25. Angry Ale’s
  26. Haymaker
  27. Mariposa
  28. Oh My Soul
  29. Link & Pin
  30. The Goodyear House
  31. Haberdish
  32. The People’s Market
  33. Sanctuary Bistro
  34. Supperland
  35. The Crunkleton
  36. Eddie’s Place

  37. Uptown Yolk

  38. Mattie’s Diner

  39. Sixty Vines
  40. The Workman’s Friend
  41. Cajun Queen
  42. Harry’s Grille and Tavern
  43. Zada Jane’s Corner Cafe
  44. Burtons Grill & Bar
  45. Coquette
  46. Famous Toastery
  47. Salted Melon

Top 89

204 North Kitchen & Cocktails

Location: 204 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202

300 East

Location: 300 East Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203

Angeline’s

Location: 303 S Church St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Angry Ale’s

Location: 1518 Montford Dr, Charlotte, NC 28209

The Artisan’s Palate

Location: 1218 E 36th St A, Charlotte, NC 28205

Boudreaux’s Louisiana Kitchen

Location: 501 E 36th St, Charlotte, NC 28205

BrickTop’s

Location: 6401 Carnegie Blvd #1B, Charlotte, NC 28211

Bulla Gastrobar

Location: 4310 Sharon Rd w01, Charlotte, NC 28211

Burtons Grill & Bar

Location: 1601 E Woodlawn Rd A, Charlotte, NC 28209

Location: 9816-J Rea Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277

Calle Sol

Location: 1205 Thomas Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205

Cafe Monte

Location: 6700 Fairview Rd #108, Charlotte, NC 28210

Cajun Queen

Location: 1800 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28204

Catalina Kitchen + Bar

Location: 1942 E 7th St #106, Charlotte, NC 28204

Church and Union

Location: 127 N Tryon St #8, Charlotte, NC 28202

Community Matters Cafe

Location: 821 W 1st St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Coquette

Location: 400 S Tryon St #101, Charlotte, NC 28285

The Crunkleton

Location: 1957 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28204

Culinary Dropout

Location: 1120 S Tryon St #100, Charlotte, NC 28203

The Degenerate

Location: 2116 N Davidson St Suite A, Charlotte, NC 28205

Deluxe Fun Dining

Location: 305 W 4th St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Dish

Location: 1220 Thomas Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205

Easy Like Sunday

Location: 1600 E Woodlawn Rd #100, Charlotte, NC 28209

Eddie’s Place

Location: 617 S Sharon Amity Rd, Charlotte, NC 28211

El Puro Cuban Restaurant

Location: 5033 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28217

Famous Toastery

Location: Multiple

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill

Location: Multiple

The Flying Biscuit

Location: 4241 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28209

Location: 7930 Rea Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277

Location: 110 Matthews Station St, Matthews, NC 28105

Forty 8 Hundred Caribbean Restaurant & Lounge

Location: 4800 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28205

The Goodyear House

Location: 3032 N Davidson St, Charlotte, NC 28205

Harry’s Grille and Tavern

Location: 2127 Ayrsley Town Blvd #103, Charlotte, NC 28273

Haberdish

Location: 3106 N Davidson St, Charlotte, NC 28205

Haymaker

Location: 225 S Poplar St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Heist Brewery

Location: 2909 N Davidson St STE 200, Charlotte, NC 28205

Indaco

Location: 2046 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203

Kid Cashew

Location: 1608 East Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203

Kounter

Location: 135 E Main St Suite 101, Rock Hill, SC 29730

John’s Place/Mario’s Italian Restaurant

Location: 2945 Matthews Weddington Rd, Matthews, NC 28105

La Belle Helene

Location: 300 S Tryon St Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28202

Landmark Diner

Location: 4429 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205

Le Peep

Location: 8140 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277

Location: 7710-100 Charlotte Hwy, Fort Mill, SC 29707

Leroy Fox

Location: 1616 Camden Rd Suite 150, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 705 S Sharon Amity Rd, Charlotte, NC 28211

Lincoln Street Kitchen & Cocktails

Location: 1320 S Church St #400, Charlotte, NC 28203

Link & Pin

Location: 155 New Bern St, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 8128 Providence Rd #1200, Charlotte, NC 28277

Location: 9723 Sam Furr Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078

Little Mama’s

Location: 4521 Sharon Rd, Charlotte, NC 28211

LittleSpoon Eatery

Location: 2820 Selwyn Ave Ste 180, Charlotte, NC 28209

Local Loaf

Location: 800 E 35th St, Charlotte, NC 28205

Mariposa

Location: 500 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Mattie’s Diner

Location: 3100 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28205

Midnight Diner

Location: 420 E Trade St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Mimosa Grill

Location: 327 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Napa on Providence

Location: 110 Perrin Pl, Charlotte, NC 28207

The Neighborhood Cafe

Location: 100 Huntersville-Concord Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078

Nellie’s Southern Kitchen

Location: 36 N Main St, Belmont, NC 28012

New South Kitchen

Location: 8140 Providence Rd #300, Charlotte, NC 28277

Nick’s Cafe At South Park

Location: 6302 Fairview Rd #101, Charlotte, NC 28210

NoDa Bodega

Location: 1200 E 36th St, Charlotte, NC 28205

Oh My Soul

Location: 3046 N Davidson St, Charlotte, NC 28205

On the Nines Bistro

Location: 205 Golf Course Dr, Mooresville, NC 28115

The Original Tryon House Restaurant

Location: 130 Eastway Dr, Charlotte, NC 28213

Parkway House Restaurant

Location: 5821 E W.T. Harris Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28215

Location: 3770 Concord Pkwy S, Concord, NC 28027

Location: 834 Union St S, Concord, NC 28025

The People’s Market

Location: 1609 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204

Puerta

Location: 1961 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28204

Queen City Grounds

Location: 644 N Church St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Location: 1213 W Morehead St, Charlotte, NC 28208

Red Rocks Cafe

Location: 4223 Providence Rd #8, Charlotte, NC 28211

Location: 8712 Lindholm Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078

RedEye Diner

Location: 210 E Trade St c149, Charlotte, NC 28202

RH Rooftop Restaurant

Location: 6903 Phillips Pl Ct, Charlotte, NC 28210

Reid’s Fine Foods

Location: 4331 Barclay Downs Dr, Charlotte, NC 28209

Location: 2823 Selwyn Ave, Charlotte, NC 28209

Location: 121 W Trade St #150, Charlotte, NC 28202

Location: 135 Levine Avenue of the Arts #120, Charlotte, NC 28202

ROOTS Cafe

Location: 2135 Southend Dr #109, Charlotte, NC 28203

Ruby Sunshine

Location: 332 W Bland St, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 12330 Johnston Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277

Salted Melon Market & Eatery

Location: 100 W Worthington Ave Suite 107, Charlotte, NC 28203

Sanctuary Bistro

Location: 6414 Rea Rd # C2, Charlotte, NC 28277

Sixty Vines

Location: 1415 Vantage Pk Dr #100, Charlotte, NC 28203

Snooze A.M. Eatery

Location: 1331 Central Ave Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28205

Location: 2041 South Blvd Suite 106, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 4425 Sharon Rd S170, Charlotte, NC 28211

Stacks

Location: 1315 N Broome St, Waxhaw, NC 28173

Location: 11100 Monroe Rd, Matthews, NC 28105

STIR

Location: 1422 S Tryon St Suite 130, Charlotte, NC 28203

Stoke Charlotte

Location: 100 W Trade St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Suffolk Punch Brewing

Location: 2911 Griffith St, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 4400 Sharon Rd Space G23D, Charlotte, NC 28211

Sunflour Baking Company

Location: 2001 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28204

Location: 220 East Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 515 Jordan Pl, Charlotte, NC 28205

Superica

Location: 101 W Worthington Ave #100, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 4223 Providence Rd Suite D, Charlotte, NC 28211

Supperland

Location: 1212 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28205

Trio Restaurant

Location: 10709 McMullen Creek Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28226

Tryon House Southern Cafe

Location: 215 E Exmore St, Charlotte, NC 28217

Tupelo Honey

Location: 101 S Tryon St Suite 130, Charlotte, NC 28280

Uptown Yolk

Location: 1220 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203

Vicious Biscuit

Location: 8200 Providence Rd Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28277

Village Tavern

Location: 4201 Congress St, Charlotte, NC 28209

VINYL

Location: 1440 S Tryon St #105, Charlotte, NC 28203

The Workman’s Friend

Location: 1531 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205

Zada Jane’s Corner Cafe

Location: 1601 Central Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205

This story was originally published April 1, 2024 at 5:00 AM.

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