A nightclub and cocktail lounge are opening in uptown Charlotte. Here’s what we know

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated with the opening date.

A new nightclub and cocktail bar will debut in uptown Charlotte soon.

Encore and XoXo Lounge will open at 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at 314 N. College St., according to the nightclub’s social media sites.

A two-day hiring event was held in August for servers, bartender, bussers and hosts at the same Northside Station site at 300 N. College St.

The club’s owner James Nguyen declined to comment Thursday. Nguyen was previously a co-owner of QC Social Lounge at Northside Station and Warmack, an Asian restaurant and bar in Plaza Midwood that opened last year.

About the uptown property

▪ Co-tenants at Northside Station, a 38,451-square-foot building that dates to 1936, are Sabor, Jimmy John’s and QC Social. The property sits at the foot of the Truist Tower, and is adjacent to the 7th Street Market and the 7th Street Station of the Lynx Light Rail.

▪ The nearly 1-acre property last sold in 2019 for $15.75 million to 300 N COLLEGE STATION LLC, according to Mecklenburg County property records. At the time the building was leased to six tenants, including TopGolf, QC Social, The Imperial, Lucky’s Bar & Arcade, Sabor and Jimmy John’s, according to Charlotte Observer archives.

▪ In August 2021, Ascent Real Estate Partners listed two restaurant and bar spaces at 7,444 square feet and 10,335 square feet available for nightlife operators at Northside Station. Ascent officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.

▪ Flight Beer Garden & Music Hall operated at 314 N. College St. for over three years until it closed in 2019.

This story was originally published October 27, 2022 at 12:22 PM.