What’s in Store

Duckworth’s Grill expands with new restaurant in SouthPark and 70 beers on tap

Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse sixth location in SouthPark has the same menu as other locations, which includes chicken wings in a variety of flavors.
Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse sixth location in SouthPark has the same menu as other locations, which includes chicken wings in a variety of flavors. Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse

After 10 months under construction, Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse is debuting its sixth Charlotte-area location, with a new restaurant in SouthPark.

The restaurant will open at 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday for dinner only at Piedmont Town Center, 4625 Piedmont Row Drive, according to Duckworth’s Grill Facebook page.

Hours will be extended on Saturday and Sunday to include lunch, opening at 11 a.m. The restaurant will continue to increase hours over the next weeks until eventually being open for lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday.

Duckworth’s joins another newcomer to the center, Leo’s Italian Social upscale restaurant, which opened in August.

Piedmont Natural Gas customers are expressing their shock on social media after their monthly bills doubled or even tripled what they paid at this time last year to heat their homes.Leo’s Italian Social opens its third upscale restaurant Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 4720 Piedmont Row Drive in Piedmont Town Center, managed by real estate investment firm Lincoln Harris.
Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse is open at Piedmont Town Center, 4625 Piedmont Row Drive, in Charlotte’s SouthPark neighborhood. Observer file photo

What to expect

The new Duckworth’s SouthPark location has:

The same menu as other locations, which includes wings, pizza, burgers and wraps, and entrees like steak and fish and chips.

There are 70 beers on tap.

There are more than 200 seats inside, plus outdoor seating.

There are 42 televisions are mounted throughout the restaurant.

A new cocktail bar called The Loft at Duckworth’s will open upstairs later this year or early next, The Charlotte Observer previously reported. It will be called The Loft and will have living room-like lounge spaces.

Restaurateur Rob Duckworth was unavailable for comment.

Duckworth’s and other restaurants

Despite the pandemic, Duckworth continued to open new restaurants.

Earlier this year, Duckworth opened the third and largest Link & Pin at The Arboretum after opening a second location in fall 2020 in Huntersville.

Link & Pin serves a mix of scratch-made menu items from chicken and waffles, burgers and lobster roll for lunch to artisanal cheese and charcuterie appetizers, and steak and seafood for dinner.

Duckworth opened the first Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse 18 years ago in Mooresville. Other Duckworth’s Grill locations are in Ballantyne, Huntersville, Rea Farms and uptown.

Six years ago, he opened The Cellar at Duckworth’s, a sports bar and speakeasy in the basement of his uptown restaurant.

This story was originally published November 3, 2022 at 11:09 AM.

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