Queen’s Feast (aka Charlotte Restaurant Week) is back. Here’s what’s new

What is Queen’s Feast?

Restaurants taking part commit to offering a prix fixe (this means standard price) menu of three courses to anyone who makes a restaurant week reservation. Pricing is $30 or $35, before tax or tip, or alcohol (generally).

What should I keep in mind?

The best part about restaurant week is the ability to try out restaurants that are generally outside of your price range. So as you narrow down your choices, be sure to click on the regular menu to try to add up what your options would be if you ordered on a regular night.

For example, at 131 Main in Dilworth, the “Big Island” ribeye normally costs $29. During restaurant week, your $35 gets you that plus a soup/salad or desert. Economics.

Or at 5Church uptown, the filet mignon costs $33 regularly. For restaurant week, you’ll also get pork belly spring rolls and blood orange consomme for your dollar.

A very few restaurants will include a glass of wine as a course option, which will save you some money if that’s an integral part of your dining experience. Trio is one of them.

What’s new?

If you’re an experienced feaster, here’s what’s new this time around. Total of 15 restaurants participating for the first time.

Corkbuzz Restaurant & Wine Bar (SouthPark)
CO Pan Asian Cuisine (Park Road Shopping Center)
ROCKSALT (Park Road Shopping Center)
BLOCK Bistro (Huntersville)
JP Charlotte (Uptown)
Union Street Bistro (Concord)
Pearlz Oyster Bar (Ballantyne)
Lily’s Italian Bistro (Gastonia)
The Trail House (Indian Trail)
Gusto! Fresh Pasta, Tapas & Sangria (Ballantyne)
Pearlz Oyster Bar (StoneCrest)
Smoke Modern Barbeque (StoneCrest)
Rexford Park Public House (SouthPark)
Rusty Bucket (SouthPark)
Union Street Bistro (Concord)
Libations Kitchen & Bar (Uptown)
Social Bar & Kitchen (Uptown)

The whole list

Here are the participating restaurants broken out by area of town in case you’re like me and hate driving, especially after eating a large meal.

Belmont / Gastonia / Gaston County
Lily’s Italian Bistro
Old Stone Steakhouse

Dilworth
131 Main – Dilworth
300 East
Bonterra Dining & Wine Room
Copper Modern Indian Cuisine
Dolce Ristorante
Fiamma
Fran’s Filling Station

Eastover
Lumiere French Kitchen
Napa On Providence
Primo Tuscan Grille

Elizabeth
The Cajun Queen
Carpe Diem Restaurant & Caterers
Passion8

Fort Mill / Rock Hill / York, S.C.
Fish Market Bar and Grill
The Flipside Café – Fort Mill
The Flipside Restaurant – Rock Hill

Freedom Park/Myers Park
CO Pan Asian Cuisine
ROCKSALT

Hickory
Café Rule & Wine Bar (formerly Youssef 242)

Indian Trail/Waxhaw
The Trail House
Trattoria Antica

Lake Norman/ North Meck/ Iredell County/ Lincoln County
131 Main – Lake Norman
The 220 Cafe
Alton’s Kitchen & Cocktails
BLOCK Bistro
Campania Cafe
Chillfire Bar & Grill
Dressler’s – Birkdale
Eddie’s Seafood & Raw Bar
Epic Chophouse
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill – Northlake
Jeffrey’s Restaurant
Kabuto Japanese Steak House & Sushi – Lake Norman
The Melting Pot – Lake Norman
Mickey & Mooch – Lake Norman
The Prickly Pear
Red Rocks Café – Birkdale
Sabi Asian Bistro
Smoke Modern Barbeque – Birkdale
Trattoria Al Gusto
Twisted Oak American Bar & Grill
Verde Mexican & Nuevo Latin Fusion

Matthews
Amor de Brazil Steakhouse
Café 157
Santé

Midtown
Dressler’s – Metro
Maharani Indian Cuisine
Mama Ricotta’s
The Melting Pot – Midtown
Pisces Sushi Bar & Lounge – Charlotte
Vivace

Mountain Island Lake
Heirloom

NoDa
Heist Brewery

Plaza Midwood
Bistro La Bon
Fern, Flavors from the Garden
The Peculiar Rabbit

South Charlotte/Pineville
131 Main – Blakeney
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill – Stonecrest
Gallery Restaurant
Gusto! Fresh Pasta, Tapas & Sangria
Harper’s – Carolina Place
Maestro’s Bar & Bistro
Mickey & Mooch – Arboretum
New South Kitchen & Bar
Pearlz Oyster Bar
Sky Asian Bistro
Smoke Modern Barbeque – Stonecrest
Stone Mountain Grill
Terrace Cafe – Ballantyne
Trio
Vine American Kitchen
Waldhorn Restaurant

South End
The Liberty Gastropub
Luciano’s Ristorante Italiano
Nan and Byron’s
Nikko Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar
Sullivan’s Steakhouse

SouthPark/Foxcroft
Aqua e Vino
AZN Azian Cuizine
BAKU
Café Monte
Chuy’s
Corkbuzz Restaurant & Wine Bar
Dean & Deluca Wine Room
Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House
Dogwood Southern Table & Bar
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill – SouthPark
Flagstones at the Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark
Georges Brasserie
Harper’s – SouthPark
McCormick & Schmick’s – SouthPark
Paco’s Tacos & Tequila
Red Rocks Café – SouthPark
Rexford Park Public House
Rusty Bucket
Ruth’s Chris Steak House – SouthPark
Toscana Ristorante Italiano
Upstream
Village Tavern

Southwest Charlotte/Rivergate
Riverbleu Steak & Fish

University City/Concord/Cabarrus
Rocky River Grille
The Speedway Club
Union Street Bistro

Uptown
5Church
Aria Tuscan Grill
Bernardin’s at Ratcliffe
BLT Steak
Blue Restaurant & Bar
Brazz Carvery and Brazilian Steakhouse
Bubble Charlotte
Caffe Siena
The Capital Grille
Chima Brazilian Steakhouse
Eight Sushi Asian Kitchen
Enso Asian Bistro & Sushi Bar
Evoke
Fahrenheit
Fitzgerald’s
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse
JP Charlotte
Libations Kitchen & Bar
Luce Ristorante e Bar
Malabar Spanish Cuisine
The Mandrake small plates + wine
McCormick & Schmick’s – Uptown
Mimosa Grill
Morton’s The Steakhouse
Red Ginger Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi
Ruth’s Chris Steak House – Uptown
Social Bar & Kitchen
The Wooden Vine