Crisp is going to open their 3rd location at the Latta Arcade in Uptown.  Crisp serves fresh custom made salads and sandwiches in a fast casual setting.  Crisp uses only the highest quality ingredients (locally when in season) and also makes their dr

New York Butcher Shoppe owner Jed Kampe is moving his popular Myers Park location.  He tells Restaurant Traffic he has outgrown his current location and hopes to reopen in May.  He tells us the new location will be in the neighborhood and will be larger. 

We have no excuse.  Our offices are about 100 yards from the new Cluck N Cup.  We were excited when we found out they were going here on the corner with the giant hand across from the courthouse.  We for some reason had not made it into this quaint breakfa

Bluprint in Uptown closed recently.  It shared the Carillon building with Morton's Steakhouse.  Bluprint was not even open for a year.  They tried to do breakfast, lunch and dinner and that is a lot to take on.  We are always rooting for the local restaur

Chickadee's Cafe on Elizabeth Avenue has closed.  Chickadee's had a brief run one marred by numerous management changes.  We thought the food was good but sometimes a little bit inconsistent.  The Elizabeth area close to the hospital is a tough market even

Ok, that was a bad pun but my 6 year old daughter thought it was funny and we at Restaurant Traffic are kid friendly.  Toast Cafe recently opened in Dilworth and we were there on day 2.  This is the 3rd Toast location for owner Brian Burchill.  He has othe

Jamba Juice the California based smoothie concept with over 700 locations is finally going to make it to Greater Charlotte.  They have two other locations, one in the airport in Concourse D and the other in West Charlotte. Jamba Juice started out simply as

This week was not a good week for Jason's Deli in Uptown Charlotte. They had a good run being the only big scale deli equipped to handle the lunch rush & catering needs of the Uptown office market. Not anymore, enter Newk's Express Cafe. The location is ar