Viva Chicken opened a couple of weeks ago on Elizabeth Avenue.  Viva is a Peruvian Rotisseire Chicken restaurant.  They serve other menu items including salads, sandwiches and the Classic Saltado shown above which is a Peruvian stir fry dish with Asian infl

Smalls Restaurant on Elizabeth closed its doors Friday according to a report by WSOCTV (Channel 9)  The ownership group said the closing was only temporary and would reopen sometime in the fall.  The Elizabeth Fish & Oyster House which is located next d

Laurel Market has recently closed.  Laurel was a neighborhood market and deli that specialized in making made-to-order sandwiches, salads and sides.  They also did catering and served beer and wine.  Restaurant Traffic hates to see these neighborhood place

Loft 1523 on Elizabeth Avenue is closing up shop after a 6 year run.  Tonight (Saturday) is the final curtain call.  Owner Adam Whalen shown above on the right is "taking his talents" to Plaza Midwood.  He is going to run the night club portion of Rob Nixo

Smalls Food & Spirits opened this week in the former NOFO site on Elizabeth Avenue.  We talked to owner Joe Dileo about him opening a restaurant about 6 months ago.  He hails from New York and had about 3 different concepts he was kicking around.  He f

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

Chikadee's Cafe opened?? in Elizabeth this past month in the old Anderson's/Starbucks space.?? Our server Katie told us that some of the owners were part of the long time favorite Dikadee's restaurant so that explained the similar name.?? We found Chikadee's

LaPaz the popular Charlotte Mexican restaurant is about to come back to life at the Metropolitan in Midtown. We announced that Chipotle is also building a store in the lot across the street. LaPaz has been around Charlotte for over 31 years with their last loc

Chipotle Mexican Grill is heading to Midtown across from the Metropolitan.?? Restaurant Traffic has learned they will start building their 4th Charlotte restaurant any day now.?? They are taking the real estate on the corner of Charlottetown and King shown he

Charlotte Restaurateur Frank Scibelli has added Midwood Smokehouse to his impressive list of Charlotte restaurants.?? Scibelli also owns Big Daddy's Burger Bar (2 locations) Mama Ricotta's, Paco's Tacos and Cantina 1511 (2 locations)???? Midwood Smokehouse ca