New takeout restaurant brings hot-and-ready protein bowls to uptown Charlotte

Charlotte’s newest takeout restaurant is taking the guesswork out of weeknight meals — with hearty, chef-crafted protein bowls.

Dank Bowls, a meal prep service focused on healthy, high-protein foods, officially opened Tuesday, June 2, inside Knowledge Perk Coffee Company at The Alley at Latta Arcade in uptown.

The business offers a rotating menu of chef-made bowls, each made with fresh, whole ingredients. Think: meats, grains, legumes and plenty of veggies.

Hot-and-ready meals are available weekdays from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. alongside frozen, meal-prep style bowls that can be cooked later in the week, owner Daniel Richtand told CharlotteFive. Frozen, ready-to-heat bowls can also be picked up at Dank Bowl’s other location in South End (inside Fresh Monkee).

“Customers can expect hearty portions, ancient grains and legumes they may have never heard of, and meals that taste home-cooked because we don’t use preservatives or artificial additives,” Richtand said.

Each bowl comes with two toppings of your choice, plus Dank Bowls’ signature “CLG-1” sauce: Greek yogurt, cilantro, lime and garlic.

Featured options include:

At its core, Dank Bowls is a meal prep business, Richtand said.

Customers can buy a single bowl for $15.50-$16.50, or subscribe to receive six, nine or 12 meal prep-style bowls every two weeks (prices start at $14.17 per bowl).

Dank Bowls offers pickup at both of its uptown and South End (inside Fresh Monkee) locations, plus a delivery option on Sundays between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Location: 320 S Tryon St #116, Charlotte, NC 28202 (inside Knowledge Perk Coffee Company)

Location: 1425 Winnifred St Suite 114, Charlotte, NC 28203 (inside Fresh Monkee)

Cuisine: Healthy takeout, meal prep bowls

Instagram: @dankbowlsclt

This story was originally published June 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM.