Looking for summer dining deals? Queen’s Feast Charlotte restaurant week is back
The latest round of Queens Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week deals bring new ways to dine on a budget and try out new-to-you restaurants across the area from July 24-Aug. 2.
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The promotion runs twice each year in Charlotte and surrounding areas in January and July, bringing an opportunity to eat specially curated three-course, prix fixe meals starting at $30 at more than 120 restaurants.
Reservations are highly encouraged, as spots fill up quickly. Website details include menus you can browse by locations in nine counties or by cuisine.
“Queen’s Feast gives diners the perfect reason to trade the same old routine for a fresh table and a great meal,” Bruce Hensley, a partner in Hensley Fontana Public Relations, which owns and operates the promotion, said in a press release.
“Whether you want to get fancy or have some laid-back fun, we have restaurants of all vibes ready to roll out the red carpet and become your new favorite.”
Most of the Queens Feast meals are available at dinner, but there are a few lunch and brunch choices.
One that spans lunch and dinner is a $35 meal at The Smoke Pit’s Arboretum location with a beverage; appetizer of a stuffed jalapeno Texas Twinkie jalapeño, cornbread or hushpuppies; and a two-meat combo served with two sides. For dessert, there’s a choice of banana pudding or warm cobbler.
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Among the dinner deals you’ll find is a $50 prix fixe in NoDa at The Goodyear House, where you can start off with its well-known Cashew Mac, arancini or The “Good” Salad, then choose from its East Tennessee BBQ Half-Chicken, mussels Piperade or Carolina Gold risotto. Dessert selections are the Baker’s Select Brownie Sundae or Homestyle Southern Banana Pudding.
If you’re looking for somewhere new, Yugenn’s modern Japanese menu offers a $55 deal that includes a starter; sushi; a hot dish choice of lobster or kimchi fried rice, nori clam pasta or Nasu donburi; plus a dessert choice of blood orange sorbet or lychee panna cotta.
Queen’s Feast Charlotte Restaurant Week also brings opportunities for fine dining at a discount throughout the city and nearby.
In uptown, the 25 participating locations include Bernardin’s at Ratcliffe, La Belle Helene, Stoke, Mico and newcomer Italo.
Outside the city, Napa Kingsley in Fort Mill’s offering is $45, and Vintage House in Hickory has a $55 meal with choices that include Piquillo peppers stuffed with trout mousse, butter-roasted monkfish and Basque cheesecake.
Diners at Drift in Lake Wylie can eat braised lamb, seared salmon or wild mushroom risotto for $50. In Lake Norman, Hunter House in Huntersville is planning a $55 meal and Peninsula Prime in Cornelius is serving up filet, short rib and pasta primavera among its selections for $55.
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