Rare sake available only in Charlotte + Jonas Brothers coming to Spectrum Center
Between a refreshed omakase counter, a bakery poll begging for your vote, a Jonas Brothers throwback tour and a Mötley Crüe review that pulls no punches, there’s plenty happening across the Queen City this week.
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Michelin-recommended Omakase by Prime Fish is back after a brief renovation — and it brought along a Japanese sake you can’t get anywhere else in the country.
Chef and owner Robin Anthony, a 2026 James Beard Award semifinalist for Best Chef Southeast and a Level 1 sommelier, worked with Kome Collective, the country’s leading importer of premium Japanese sake, to bring a Daimon Brewery’s 55 Junmai Ginjo exclusively to his Charlotte restaurants. Expect notes of white peach, melon, banana and a soft umami of soy caramel. ✨
The renovated space, led by Bryan Southwick of Southwick Architecture + Interiors with custom millwork by Charlotte-based Tenon and Tailored, features a reimagined entrance, a custom oak counter, shoji-inspired detailing and new flooring and ceilings.
Over at Prime Fish Cellar, new bites include Anthony’s family recipe for A5 wagyu meatballs, a new Prime Yellowtail roll, a new Big Apple roll and a Yellowtail Jewel Box. The Cellar doesn’t take reservations but offers online ordering for pickup and a walk-in waitlist.
📍 Omakase by Prime Fish: 2907 Providence Road, Suite 101, Charlotte 📍 Prime Fish Cellar: 2921 Providence Road, Charlotte 📍 Prime Fish Ballantyne: 11212 Providence Road West, Charlotte
📝 Check out Heidi’s full guide.
Croissants, cakes, pastries, fresh bread — where does the Charlotte area do it best? CharlotteFive readers nominated their favorites, and now it’s time to find a winner. Round 1 voting continues until noon Wednesday. 🏆
You can vote as many times as you want, and refreshing the page lets you pick again or double down on your favorite.
📝 Cast your vote via Heidi’s story and help decide which spot rises to the top. 🗳️
Time to dust off the nostalgia. The Jonas Brothers — Joe, Kevin and Nick, real-life siblings and the voices behind “Sucker” and “Burnin’ Up” — are hitting the road nearly 20 years after their original Burning Up Tour. 🎶
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“What began as a one-of-a-kind event honoring the iconic ‘Burning Up Tour,’ the blockbuster arena run that became a defining moment for the band and a generation of fans, is now hitting the road, bringing one of the Jonas Brothers’ most unforgettable live experiences to fans across the country,” Live Nation wrote in a news release.
The Charlotte stop lands Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Spectrum Center, with DJ Deleasa and pop musician Magnus Ferrell opening. Pre-sale tickets are open now, and general public sales begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21 on Ticketmaster. Live Nation says VIP packages may include “premium tickets, invitation to the pre-show Burnin’ Up VIP Lounge, specially designed VIP gift item, pre-show merch shopping and more.” 🎟️
🎤 Get the full rundown from Simone.
Mötley Crüe’s “The Return of the Carnival of Sins” rolled into Truliant Amphitheater on Monday, and Théoden’s review is a ride worth reading in full. 🔥
The staging leaned all the way into 1985: giant meat hooks, inverted pentagrams, fog effects, a massive video wall and a metal cage that descended from the rafters. Bassist Nikki Sixx arrived looking like a demonic ringmaster. Drummer Tommy Lee hammered away hard enough that you could feel it in your chest. Guitarist John 5 played the songs — and “The Star-Spangled Banner” — with authority. Sixx even paused to bring a little girl onstage for an earnest speech about unity.
But the review doesn’t gloss over the rough spots. Lead singer Vince Neil’s vocals, Théoden writes, “have lost their shine” — sounding “somehow both muddy and washed out” and often buried in the mix. During “Dr. Feelgood,” Neil’s verses were “virtually indecipherable.” By contrast, opening acts Extreme’s Gary Cherone and Tesla’s Jeff Keith — both around Neil’s age — still delivered the vocal character their bands’ songs require.
Then came “Kickstart My Heart,” and for a few glorious minutes, sparks and fireworks and shared shouts made the whole ridiculous machine work again.
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