Plaza Midwood

If you’ve been out to eat in Charlotte recently, you might have noticed a bit less elbow room. Smaller dining rooms are one effect of delivery apps and a preference for efficiency that are changing Charlotte’s restaurant real estate. For more, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

A new bookstore opens in Charlotte this weekend, and its shelves might leave readers feeling a little steamy. The Trope Bookshop, located off Central Avenue, is dedicated entirely to romance novels.

Several of Plaza Midwood's most popular bars and restaurants are not participating in this week's social district roll out, including Snug Harbor, Workman's Friend, Thomas Street Tavern and Common Market.

A busy stretch of Central Avenue has been closed since Feb. 7, and the city says it may not reopen until sometime in mid-March. Nearby restaurants say the closure has hurt business.

Another business is turning off its lights in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood and seeking refuge further east due to redevelopment. Book Buyers, a family-run eclectic used bookstore, must vacate its current location by the end of January.

Some residents in Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood are complaining about the way Atrium Health discharges patients from the emergency room at Mercy Hospital. In this week's BizWorthy, we talk about that, NBCUniversal job cuts in Charlotte and development plans that are stirring up opposition in Plaza Midwood.

A sign was removed in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood Friday. Normally that wouldn’t be big news. Buildings and signs in the city go up and down all the time. It’s a reflection of the rapid growth and development in the area. But this one at the former Penguin restaurant site had another significance.

The original owners of Dish—a restaurant in Plaza Midwood known for its southern comfort cooking—are hanging up their aprons. Luckily for Charlotte, the…

Here's a question that comes to us from WFAE listener Summer Cook. She wrote to FAQ City wondering where all of Charlotte's neighborhood names came…

Here's a question that comes to us from WFAE listener Summer Cook. She wrote to FAQ City wondering where all of Charlotte's neighborhood names came…