18 Best Restaurants in Charlotte, North Carolina | Eater Carolinas

"At the Crunkleton, service and steak are the standouts. This upscale spot has unparalleled class (and the comfiest, plushest bar seats in the city). Over at the bar, bartenders show off the specialty bourbons and indulge patrons in a little chit-chat while chopping ice from a gigantic ice block. It feels like a flex. Real ones know to reserve a table at the Crunk in advance, order an Old Fashioned, and pair it with the food-coma-inducing chorizo mussels and the chimichurri-drenched hanger steak. Conclude the evening with a nightcap stop next door at the moody back bar of Puerta, the Crunkleton’s sister restaurant." - Kayleigh Ruller