3rd & Fernwood
Restaurant · Cherry
1100 Metropolitan Ave #170, Charlotte, NC 28204
Highlights
Southern comfort foods like oxtail meatloaf & collards
Southern comfort foods like oxtail meatloaf & collards
"Greg and Subrina Collier are putting the South’s long-practiced meat-plus-three philosophy centerstage at their new family-style restaurant, 3rd & Fernwood, in the Metropolitan shopping center. The meal starts like every good meal should — with complimentary bread paired with an unforgettable whipped sangria butter. The $10-and-under sides steal the show, like the velvety hambone grits, which eat more like mac n’ cheese. And one can’t not wipe the bowl of braised collars clean. The all-day menu runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., but once the bar is up and running, those 30+ bar seats and dainty chalices of wine glasses will beckon diners later into the evening. The Cesca-style chairs and deep red walls soften up an otherwise corporate plaza." - Kayleigh Ruller
"I received an emailed menu announcing that 3rd & Fernwood, from Bayhaven Restaurant Group (of Charlotte’s Uptown Yolk and Leah & Louise fame), will open in May at 1100 Metropolitan Avenue in Charlotte, sometime before Memorial Day. The James Beard–nominated chef Greg Collier offers a Southern meat-and-three approach — think candied sweet potatoes and a fried chicken thigh sandwich with Carolina gold sauce — tempered with West African touches like fonio tabbouleh and field pea mafe. The menu also devotes an entire section to the larder, featuring housemade pickles, relishes, and five different hot sauces." - Erin Perkins
"Announced last August as a meat-and-three concept at 1100 Metropolitan Avenue, this forthcoming restaurant was initially slated to feature James Beard–nominated chef Cleophus Hethington in the kitchen. The project has not yet opened, and Hethington has since moved on to join another Charlotte tasting-menu restaurant as chef de cuisine, leaving the concept’s staffing and opening timeline unclear." - Erin Perkins
"I’m excited to see what Cleophus Hethington and chef Greg Collier planned to do at 3rd & Fernwood in Charlotte (1100 Metropolitan Avenue), and although there have been several tips after publication that Hethington has left the project, I’m still looking forward to checking it out." - Eater Staff
"Run by a prominent Charlotte husband-and-wife team and led in the kitchen by James Beard–recognized chef Cleophus Hethington, this restaurant dives into the cuisines of the African diaspora and the American South with a focus on meat-and-three-style meals. Expect comfort-forward mains like a fried chicken sandwich and grilled catfish with roasted okra gravy, alongside sides such as creamed collard greens, braised turnips, and hambone grits; the venue will also house an intimate 18-seat speakeasy." - ByKate Kassin
