¡THE QC LOCAL!

Charlotte’s a busy place. Here’s the best of it.

🎢 You likely clicked on this week’s edition of the QC Local because you thought “there has to be a story behind why he’s quoting Toby Keith.” Bad news, there’s no story.

Kidding, here’s the story:

Tuesday, 9/9, 7:24 P.M., Dowd YMCA.

• The EY CPA League Basketball Team is down 48-47 to PWC with 2 minutes left, doing everything we can to stay in the game with only 6 men. Down 1, I bring the ball up, swing the rock to my guy Ryan Nofsinger, and make a cut to the hoop to grab my first bucket of the game. We then cause a turnover and heave the ball down to my roommate, Jack Lorick, who lays an easy one in to go up 3. After another turnover, I get fouled with 36 seconds left, with a made free throw that could secure the win. Of course, I absolutely brick my third free throw of the game, and PWC heaves up a last second prayer that goes in to take it to OT, which we lost in heartbreaking fashion. I clearly can’t handle the pressure.

Anyways…

🌹ROSE

• After a horrific past Sunday, it’s clear the Panthers can’t get worse, and ticket prices are already dropping. For next week’s home opener vs. the Atlanta Falcons, tickets are less than $50, which is in the bottom 20% of NFL home opener ticket prices, according to ChatGPT.

🪷BUD

• I’m not going to lie; I was hesitant about the new Tyber Creek Pub after the history and awesomeness of the past location. However, this past Saturday, I was taken aback by the new location, as it was just as greasy as I remember, which nearly brought tears to my eyes. While they souped it up a little bit, it’s still a big dive bar at heart.

DEAL OF THE WEEK

🥙 While this isn’t necessarily a “deal”, it’s by far one of the cheapest meals in Charlotte, and the perfect amount of food for lunch.

• Yafo’s kids’ meal: Choice of Protein (Shawarma Chicken, obviously), Choice of Side (Mac N’ Cheese, heavenly), a warm pita and a drink for $6.

I regularly eat this for Saturday lunch, but you could get away with this for a small budget dinner.

Scoop N’ Scootery

‼️About two weeks ago, we gave into the hype and tried the viral Scoop N’ Scootery. With 3 Boston locations, their first location in a new market has been a success. Literally everyone that I know has told me about it within the past three weeks and that I needed to try it.

To be fair, it was awesome, and the ice cream was really good. Having worked at Golden Cow for my guy Alex Hannah for three years, I don’t eat much ice cream anymore, but this place gets a ✅ of places you should visit in CLT. The “Classic” Bowls are what they are known for, and they have a really efficient ordering system in there. It’s a pretty penny, but the place is consistently packed for a reason. Definitely worth checking out.

UNDERRATED IN THE 704

• I was blanking a little bit on what to put here today, but my friend Amanda happened to tell me about a new spot in Dilworth called Sushi Bowl+, that serves up awesome Poke Bowls. I’d never even heard of it, but apparently its really solid. Nothing like a good poke bowl, so definitely checking it out this week.

other goings on 🔥

• QC Local favorite, Harriet’s Hamburgers is opening a Plaza Midwood location, which is huge news. Hoping they can make it to Southend.

• The Panda Fest is coming to Charlotte this weekend, which is an Asian Street Food fest with over 200+ vendors coming to Ballantyne this weekend. Ticket are only $14, so would definitely check it out.

Let me know of anything you hear about or wanna hear about!

Hit me up at [email protected] for any q’s or debates you may have.

— Jack