The 15 Best Places for Southern Food in Charlotte

Brit Brat Houser: Love it! Try the Oven Fried Chicken if your feeling Healthy with a side of Green Beans! Yummy ! Great supper and its healthy! Read more.

Shandon Watford: Best grits in town!!!

Lisa Meadows: Love their Creamy Grits!

Will Hunt: Great atmosphere. Fried chicken, smoked chicken, mac n cheese, okra were all great. Disappointed in their lack of local beers on tap. Slightly pricier than expected.

heather amler: Cornbread pudding was amazing as well as the okra with bacon jam

Luther Washington Jr: One of the best chicken spots ive been too, very flavorful, mac and cheese very good as well, highly recommend

Creative Loafing Charlotte: Dish offers Southern comfort food in prodigious quantities and at small prices. Favorites include the collard dip, the fried green tomato BLT sandwich, chicken and dumplings and deviled eggs. Read more.

Creative Loafing Charlotte: Fried green tomatoes, shrimp and grits, chicken and dumplings, and more delicious Southern comfort foods served in an unpretentious joint. Read more.

Tiffany Porter: Southern food at its best. And super cheap! Cajun meatloaf is a favorite and classic Mac and cheese. Outside eating area is dog friendly. Love this place!

Gary Pritchard Jr: Fantastic! The pulled pork is so good it doesn't need sauce (but their sauces are delicious), collard greens and the best mac and cheese possibly ever!

Sheri Price: Great BBQ. Also loved the Mac and cheese, and the collards. Coconut pie is some of the best I ever had. Sit next to the jukebox and control the music through TouchTunes.

Nia Ade: Everything is amazing!! The hickory wings, Mac n cheese, collard greens, sweet potato fries, cornbread, and of course the MEAT! :-) WE WERE IN HEAVEN!

Kimberly Ratliff: Try for a day when they have Buttermilk chicken tenders on "special".. amazingly juicy & a different flavor from their (also excellent) fried chicken!

Joshua Drown: One of the most friendly places in Charlotte, a great way to start a weekend is with breakfast at Mert's. I like the southern faire: fried whiting fish and eggs & fried green tomatoes.

PATRICK J CHILL: Amazing food...we enjoyed everything. Mac and Cheese and Cabbage were amazing. Whiting, Beef Ribs, and Pork Chops were amazing...

Scott Harrington: Best BBQ in town. (St. Louis style)... Try the ribs with Mac and Cheese and onion rings.

Nicolas: Can't go wrong with the potato salad mac n cheese as a side. Chili nachos are good as well, and don't forget to try 1 of their seasonal beers!

Amanda: Brisket, beers, mac n cheese!

B Whit: Just a little piece of heaven mac and cheese and collard greens are a must! And all the chicken choices are amazing!

William Geronco: Amazing authentic soul food! You can't come to Charlotte and not come to this place!

5starpresidentialcleaning, LLC: I love the deep fried catfish, collards, cabbage, mac-n-chesse, Potatoe salad and candy yams. Me and my husband dine here often and we've also brought family and friends to enjoy. YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

Exie Meredith: The biscuits and gravy are the best! Just remember to get your eggs on the side :) my fav breakfast place!!

Elizabeth Taylor: Love this place!!! Amazing service and even more amazing food. Black bean quesadilla & the Mac & cheese are unbeatable!

Kristopher Jay: 2nd Best grits I ever had ..... French Toast was good also

Melanie Skinner: The Collard and pork soup is wonderful!

Hew: The fatty brisket here is outstanding. I've eaten some world class brisket out in Texas, and Midwood Smokehouse brisket is in the ballpark. Great mac and cheese and whiskey-based cocktails here too.

Julian H: Fantastic brisket. Macaroni and cheese is excellent.

Heather Williams: Fried chicken, collard greens Mac & cheese and corn was outstanding! Great southern cooking! Service was very pleasant as well!

Chris Konecny: Great reasonably priced southern food. Locally sourced. Local drafts.

Thor: Burger, Bacon Mac & Cheese

Dan McNaught: Try the Shrimp & Grits! Incredible!!!

Dannooooooo F: Mm!catfish.fishy fishy! Shri mp n grits fried chicken yum!!!!!

Anika L: Excellent fried chicken!!

Aaron Lafreniere: Their biscuits are amazing! Delicious food.

Kaitlin Petruska: The best bbq around and amazing cheese biscuits

Amanda: Bbq, collard greens, mac n cheese!

Shannon Duke: Great service. Perfect fried chicken. Chill atmosphere.

April M: Great zucchini fries & chicken fried chicken was great...the kitchen got everything right!

Victoria G: The sideways plate with Mac 'n cheese, zucchini fries, and asparagus might be my favorite meal anywhere. Yum!

Jennifer Baldwin: wonderful breakfast buffet, with outstanding grits

Sunday Harris: Shrimp and grits and the Mimosa tea are delicious.

Ms Helene: Quiet on a Friday night but still great food and service. Collard greens side $10, fried chicken with Mac n cheese and pecan rusted NC trout with peach relish $28 each

Laura: The pork chops and the fried chicken are amazing!

Chad Peters: Good overall! Definitely recommend the collards and the shrimp and grits. The gumbo was a bit bland however, and the cornbread is dry as the desert sands. 8/10 score for me!

Marion: The bourbon fried chicken and gumbo YaYa are amazing.