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Appears in 22 stories · Last updated Oct 31, 2026
Processing food establishment license applications
Ladybird Taco opened at 1524 East Blvd. on October 25, bringing a Texas-inspired breakfast and lunch menu to the former Lebowski's Neighborhood Grill space. The East Boulevard restaurant is the chain's fifth location, according to Wisevoter.
Updated Oct 31
Licensing authority
The Famous Toastery at 2127 Ayrsley Town Blvd has been absent from Mecklenburg County's active food license list since Oct. 15. Google marks the address permanently closed. Neither the county nor the chain has said what happened to the license.
Updated Oct 30
Issues and logs food establishment permits
Mecklenburg County logged a food permit for 1368 Sweet Corner Cafe at 9211 N Tryon St on October 27, 2026. The county entry is a new record at a business that already serves customers there, not a third site.
Updated Oct 28
Logged the food establishment permit for Postino Plaza Midwood
Mecklenburg County logged a food establishment permit on Oct. 22 for Postino's Plaza Midwood café, a county record for a restaurant that was already serving customers. The permit lists 1515 Central Ave; Postino gives its address as 1606 Commonwealth Ave, Suite 101, in the Commonwealth development.
Updated Oct 24
Regulator that records food establishment licenses
Mecklenburg County Public Health recorded a food establishment license for Halal Street Food 003 at 12005 Lemmond Farm Drive in Charlotte on October 22, 2026. The filing is one approval in the county's food-safety permitting process.
Updated Oct 23
Permit issuer and recorder
Mecklenburg County Public Health logged a food establishment permit for Asmera Cafe at 5237 Albemarle Rd, Suite 102B, on October 16, 2026. A public inspection record for the address lists one inspection that day, a Grade A result and no reported violations.
Updated Oct 21
Filed the food establishment permit for 6329 Albemarle Rd on October 16, 2026
Paleteria Mich Tocumbo has a food establishment permit on record at 6329 Albemarle Rd in Charlotte. Mecklenburg County Public Health filed the permit on October 16, 2026.
Updated Oct 17
Logged a food license and a 96 inspection score for Mar & Brasas
Mecklenburg County Public Health put a food establishment license on file for Mar & Brasas at 2530 Sardis Road North on October 16, 2026. A county health inspection that week scored the restaurant 96, a Grade A, according to the Charlotte Weekly's roundup of Oct. 15-21 inspections.
As of October 2026: Issuer of the food establishment permit
Mecklenburg County health inspectors gave Tropical Smoothie Cafe at 9020 Albemarle Rd a score of 98.5 during the week of October 1-7, according to a county inspection report. The cafe holds a food establishment permit filed with the county health department on October 7.
Updated Oct 9
As of October 2026: Issued food establishment permit
Mexi-Love Tacos and Tequila is open at 8136 S Tryon St in south Charlotte. It filed its food establishment permit with Mecklenburg County Public Health on September 15 and held its official grand opening the next day with an 11 a.m. chamber ribbon cutting.
Updated Oct 7
As of October 2026: Issued food establishment permit record
Cantina Louie opened its Charlotte restaurant at 7520 Pineville-Matthews Rd on September 14, 2026. The 5,000-square-foot space seats up to 150 guests and has two outdoor seating areas.
As of October 2026: Issuing food establishment permits for new restaurants
Fogo de Chão opened its first North Carolina restaurant in Uptown Charlotte on August 31, 2026. The Brazilian steakhouse at 200 S. Tryon Street has an open churrasco grill, where gaucho chefs carve fire-roasted meats tableside.
Updated Oct 6
As of October 2026: Issued the food establishment record
Mecklenburg County Public Health recorded a food establishment permit for La Mesa Del Rincon at 7146 East Independence Boulevard on September 30, 2026. The filing puts the taqueria under the county's food-safety inspection system.
Updated Oct 1
As of September 2026: Issues food establishment permits for restaurants in Charlotte
Study Food Social, a planned restaurant in Charlotte's Pearl innovation district, has a food establishment permit on file with Mecklenburg County Public Health. The record, dated September 23, 2026, is one step in a multi-stage approval process, not a clearance to open.
Updated Sep 24
As of September 2026: Issued the food establishment license for Raíces
On September 15, 2026, Mecklenburg County Public Health logged a food establishment license for Raíces at 1422 S. Tryon St., the eight-story South End building called The RailYard. The record is one approval in the longer process of opening a restaurant; it does not clear the business to open or set a date.
Updated Sep 16
As of September 2026: Issued the food establishment permit
A new dumpling restaurant is filling a former seafood-store suite at The Boardwalk at University Place in Charlotte. Juicy Dumpling filed a Mecklenburg County food establishment permit on Sept. 14, and owner Fahong Zhang told the Charlotte Observer the grand opening was Sept. 2.
Updated Sep 15
As of September 2026: Permitting authority that recorded Evo's food establishment permit
Evo Kitchen & Co. has its first regulatory approval on the books. Mecklenburg County Public Health recorded a food establishment permit on August 21, 2026, for the Southern comfort-food and cocktail spot at 5220 New Fashion Way, Suite 400, in Charlotte's Steele Creek area.
Updated Sep 14
As of September 2026: Permitting authority for the restaurant's registration
Mecklenburg County Public Health now lists Taste Of India as a food establishment at 2130 E Arbors Dr in Charlotte. The record appeared September 12, 2026, on the county's public register.
Updated Sep 12
As of September 2026: Licensing authority for food establishments in Mecklenburg County
Smooth Monkey, a Charlotte-based smoothie and acai bowl shop, is now licensed to operate its third location at 500 W. Trade St. in Uptown. The Mecklenburg County Public Health food establishment record appeared on the county's public list on September 10, 2026.
Updated Sep 10
As of September 2026: Issuing agency for food establishment licenses
La Romana is now licensed to operate at 1212 Pecan Ave in Charlotte. Mecklenburg County's public health food establishment records show the restaurant is cleared to operate as of September 10, 2026 — though that's when the record appeared, not when it was granted.
As of September 2026: Issued food establishment license to Lina's Bakery
Lina's Bakery, a cookie shop based in Chantilly, Virginia, has received a license in Charlotte. Mecklenburg County Public Health now lists the bakery as licensed to operate at 5708 N. Sharon Amity Road.
Updated Sep 5
As of September 2026: Issues food establishment licenses
Mecklenburg County Public Health has added Tiệm Cô Tư (TC4) to its list of licensed food establishments, clearing the way for the Vietnamese restaurant to open at 8535 Hankins Rd in Charlotte. The record first appeared September 4, 2026.
Updated Sep 4
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