Optimist Hall

Kathleen Nolan★★★★★

Such a cool place to visit! Incredible use of the former industrial space. Well laid out and spacious even with weekend crowds. The selection of food options is surprisingly diverse and all of it is delicious. Plenty of seating, including an outdoor courtyard with cornhole boards and lawn furniture. Family friendly or the perfect casual date night venue.

Denise Mckinney★★★

Typical food hall. There is a good selection of different types of food. We decided on Harriets hamburgers and The Dumplings Lady. Harriets hamburger was a winner. 5 stars experience. The cashier was friendly and explained the difference burgers as this was our first time. Burger was hot and beefy without being greasy. The fries was fresh a just the right thickness to be crisp and soft in the middle. I doesn't like raw tomatoes but the burger was so good I ate it anyway. The Dumpling Lady was good we got the chicken and shrimp dumpling. They were good and I like the chill oil sauce. (Side note

Greg Christian★★★★★

My wife and I visited Charlotte yesterday for the Eric Church concert. We stopped in here for lunch and to kill some time before we met our friends before the concert. We got some delicious empanadas from Felix. The bacon date and goat cheese was by far the best but the jamacian beef was also great. The spanakopita one wasn't great. I ALWAYS have to get some sort of asian food when we visit a food hall so I had to hit up the dumpling lady for some sweet pork belly dumplings and a scallion pancakes. The spicy chili sauce helps but there is a lack of flavor with the dumpling itself. The scalli

Bailie Meier★★★★★

My boyfriend and I came here 3 times during our one week stay in Charlotte. We went to Eso’s twice because the mushroom alfredo pasta is soooo good and even brought it with us on our plane ride back. We stopped one morning for breakfast at Under Current Coffee and got a simple bagel, but it was honestly one of the best bagels I’ve ever had. Maybe it’s because I’m pregnant and I love food right now, but it really was that good. I don’t know how but it was. One of the times we stopped for our pasta and we stopped for gelato after, it was delicious. We would’ve loved to try more of the places the