These North Carolina brunch spots are among the best in the nation, new rankings show
North Carolina is home to some of the nation’s best places to eat brunch, new rankings show.
Four restaurants in the state made a list of the top places to grab a late-morning meal, according to the restaurant reservation website OpenTable. The North Carolina dining destinations that earned recognition were:
- Cafe Monte in Charlotte
- Green Valley Grill in Greensboro
- JOLO Winery & Vineyards in Pilot Mountain
- Plates Neighborhood Kitchen in Raleigh
To create the list, OpenTable said it studied restaurant scores and nearly 13 million “verified” diner reviews left between March 2021 and February 2022.
“The overall score is made up of unique data points, such as overall diner rating, user klout, total number of reviews, and regional overall rating,” the website said in an April 20 news release. “Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of reviews, for which ‘good for brunch’ was selected as a special feature.”
The rankings were released ahead of Mother’s Day, when almost half of people with plans to go out for a meal say they will be craving brunch, according to a recent OpenTable survey of more than 12,000 participants in the United States and Canada.
Among the 100 brunch spots recognized across the nation, Cafe Monte is accustomed to the spotlight.
The French bistro in the SouthPark area of Charlotte was named one of the country’s top “neighborhood gems” in 2021, CharlotteFive reported. The restaurant also returns to OpenTable’s best brunch list after being recognized last year.
Also making the rankings for another consecutive year were Green Valley Grill — a Greensboro restaurant focusing on “Old World European and Mediterranean flavors” and JOLO Winery & Vineyards — which serves wine and other selections roughly 25 miles northwest of Winston Salem.
The restaurants join newly honored Plates Neighborhood Kitchen, a Raleigh spot that aims to put a Southern twist on international cuisine, according to its website.
Overall, OpenTable in its news release didn’t share numerical rankings for the restaurants but said the state boasting the most top-ranked brunch spots was California, which had 18 in total.
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This story was originally published May 2, 2022 at 2:35 PM with the headline "These North Carolina brunch spots are among the best in the nation, new rankings show."
