CHARLOTTE — The Tonidandel-Brown Restaurant Group is leaning into this turn-of-the-century grocery store’s history for their newest concept.
Wyatt’s Superfine is set to transform the historic Leeper & Wyatt Building into a four-story restaurant, capped with a solarium. That multimillion-dollar project was inspired by the original grocery store, which operated for half a century in South End, Jeff Tonidandel says.
The menu will dial in local produce, meats and proteins. Grains will be milled in-house for pastas and bread.
“The time period of the building — 1903 — is just a historic seminal moment in America’s food,” Tonidandel says. “We’re getting a lot of inspiration from that time period.”
The couple fought to preserve the Leeper-Wyatt Building, the oldest in South End. The structure was moved 750 feet to its current home at 1823 Cleveland Ave. in September 2024. It’s on the same property as upscale surf-and-steak concept Leluia Hall in Dilworth.
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