Charlotte Restaurant Makes Yelp’s List For Best Seafood
If you’re ever looking for some really good seafood, then you definitely want to add this Charlotte restaurant to your list. Fin & Fino in uptown Charlotte has just been included on Yelp’s Top 100 Seafood Spots in 2024.
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Fin & Fino is known for its fresh seafood and calls itself the ‘Social seafood house.’ And when they say ‘fresh’, they mean it. Their fish and shellfish are delivered every day and are all sustainably caught or raised. They use high-quality meats, and their pasta is made in-house. And of course, the produce is grown locally. They boast of using seasonal ingredients from area farms to keep things fresh. Fin & Fino came in at #76 Top Seafood in the country.
And I haven’t even talked about the drink menu. Some of the best cocktails around if you ask me. And if you can’t decide exactly what you want, their bar team knows how to keep things creative. They are known for thinking outside of the box. And just like all of the food menu items, the bar staff only uses fresh ingredients. In fact, ingredients are made in-house. The wine list is impeccable, and are individually selected by the staff for their quality.
Who’s behind the magic?
What many locals may not know is the owner of Fin & Fino is also the owner of five other outstanding eating establishments in the Charlotte area with a sixth one on the way. Jon Dressler is the man behind his restaurant magic. He is the owner and founder of Rare Roots Hospitality. The veteran restauranteur opened his first restaurant Dressler’s in Huntersville in 2003. He added a second location in the Metropolitan area near uptown Charlotte in 2010.
The other restaurants include Fin & Fino, The Porter’s House, Joan’s Bakery & Deli and coming in the summer 2024, Chapter 6.
Dressler says the corporate world was never for him, so he and his wife created spaces for families and friends to gather and have really good food. On the Rare Roots website, their motto is ‘making new friends old.’
