August and September saw some empty restaurant spaces get new tenants ready to serve up hungry customers, the closing of a popular Belmont restaurant that had undergone a name and format change, and news that a Mount Holly pie company now has deals to get its products in stores across the East Coast.

Mariscos Sayulita Nayarit, Gastonia

If you've driven by the former O'Charley's on Franklin Boulevard in Gastonia and wondered if anything would ever move in there, the answer is yes. After nearly two years of being vacant, Mariscos Sayulita Nayarit, a Mexican seafood bar and grill, will move in at 1601 E. Franklin Blvd. The menu will include will shrimp, steak and chicken fajitas, short ribs, flank steak, alfredo pasta dishes, crab legs, mussels, prawns, lobster, bass and more. https://www.g

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