GREENVILLE, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Charlotte finally has a Michelin Star restaurant.

Counter- received the high culinary honor at a ceremony Monday night as part of the inaugural selection for the American South. Michelin announced the 2025 honorees in a release prior to the event in Greenville.

Chef Sam Hart’s restaurant on West Morehead Street also is the first in North Carolina to land a star.

Here is how Michelin describes the business serving contemporary cuisine in an unconventional way since 2020:

To say that Counter is an outlier in the Charlotte dining scene risks understatement: this ambitious, mercurial project from Chef Sam Hart is sui generis. The boldly immersive experience features shifting concepts fueled by Chef Hart’s multifarious passions and creativity, drawing o

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