La Bonbonniere Bakery is making Uptown sweeter. Why it matters: The locally-owned cookie business built a loyal following at Charlotte farmers markets. Now, it has a permanent home: a cozy walk-up ...

And that meant a walk-up window. After starting as a vendor at Logan Street Market, La Pana Bakery y Cafe opened its own brick and mortar across the street in late 2024.

And that meant a walk-up window. La Pana, an offshoot of the popular Mexican breakfast and lunch restaurant FOKO, opened at the food hall in late 2021 as a walk-up business. Need a break?

Addy Pool, aka Mama, runs Mama's Snack Shack in Compton. It's a tiny walk-up window where the burgers are larger than life and so is Mama's passion for food and her community. Everything in her ...