The Beatties Ford Road corridor and the neighborhoods around it, the center of Black Charlotte's business and civic life for most of the twentieth century, with Johnson C. Smith University at its heart. The restaurants here are frequently family businesses running into a second or third generation.
Bite Your Tongue is a carryout New Orleans kitchen on Beatties Ford Road serving po' boys, red beans and rice and bread pudding. QCity Metro reported in July 2024 that it works out of a commercial kitchen Historic West End Partners opened in the corridor specifically to add food options to Beatties Ford Road, after the group bought the building.
See Golden Bulls football at the Irwin Belk Complex, then eat on Beatties Ford Road or head into Uptown for more sports on TV.