Ready to hang out with your cool, older sister? We’re spilling the tea. Plot Twist, an all-day coffee and cocktail bar, is coming soon to Plaza Midwood. The new spot aims to be a true “third space,” with the kind of cool, welcoming vibes you’d expect at your older sister’s house — something co-owner Nikki Velazquez says Charlotte is missing.
“I was 20, or 21, and thought about wanting to go to a cool older sister’s house and get advice,” Velazquez explained to CLTtoday. “Places like that don’t exist anymore because we’re not meeting people the way we used to.”
Plot Twist hopes to fill that gap, seating ~80 people and offering snacks like nuts and pretzels, rotating food vendors, coffee, cocktails, and mocktails — and some surprises, too. Plus, it’ll be steps away from women-owned Trope Bookshop and Wiloe Home & Gift, creating a walkable destination for people to sip, shop, and spend time.
The coffee program will launch on Tuesday, April 21, offering eight signature taste profiles with coffee from Charlotte-based Night Swim Coffee Roasters and Little Waves Coffee Roasters, a Latina-led, women-powered roastery out of Durham. Think: ube coconut, lavender vanilla, and matcha banana pudding.
“If you want [the flavors] in a cocktail, mocktail, or cafe form, we’ve developed it all,” added Velazquez. “So whether you are coming in for a morning coffee, or you’re vibing and want an afternoon drink or mocktail, you can do that.”
As for cocktails, the full launch is coming soon — keep an eye on your inbox for the details.
