Charlotteans have the chance to give the city some major bragging rights.
Voting is underway for USA Today’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards and the Queen City scored multiple nominations, highlighting its sports and brewery culture.
How do the Readers’ Choice Awards work? Every year, a panel of travel experts select 20 nominees from across the country for various categories from Best City Food Festival to Best Safari Park.
And the nominees are...
- The City of Charlotte — Best Beer City
- Olde Mecklenburg Brewery — Best Beer Garden
Editor’s Note: Olde Mecklenburg Brewery won last year for “Best Beer Garden.”
- Salud Beer Shop — Best Beer Bar
- NoDa Brewing Company — Best Brewery Tour
- Sycamore Brewing’s Spaceman Spliff — Best Beer Label
Voting ends Monday, Feb. 24 at 12 p.m. for the nominees listed above.
Bonus: Truist Field was nominated for Best Minor League Ballpark — voting ends Monday, March 17 at 12 p.m. + Carolina Renaissance Festival was nominated for Best Renaissance Fair and voting ends on Monday, March 10 at 12 p.m.
We love bragging about our city. If you have friends visiting Charlotte, let us know the first place you recommend they check out.
As for our nominees, we’ll be sure to share the results when they’re announced.
