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Building business: The Market at 7th Street

Housing local vendors, wine connoisseurs, and chefs, The Market at 7th Street is providing more than an Uptown lunch destination.

A building with teal and purple rectangles over a brown and orange sign that reads 7th Street Public Market.

The Market at 7th Street houses several food vendors, a brewery, and local shops.

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Did you know the Queen City boasts several food halls within a 30-minute drive from Uptown? Options are endless with a vibrant food scene like ours, but there’s one food hall operating as a starting ground for new business owners — The Market at 7th Street — which is celebrating the opening of three new stalls.

The new businesses are all graduates of HIIVE (Hub for Inclusivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship), a 9-week small business development program created by Charlotte Center City Partners and the City of Charlotte.

A wood-paneled food stall with empty counters and a banner that reads "coming soon."

The Social Cow started as a food truck before preparing to open its stand-alone space.

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Coming soon

  • The Social Cow | Opens March 1 | A novelty ice cream venture starting its 6-month HIIVE residency scholarship

Now open

Pro tip: Order the chicken Swahili plate from Serengeti Kitchen, your taste buds will thank you.

A food hall with three rectangular communal tables and food stalls lining the back wall.

Dining at the communal tables, you never know who you’ll meet over lunch.

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The Market was Charlotte’s first food hall that operated as a nonprofit, small business incubator for aspiring business owners, artisans, and chefs. Since 2011, more than 40 small businesses have called the Market “home.”

Fun fact: The Market was home to the original locations for Not Just Coffee and Mano Bella Artisan Foods.

“The Market at 7th Street is more than a food hall—it’s a home for small businesses to test, grow, and connect with the Charlotte community,” said Salem Suber, Executive Director of The Market at 7th Street. “We are proud to welcome these three dynamic businesses to The Market. Seeing them transition from our HIIVE program to a physical storefront is exactly why we exist.”

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