We built a room around a fire, then built a menu around the room.
Hearth & Vine began as a standing invitation — the kind of dinner you linger over because no one is in a hurry to turn the table. Chef-owner Lena Brookes cooks almost everything over live oak, sources within a hundred miles of Charlotte, and changes the board whenever the farms tell her to.
The lighting stays low, the wine stays honest, and the night is yours for as long as you’d like it.
— Lena & the Hearth & Vine table
