text: Oooh I loves me some Merts When I worked downtown this place was a regular on my list of favorite lunch spots You can smell it a block away Amidst all the new fine dining places Charlotte has to offer is this little gem of home cooked greasy goodnessnnIts hard to recommend any one thing in particular because I have had almost the entire menubut I guess my favorite meal had to be the blackened pork chops with some yams charleston red rice and sauteed squash on the side It is the kind of lick your lips food that makes you forget it is going to be a long day on the treadmill tomorrow The fried chicken is also fantastic as is the shrimp poboynnThe owners here are so friendly and you often see various members of the family working the registers or serving tables They talk to all the patrons like they are newly inducted members of the family and make it a very fun comfortable atmosphere to eat some great food in We have also used them for catering several times and they stole the from some of Charlottes biggest names