Bossy Beulah’s set to debut at The Bowl in Charlotte followed by Harriet’s Hamburgers
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated Aug. 14, 2024, to reflect the announcement of Bossy Buelah’s opening.
Following several restaurant openings in south Charlotte’s The Bowl at Ballantyne development, a popular fried chicken joint and a smash burger spot are ready to debut.
Bossy Beulah’s Chicken Shack will open Saturday, Aug. 17, at 15110 Bowl St. followed by Harriet’s Hamburgers on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 15109 Bowl St. This will be Bossy’s fifth store in the Carolinas, according to the company website, and Harriet’s first stand-alone building. Both are based in Charlotte.
The new restaurants are among 11 eateries and beverage shops opening at The Bowl at Ballantyne, a 20-acre project by developer Northwood Investors LLC featuring more than 90,000 square feet of retail, apartments, amphitheater and greenway.
Since May five restaurants have opened: Phoenix-based Flower Child, North Italia, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery & Biergarten, Atlanta-based dessert shop Honeysuckle Gelato, and Postino WineCafe.
About Bossy Beulah’s
Bossy Beulah’s will open at The Bowl in a 2,775-square-foot space with a 1,300-square-foot patio.
The counter-service restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner. The menu includes its signature chicken with sides of potato salad, cucumber salad, slaw and fries. Also on the menu are salads topped with roasted chicken or Bossy Bites, soft ice cream, Copain Bakery cookies and hand pies.
The restaurant also offers catering for pickup and delivery and online ordering.
On opening day, Bossy’s will give a $50 gift card and swag for the first 100 guests. Five guests will receive free chicken sandwiches for a year.
Bossy Beulah’s is a tribute to owner Jim Noble’s great aunt, Beulah, who cared for him as a child and taught him how to fry chicken. Noble Food and Pursuits group has several other restaurants: Copain, The Jimmy, The King’s Kitchen and Noble Smoke.
About Harriet’s Hamburgers
Harriet’s Hamburgers will open with an expanded menu, an outdoor patio and green space, the company said Monday, Aug. 12, in a news release.
Harriet’s at Ballantyne also will be full service with orders delivered to tables, according to the company.
“With a little more physical space, that gave us some room to play around with the menu,” Harriet’s co-owner Brian Stockholm said in a statement.
It will be Harriet’s second Charlotte location since opening four years ago at Optimist Hall at 1115 N. Brevard St., north of uptown. Two more locations are opening in the Charlotte area at 3070 Derita Road in Concord later this year and in Mathews early next year, according to the company website.
Harriet’s traditionally has just four menu items: hand-formed, all-natural Black Angus beef hamburgers, french fries, soft drinks and water.
The new menu at The Bowl includes Minnesota State Fair style cheese curds; Henry’s Famous Monster Cookies and housemade agua frescas made with fresh fruit juice and sparkling wine.
There also is a children’s meal with a hamburger, choice of apple slices or crispy fries, and soda or juice.
The restaurant focuses on natural, hormone-free, antibiotic-free black angus beef from Creekstone Farms in Kansas and premium cheese from an artisanal creamery in California, according to the company.
Hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m Sunday-Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
More at the The Bowl
Other restaurants and cafes opening at The Bowl at Ballantyne are:
▪ Rooster’s Wood Fired Kitchen also expects to open this summer at 15110 Bowl St., according to Charlotte-based Noble Food & Pursuits. Like Bossy Beulah’s, Rooster’s is owned by Noble Food & Pursuits.
▪ Miami-based The Salty doughnut shop.
▪ Fly Kid Fly coffee shop, a new coffee concept by Charlotte-based HEX Coffee Roasters and Durban Hospitality.
▪ Hawkers, a Pan-Asian concept will have two floors including a rooftop bar.
Nearby, Rochester, N.Y.-based grocery chain Wegmans also plans to open its first Charlotte store in 2026 on the east side of Ballantyne as part of the Reimagine Ballantyne development project.
