36TH STREET STATION
This stop is the gateway to the North Davidson (NoDa) Arts District,
where artists have turned blank walls into colorful canvases of public
art. Taste the local color on a four-minute walk from the station to
Haberdish, where Southern favorites, like fried chicken, sweet potato
dumplings, and collard greens, fulfill the ideal. Get your sugar fix only
a few steps away at the walk-up window of Reigning Doughnuts. Aim
for Sunday, when the doughnut of the day comes with peanut butter
icing with banana chips, and exclamations of “ah-ma-zing.”
NoDa is also home to two outstanding live music venues. The
Neighborhood Theatre opened in 1945 for movies — and still shows
them on occasion — but the venue is best known now for performing
arts, especially an impressive lineup of indie acts. Much smaller in size
but perhaps mightier in reputation is The Evening Muse, where jazz,
folk, and reggae acts take the stage nearly every night of the week.
For a different kind of entertainment, reserve a session in one of the
cat rooms at the Mac Tabby Cat Café. You can snuggle adoptable cats
while grabbing a coffee — or even arching into cat pose at Monday
Night Cat Yoga — and watching the frisky felines try to charm their
way into fur-ever homes.
7TH STREET STATION
This stop in the heart of downtown Charlotte (which locals call
Uptown) provides access to a diverse collection of museums. One of
the best is the Levine Museum of the New South, where exhibits
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