Local Loaf

Charlotte, United States

4.5

Open now

26 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
Free Wi-Fi

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Telephone:
+1 704-503-9484
Website:
localloafcharlotte.com
Address:
7th Street Public Market 224 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC, 28202
First Ward
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
150 ft7th Street
0.2 miCTC/Arena
0.3 miDavidson St
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
Yes
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Good For
Brunch
Parking
Garage, Private Lot, Validated
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Charlotte) 6:36 PM Friday, November 29, 2024

Business hours

Monday 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Tuesday 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Thursday 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday 8:30 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Local Loaf is a whole lot more than one of Charlotte’s gourmet sandwich shops. Sure, we prepare and bake our artisan bread fresh daily to serve up what many consider to be the best sandwiches in Charlotte. But we also prepare savory soups, made-​to-​order omelets & pancakes and complete your meal with flaky, melt-​in-​your mouth pastries that are worth their weight in butter.

History

Established in 2013.

A fresh minded entrepreneur, Adam Spears, set his eyes on developing an artisan bread bakery that would transform the restaurant industry in Charlotte, North Carolina. His vision was to provide signature loaves, sandwiches, and soups to the city that would enhance the flavors of food and create the ultimate eating experience.

Meet the Business Owner

Adam S.

Business Owner

Adam Spears is the mastermind behind Local Loaf: Bakery & Restaurant. His amazing ability to blend sweet and savory spices serves as the base to his establishment. Adam specialty is Artisan Breads (from his rustic Ciabatta to his hand rolled Baguette), his signature gourmet sandwiches, and his sensational homemade soups.

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26 reviews of Local Loaf

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Place rating: 5
Easton, PA
Had a great breakfast – delicious omelet and sour dough toast. Then got a coconut macaroon for my flight home. The thing was delicious – really really good – and also huge! I ate it in three parts and it lasted all day. Much better than a more expensive coconut macaroon I got from a local French bakery downtown.
Place rating: 4
Charlotte, NC
I had breakfast and coffee at the 7th Street Public Market on Sunday morning. If you’re ever looking for a place to grab a healthy breakfast, try the Local Loaf! It was delicious. My omelet had spinach, tomato, peppers and onion. I love that you can build your own! I also had Not Just Coffee with my breakfast.
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
We love everything here! We especially loved their meat pies which we were disappointed to find out, aren’t being made much anymore. We also love how they have a stand at the NoDa farmer’s market!
Place rating: 4
Los Altos, CA
We were visiting Uptown for the morning and wandered into 7th Street Public Market. We instantly liked the vibrant atmosphere where locals and tourists mingle together looking for a delicious bite to eat. Local Loaf’s unique menu caught my eye. I ordered the duck and waffles! The scrumptiously warm and soft Belgian-​style waffles were perfectly paired with the yummy Jack Daniels maple syrup. I really enjoyed the perfectly fried Southern duck confit with the soft cotija cheese. My sister and brother-​in-​law enjoyed the flavorful Monte Cristo with the fried cinnamon ice cream. All the flavors simply burst in your mouth!
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
7th Street Public Market is one of the places I take out of town guests. There’s a variety of food options in an open market setting. Local Loaf and Hazelnut are some of my favorites here. The chicken and the egg is my go to entrée with a side of cucumber salad unless they have beer cheese and broccoli soup. There was one time the beer cheese and broccoli soup was congealed.
Place rating: 3
Charlotte, NC
Excellent customer service but the food was a bit of a let down. I ordered the BLT, which features a fried green tomatoes, popcorn shoots in lieu of lettuce and applewood smoked bacon. Conceptually it sounded great but the execution failed. The bacon was clearly not freshly cooked and the tomato was mushy and flavorless. Overall, the sandwich was just a mess.
Place rating: 1
Camden, SC
I wasted 32 minutes waiting for an over priced sandwich! The cashier was very helpful but the manager’s comment of «Your ticket says you’ve been 19 not 20 minutes ticked me off», It’s a sandwich not a cooked dish. I saw at least 25 to 30 other orders delivered before mine. As compensation for my long wait time, a muffin does not make it worthwhile to ever eat there again!
Place rating: 5
Philadelphia, PA
Wow — I tried the chicken and the egg for lunch here. This sandwich was stacked on a biscuit and topped with some of the most delicious fried chicken in the world (not exaggerating). On the other side of the biscuit was a perfectly cooked fried egg. With a side of pickled cucumbers, which had just enough punch to be a refreshing taste alongside the heavy and savory sandwich, this was perfect. It was also reasonably priced for how enormous it is. It was kind of difficult to eat, but with a fork and knife I perservered. I barely was able to finish this thing, but don’t worry… I made it.
Place rating: 5
Stockton, CA
I might have to fly back to this city to get this again.
Out of town, on a layover, I took an Über to uptown. I got here at around ~8am on a Thursday so it was pretty quiet. Went for the ‘Chicken and the Egg’ and boy, it’s next level.
Food took about 20 mins or so to come out on a quiet day but it was worth the wait! The chicken was on point with some great spices and cooked at a optimal level, not dry at all. The biscuit and eggs were great, I loved the jam on everything, really brought it all together. The chips were… chips but they were really well done, well done rustic style chips making me want more.
Overall, really worth stopping by, some great food out here.
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
The food here is amazing. And it’s located inside 7th Street Market, which is amazing in itself. If you want to have a perfect Saturday morning head there, get a coffee from Not Just Coffee, brunch from Local Loaf, and just browse around looking at trinkets and buying samples and possibly heading home with a tub of homemade pimento cheese.
I felt it was my duty to get «The Chicken and the Egg,» being from Salisbury and all (home of Cheerwine). Let me tell you it did not disappoint. Biscuit was perfect, chicken was perfect, and everything tasted great together. Warning: this is not an eat with your hands sandwich– way too huge and messy. Knife and fork it is. BF got the «Steak and Egg» and it was great as well.
We also ordered a loaf of their sourdough to take home. So fresh out of the oven they couldn’t even slice for us. Was wonderful with the pimento cheese we picked up from Virginia’s.
Can’t wait to go back and try some of the other menu items!
Place rating: 5
Ellicott City, MD
Had to give this place a try, my first time in Charlotte. The market was super cute and the local loaf was even cuter. Really interesting menu items but decided on the steak and egg sandwich. The jalapeño aioli was great and the bread was super soft. Hit the spot after a rough night of drinking!
Place rating: 4
Charlotte, NC
I really like this place. One of my favorite spots in 7th Street market. Adam and his staff are awesome. So lets talk food. I can’t say I have a favorite b/​c Adam keeps changing the menu on me. But that’s a good thing you can never get board with the food here. They had a fried bologna sandwich. I miss that one so much. You really can’t miss with anything on the menu there. I need to get back there and see what’s on the menu now.
Place rating: 4
Charlotte, NC
The people that work here are all so nice. We are Sunday regulars. The only thing I wish they did differently was using less butter.
Place rating: 4
Charlotte, NC
They prepare omelets to order with a choice of toast. Grab a seat and they’ll deliver. Nice.
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
Impressively delicious chicken & egg biscuit sandwich with savory chicken tenders in a cheer wine sauce & egg & homemade biscuit. I wasn’t sure about the chipotle cheer wine sauce but the bf said he thought he’d had it before & it adds a hint of sweet to the sauce. He was correct because it gave the sandwich a sweet spicy finish. The side of homemade potato chips were the perfect tiny handful so I cannot wait to try another sandwich. Good service & fabulous breakfast sandwich!
Place rating: 3
Chesapeake, VA
I’m stuck between 3 and 4 stars with this place. Came here on a Friday morning for brunch and went straight to the counter to order. The girl recommended the breakfast burrito over the biscuit and gravy so I got that and the bf got the chicken and the egg. He absolutely loved his and j was pretty jealous of his food. Oh also both came with the choice of chips or cucumber and vinegar salad. we both chose chips and they were awesome! My issue was with my burrito. It was cooked just as I order and was very hot but there was absolutely no flavor to it. It had green peppers black beans corn chorizo jack cheese in it and it honestly had zero flavor. I had to go to the counter and get a side of Siracha to put on it in order to eat half of it. It just was meh. I was expecting so much more because the chicken and egg that my bf got was great. We also went back to get muffins to take home since those came recommended. I got blueberry and he got carrot and cinnamon. Mine was good he didn’t really like his. We both agreed that it would’ve been better served warm instead of cold. I would come here again though to order a different menu item! Great service also!
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
I have a love hate relationship with this place! Love purely cause the food is amazing and hate because they take all my money!
Local Loaf is located within 7th Street Market. Typically, I am walking here from my office but if you park in the 7th Street deck, you can validate your ticket for 90 minutes (validation machine is at the Bonsai Sushi place).
I have eaten both breakfast and lunch here. For breakfast, I typically stick to the breakfast burrito because it is just amazing. Chorizo, egg, peppers, sweet potato, cheese… mix made in heaven! I have heard that the steak and egg and chicken and egg are both real good as well. For lunch, I have had the broccoli burger and the french dip (that was on special one day). The broccoli burger is absolutely fantastic. I mean, you don’t even notice that the patty is made of veggies! It has a sriracha ketchup on it that is perfection. It is actually my go to on the menu! For sides, you get to choose from pickles cucumbers, house made chips, or a cup of soup. Typically I go for the chips or their soup of the day. The soups are always fantastic! The house made chips are some of the best tasting chips I have ever had.
Run, don’t walk, to this place. Order anything on the menu cause you can’t go wrong here!
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
During this past visit, my family embarked on a journey called «breakfast carnage». We basically got just about one of everything from the pastry case. My kids were hungry beavers gnawing Pain au Chocolat, shooting crumbs like a wood chipper. These things are so flaky they need some Head and Shoulders.
The Ham and Swiss Croissant was straight up perfect, as was the Apricot Danish featuring a fresh half apricot sleeping on a pillow of pastry cheese.
Go Chocolat, it’s your Birthday, get your Pain on!
Blueberry muffin explosive goodness! Smush the morsels that fell from your mouth together and make another muffin. Then eat it again.
Love this place!!!
Place rating: 5
Mountain View, CA
Absolutely wonderful. I enjoyed the «Chicken & The Egg» breakfast plate. The fried chicken tender, poached egg, sweet chipotle sauce over a dense buttermilk biscuit was near perfection.
Get the cucumber and onion side! They share a few hints to make them at home! Excellent fridge pickles!
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
The guy working was so attentive and kind! (I wish I got his name.) He offered to help answer any questions we had about the market and the restaurant. Great service and such a memorable experience!
We ended up ordering from his restaurant and I got the veggie Broccolini burger with a side of pickled cucumber. My mom got the pancetta sandwich with the soup.
Place rating: 5
Durham, NC
So of course I checked on Unilocal for suggestions before I came and basically everyone raved about the Chicken and the Egg so of course I ordered it and of course it was everything everyone said it was.
It came out super fast and the presentation was very instagrammable. The egg is cooked perfectly and the yolk sinks into the biscuit when you cut into it and it was great. The chicken is crispy on the inside but tender on the inside and the melted cheese on top made it even better. The chipotle cheer wine sauce and the honey sauce gave it a sweet/​salty dynamic. The only downside is that the biscuit was a bit hard and the dish was hard to eat in general without having stuff fall all over the plate (board?)
I ordered the cucumber salad on the side because I was trying to be healthy and it’s not normally something I really enjoy eating but this tasted like fresh pickles but less pickle-​y and more tangy — I highly recommend it.
It’s also a giant portion for how much you’re paying.
Place rating: 4
Holly Springs, NC
What a delicious breakfast option!
I ordered the Chicken & the Egg with a side of Broccoli Cheddar soup, I wish they served Hash Browns as a side option but this is a smaller space so the menu is limited. This is considered their signature sandwich — chicken tenders, white cheddar, a poached egg, microgreens and a Cheerwine sauce pilled high on a biscuit. It was delicious and filling, the only downside is it was difficult to eat (it was pilled too high and the biscuit was difficult to cut with a knife). The soup was ah-​mazing, one of the best Broccoli Cheddar soups that I have consumed. Plus, look at that presentation! I definitely recommend Local Loaf!
Place rating: 5
Pasadena, CA
This review is purely for the Chicken and the Egg entrée, which is a giant piece of boneless fried chicken in a buttery biscuit with a sweet honey sauce and egg on top. Oh and the cheese melted above that of course was unforgettable. Nice balance of salty sweet and umami. It was DELICIOUS!
The chicken was tender and moist on the inside and the outside had an incredibly flavorful seasoning with crispy breading. We really enjoyed the sweet honey-​like sauce that complemented the biscuit and meat perfectly. The biscuit itself was amazing too. It was more crumbly in texture unlike your traditional southern biscuits, but I felt like it suited the dish’s more modern take on a classic recipe.
We chose to get dill pickles as our side. I am a crazy pickle fiend so my pickle standard is pretty high. These pickled cucumbers were bomb – crunchy, a little sweet, and made me want to eat a whole ‘nother bowl of it.
Love the little 7th st Dilworth area. This is located inside the former bus station called Public Market.
Place rating: 4
Charlotte, NC
We have been here three times and one thing remains consistent… The bread here is fabulous. I recommend any of the breakfast items as the plates are large and delicious. The side of chips are a perfect combination of crispness and saltiness.
We will be back here for a change-​up of the usual, mundane Panera. The only downside is the seating at the 7th Street Market.
Place rating: 4
Charlotte, NC
How have I yet to review this place!!! I guess as often as I’ve been, I just assumed I had!
Nestled in the corner of 7th Street Public Market is where you’ll find Local Loaf. Towers of fresh baked bread await behind the counter. Muffins, croissants, and more await you in the glass case. The chalkboard menu boasts a variety of breakfast and lunch options with daily specials peppered in.
Wanna build your own omelet? They’ve got you covered with a bountiful list of potential ingredients. Fluffy pancakes more your fancy? They do that too! Brioche french toast? Yea, baby! Eggs with bacon and toast? Over easy? Over medium? Over hard? Sunny side up? Yes, yes, yes, and yes! Can you tell I’ve frequented this place more for breakfast? Though I can assure you, the lunch options are equally enticing.
The staff is quite friendly, and most now know me by name. Adam, the founder, is always busy in the kitchen. He works hard to keep the menu fresh, making periodic changes. When you go, you’ll place your order at the counter and you’ll then be provided with a number to place at your table, or wherever you chose to sit throughout the market. The ingredients used to prepare your entrees are fresh and local, and you can taste it with every bite. If you like what you taste, chances are it’s available for purchase right there in the market.
So what are you waiting for? If your answer isn’t breakfast, go get your loaf on!
Place rating: 5
Charlotte, NC
I had breakfast here yesterday and was more than impressed! Yet another place in the 7th street market that is ridiculously awesome. I got the chicken and the egg. Omg talk about one of the best sandwiches I have ever had in my life. The chipotle cheerwine sauce is super delicious. The chicken is cooked perfectly. This sandwich is seriously enough of a reason for me to drive 20 mins for breakfast on a weekend.
My friend loved her omelette and the grits. Parmesan and pepper grits were yummy. It is pricey but it’s worth the extra $ 5.