CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brooklyn Pickle is growing again. A little over a month after the Syracuse–based restaurant opened its second North Carolina location, the business announced it will soon open a third one. Brooklyn Pickle will open in Charlotte, N.C., on July 1 in the Levine Center Institute at Atrium Health, 1021 Morehead Medical Drive. […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brooklyn Pickle is growing again.
A little over a month after the Syracuse–based restaurant opened its second North Carolina location, the business announced it will soon open a third one.
Brooklyn Pickle will open in Charlotte, N.C., on July 1 in the Levine Center Institute at Atrium Health, 1021 Morehead Medical Drive.
The location is another partnership between Peter and Jane Kim and Brooklyn Pickle owner Craig Kowadla. The Kims opened the Raleigh location in May.
“Atrium Health approached us to open our first restaurant in Charlotte at their Carolinas Medical Center because their busy medical staff and patients needed more convenient, healthy, and fresh food options,” Jane Kim said in a press release announcing the news. “Our team is grateful for the opportunity to serve at the top-ranked hospital in Charlotte. Because of the restaurant’s central location, we anticipate lots of customers ordering from outside the hospital for either delivery or pickup.”
The Charlotte Brooklyn Pickle will be open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., offer catering, and employ 15 people.
“We have a great team, but we are always looking for employees with diverse experiences, skill sets, and the potential to help deliver an amazing guest experience,” Kim said.
Christina Reeves will manage the Charlotte Brooklyn Pickle. She previously served as manager of one of the Kims’ prior restaurants.
The Kims say the customer response to the Raleigh location has been positive since its opening in May.
“The buzz has been great, even more than we had expected,” Peter Kim said. “The press coverage was exciting, and the public response showed us there are quite a few New Yorkers in this area — and not enough pastrami sandwiches!”
Brooklyn Pickle, which started with one Syracuse location in 1975, is known for its huge sandwiches along with soups, hot entrees, desserts, and, of course, pickles. Daily hot specials include chicken riggies on Thursdays and macaroni and cheese on Fridays.
The business first expanded outside New York state in 2023 with a location in Southern Pines, N.C. Brooklyn Pickle opened its first location outside of the Syracuse area earlier in 2023 when it opened in Utica.
Kowadla said he is currently working on a fourth Syracuse–area location.
Ken Sniper founded Brooklyn Pickle in 1975 on Burnet Avenue and added a West Side location two years later. The restaurant moved into its West Genesee Street location in 1984. The Clay Brooklyn Pickle opened in 2019.
