EastSide Local – Vegan & Vegetarian Cuisine

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

NOW OPEN and serving beer and wine during public microcinema events at VisArt Video. Enjoy microcinema events from inside the microcinema or on our patio where simultaneous viewing is available.

Open for Special Events, Catering, and Microcinema Events at VisArt (next-door)

ESL is open for special events at VisArt – selling Beer & Wine and special event foods! When our neighbor, VisArt Video, is hosting a publicly available microcinema event, the video is also available on our courtyard where you can enjoy the show along with your choice of beer/wine.

Eastside Local is a Charlotte, NC restaurant offering vegan, vegetarian and raw cuisine and an array of locally roasted coffee, teas and smoothies in a unique setting. Come in and enjoy a healthy meal with us al fresco on our lush, covered garden patio. Call ahead for curbside delivery or takeout. We look forward to seeing you on the east side of Center City soon!

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What Everybody is Saying about EastSide Local Eatery

  Cute little cafe! Outdoor dining and yummy healthy food. Live music.

Hillery Lowe Crosier
June 13, 2020

  love this cozy little place.

Philip Nathaniel Mccollum
May 28, 2020

  Delicious coffees, teas, smoothies, and awesome vegan menu.

Jane Hart Brendle
April 11, 2020
  Now open for pick up and eat OUT in the garden patio where everything has been arranged for social distancing. Vegetarian—make it vegan without the cheese. Everything is Over The Moon.

Penny Craver
April 9, 2020

  Pet friendly. The only place I know to get "Co-Ice"...coffee ice cubes!! Unique vegetarian and vegan choices made with love. Delicious. The kind of place where you want to linger.

Kathryn Cohn Gantt
April 5, 2020

  Great place love the tasty food and the owners are such great peeps!

Craig Hanks
March 1, 2020
  my almond latte AND impossible (meatless) slider😋😋😋😋😋😋

Teresa Hunter Stokes
February 22, 2020

  amazing food, fun atmosphere and a real feel good kinda place.

Carney Papo
January 22, 2020

  Delicious food and great customer service

Keena Barnett
January 15, 2020
  ESL is the cutest little hidden gem! Tucked away in an unassuming shopping center is a lovely, tiny, inclusive space with a small menu of vegan and gluten free meals and snacks, including the Impossible Burger and at least 3 varieties of avocado toast, almost everything locally and regionally sourced. The owner is super sweet and usually present, and she keeps the place spotless and charming. The patio is unexpectedly neat, set up along a corridor with a garden and lots of eccentric decoration. If you’re looking for an unpretentious, progressive spot to grab breakfast, lunch, or a smoothie, don’t miss this one!

Sam Spaulding
December 31, 2019

  Very great place c: Blake was super sweet ! Cozy as heck 💛

Mayte Martinez
December 21, 2019

  The first bad experience we have had here. My mom’s tomato soup looked like marinara sauce. My daughter and I had the bean soup and the beans were not cooked but we had ordered the lentil soup. It seemed the staff was having hard time at lunch. We had ordered the curry lentil soup and all he could say it was labeled as that but it was the bean soup.

Mandy Kaye Solano
November 17, 2019
  Nice selections of coffee and avocado toast are seriously scrumptious and satisfying!

Canae Weiss
November 1, 2019

  Very friendly owners and staff. Great food with many vegetarian and vegan options. Cool covered outdoor seating. Really love this place.

Stephen Gilbert
October 19, 2019

  Enjoyed my veggie burger and everyone is really nice. Location is very close for me.

Carol Rollins Lee
October 3, 2019