Selwyn Avenue Pub   

Many a neophyte to the Charlotte area will drive past the Selwyn Avenue Pub and wonder whose house is having the party. That's exactly what the Selwyn Pub is, an old home that put in for a liquor license and has been an urban singles favorite ever since. On a warm summer evening in the Carolinas, the front porch of this unpretentious watering hole is an unadulterated seen-and-be-seen venue. A true document to residential architecture of the pre-Charlotte-population glut, this bar packs its parking lot in warmer weather, which is the majority of the year in North Carolina. A consummate appetizer menu couples grandly with a refreshing variety of liquids on tap, topped off by a full spectrum of the high-test behind the bar. The Selwyn Pub isn't glam, just a good time.