Blinders Sports Lounge

Blinders Sports Lounge is a bar in Charlotte, NC, located on W Tremont Ave in the South End neighborhood. It is a 21+ establishment that pairs a sharable-food menu with cocktails, with the venue designed around immersive sports viewing on a giant screen. Blinders holds a rating of 4.70 across customer reviews.

The lounge's kitchen centers on shareable plates built for groups. Birria Tacos come with braised bone-in lamb shank and slow-cooked beef barbacoa, served with warm corn tortillas, pico de gallo, sliced jalapeno, limes, pickled red onion, and queso fresco, and feeds three to four. Duck Fat Chicken Wings are sweet-tea-brined and fried, with ranch or blue cheese on the side and a choice of sauces or seasonings. Barbacoa Nachos layer slow-cooked beef barbacoa with pico de gallo, white queso, pickled red onion, jalapeno, queso fresco, and cilantro-lime crema over crispy tortilla chips. Charred Shishito Peppers come with sea salt, toasted sesame seeds, lime, and yuzu kosho aioli. Other menu items include a Hot Honey Pepperoni Flatbread, Chicken Tendies, Tuna Tartare, Masa Fried Pickles, and Esquites. Reservations and group seating are handled through the lounge, which can be reached at 704-817-8965.

Blinders sits in South End, about a tenth of a mile from Common Market and from the Magic Carpet Mural. The Steelyard Mural is roughly 0.2 miles away, and South Boulevard and South Tryon Street are both within a short walk of the lounge.

As a sportsbook-inspired sports lounge in South End built around a giant viewing screen and a sharable, cocktail-paired menu, Blinders brings a distinct setup to Charlotte's bar scene.