Cafe Rule & Wine Bar

This is the look of a chef that knows he’s about to make your tastebuds happy 🤩

It’s National Ice Cream Day! Come grab a delicious brunch and make sure to ask your server about today’s frozen flavors! The perfect way to complete your meal awaits 🍦

This “Full Throttle Reloaded” is our Queens’s Feast Feature Cocktail made with Titos, Limoncello, Raspberry Simple Syrup, and Mint. For every Tito’s cocktail sold during Charlotte Restaurant Week, July 19-28, 2024, Tito’s will donate $1 to Second Harvest, up to $5,000. So come enjoy a fabulous meal with a refreshing Tito’s Cocktail and help us make a difference!

Summer Queen’s Feast 2024 starts tomorrow and runs through July 28! Make your reservations today for a 3 course menu fit for royalty! What will your order be?!

You don’t have to gamble to hit the jackpot! Our Clams Casino is the real winning dish 🤩 Available as an appetizer served with a crusty baguette or as an add on to our Wood Fired Grill plates, you’ll feel like a million bucks when you dine with us ❤️

Chicken. Fried. LOBSTER TAILS! New to our menu but sure to become an old favorite in no time!

The best brunch in town 😋

Chop it like it’s hot! Our tender pork chop served with our deliciously reimagined sides menu is everything your dinner should be and more! Join us this weekend at Cafe Rule ❤️

We recommend starting dinner with our new Smoked Sausage appetizer and then maybe ordering more as your side because it’s simply that good. Jalapeño and Cheddar Sausage topped with Crispy Fried Kale Chips and Crunchy Sweet Kettle Corn, served with our signature Pepper Jelly and Whole Grain Mustard, it’s a flavor sensation you won’t want to miss!

Summer drink line up 😍

If half priced bottles of wine at Cafe Rule isn’t on your schedule, here’s your sign to update your Monday night plans 🗓️🍷

🎶 When you love Onions,
You’ll feel it deep inside
And nothin’ else
Could ever change your mind
When you want onions
When you need onions
When you love onions 🎶
Lyrics adapted from Bryan Adams on behalf of the best Onion Rings of your life ❤️

Happy fourth! From ours to yours, have a wonderful day! .sake

Summer isn’t complete without sangria! Our Summer Sangria is live 🥰 Made with peach, mango, lemon, simple, orange, and Pinot Grigio, it’s deliciously refreshing 🍹 Come enjoy Sangria on the Patio (or inside 😜) at Cafe Rule

It’s one of our favorite weeks of the year! July 19-28 enjoy Queen’s Feast with us! Offering 3 courses for $45 all week ❤️ Our full menu is also available. Make your reservations - they’ll fill up quickly!
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Flipping scallops for the perfect sear 🤩

We are thrilled to be honored for our outstanding wine program in ’s 2024 Restaurant Awards, which celebrate the world’s best restaurants for wine. Cafe Rule has been given another Best of Award of Excellence, holding this two glass honor since 2017.

Dig in to our Wedge Salad at Cafe Rule! Made with Iceberg Lettuce, Blue Cheese Dressing, Tomato Bruschetta, Fig Balsamic Glaze, Candied Chili Bacon, and topped with an Onion Ring, it’s the salad of your dreams ❤️

Patio vibes 💗💗💗 Our Private Chef Table patio is the perfect spot to enjoy before and after dinner cocktails and treats following dinner in our intimate Chef Table. Email [email protected] for more information on how to reserve your spot for a party up to 12 guests.

One of our all time FAVORITES, Jeff Arditti, is strumming the strings this Sunday for our summer brunch series! Come enjoy live tunes on the patio (weather permitting) with some incredible food and company. Only at Cafe Rule!

If you haven’t tried our delicious, creamy, cheesy au gratin potatoes yet, tonight is your night! Our Prime Rib Special every Wednesday night for $25 comes with your choice of side, and we can’t imagine a better combo! See you for dinner!

A fried chicken sandwich is always good, but this Nashville Fried Chicken Sandwich is AMAZING. Crunchy, spicy, savory, sweet, and delicious 😋

Weekend vibes are strong at Cafe Rule and Wine Bar!

If you didn’t eat dessert, did you even really eat?

Our Prime Rib Special comes with your choice of side for $25 every Wednesday, and our new sides are so delicious, you might order another one for dessert! Especially our Creme Bruleed Creamed Corn - one of those dishes you could enjoy for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and midnight snack and still not get tired of it! De-Lish 😋

Tuesdays are for Pizza! At least at Cafe Rule it is anyway 🍕 $5 off all pizzas every Tuesday night! Enjoy one of our delicious Wood Fired Pizzas with a beverage in the dining room or on the patio from 5-9 ❤️

Monday nights offer half priced wine bottles from the cellar, and a guaranteed good time ❤️🍷

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Ready to fire up the wood fired grill for dinner service tonight and Father’s Day brunch tomorrow! Make your reservations at Cafe Rule ❤️

Meet Hannah, our incredible Sous Chef at Cafe Rule! We went into the kitchen and behind the scenes so y’all could get to know her a little more 🥰 We love you Hannah!!!

Q: Where are you from?
A: I’m from Denton, Texas 😊

Q: How long have you been working in restaurants?
A: I’ve been working in the food industry since I was 17 so 6 years now. 🍳

Q: How long have you worked with Imagine One Hospitality?
A: I’ve worked with Imagine One for a year and a half. 🗓️

Q: Team appetizer or team dessert?
A: Definitely team app! 🍴

Q: What’s one thing on your bucket list?
A: I want to run my own kitchen one day ❤️

Q: How do you spend your days off?
A: I spend my off days with my fiancé and 3 kids going out playing softball or anything fun we can find like paintball and race go carts. 🤗

Q: What’s your favorite dish at Cafe Rule?
A: My favorite dish at Cafe Rule is the Snapper. 😋

Q: What’s one thing about you that might surprise people?
A: Something surprising is that I help raise and sell AKC Registered Boxers. I have about 6 boxers right now! 🐾

Q: What’s your karaoke song??
The song “Unstoppable” by Hinder 🤘🏽

Feels like a great evening for dinner on the patio and the sweet finish of a spoonful of ice cream 🍨 Ask your server for today’s flavors!