This fall, chef William Dissen, owner of The Market Place in Asheville, will open a new restaurant, Haymaker, in Uptown Charlotte.
The establishment will be located at 225 S. Poplar St. inside Ascent, a newly developed apartment high-rise in the heart of Uptown with the enviable location on Romare Bearden Park. The restaurant will offer morning coffee service, lunch and dinner with cuisine and libations that focus on utilizing local farmers and producers, similar to The Market Place. Located in a sustainable LEED Silver building, the restaurant will include more than 150 seats.
The eatery will have large 26-foot windows overlooking the park with views of the city. There will be four dining spaces, including a 34-seat bar and lounge, 42-seat dining room with open kitchen and chef counter, an upstairs 50-seat mezzanine and outdoor patio for 30 to 40 guests. Chef Dissen carefully selected Ascent for his restaurant. It was a fit with his eco-friendly stance and he was excited with its proximity to the public space at Romare Bearden Park. Dissen looks forward to securing garden beds in the park for a community garden and to grow vegetables for his restaurant.
When looking for a city to open his second restaurant, Dissen was determined to select one that had the same vibrancy in the chef and restaurant community that he found and liked in Asheville. “Charlotte is a growing city and the food scene is exciting,” said Dissen. “The chef community is incredibly collaborative and they, along with farmers and artisans, are pushing to make it a Southern city known for its food and restaurants. Many of the farms in Asheville are producing in the same foodshed as Charlotte and I look forward to being able to source from them for both of my restaurants.”