Plot Twist CLT

Plot Twist CLT is the coffee shop and cocktail bar on Lyon Court in Plaza Midwood. The bar sits inside a converted storage facility next door to a bookstore, and the bar opens early for coffee before running into the night for drinks. The cocktail menu experiments with ingredients that could easily go wrong, and somehow it never does. The coffee side matches it for creativity. Outside, the shaded patio is one of the better ones in Charlotte. Order at the counter, then find a seat, because the room fills up quickly on a nice afternoon.

What to know

• The iced matcha banana pudding drink is the one people come back for.
• A coffee made with Dr. Pepper sounds wrong and works.
• The alcohol free list is genuinely good, not an afterthought.
• Dogs are welcome on the patio.
• The shop is closed on Monday.