Charlotte Magazine - June 2014

In this issue

Burgers, burgers, burgers. They’re everywhere in Charlotte. This month, we look into our city’s obsession with beef on a bun (or veggies, or other stuff) by showing 17 different burgers — not “best burgers,” not “top 25 burgers” — but 17 different burgers with 17 different personalities. From a beet burger at one of the hottest restaurants in town to the long-standing, burger-and-milkshake joint Mr. K’s to the fancy burger with foie gras uptown, this issue will make you hungry.

We also have two fine essays on two fine subjects — music icon Arthur Smith, who died this spring, and golf mecca Pinehurst, which this month plays host to not one but two U.S. Open golf tournaments. As a bonus, we run a deep look inside the state’s Democratic Party, which held power for 140 years before losing everything on one night in 2010. How did that happen? We look for answers.