Hawthorne’s NY Pizza & Bar

This was my first visit to Hawthorne’s. My brother was visiting from Florida, so I made him go with me. Wings, Ranch Chicken Pizza and Elizabeth Pizza sooo good. If you are a ranch dressing freak this place has amazing ranch. Half price wine on Sunday, bonus! Excellent service, now I’m full and miserable :)

3pm on a Friday was told they ran out of slices? Isn’t this a pizzeria? How do you run out of slices of pizza …

I got a calzone to take out and they burned the first one, noticed, and replaced it with a discount for the inconvenience whichI appreciate. Better than some of the pizza I’ve had in Charlotte, but as a Chicago native nothing can compare.

Easy carry-​out and friendly staff. Stromboli, knots, pizza, mozzarella stix all deliver. Priced well too.

Did someone say NY pizza. This is Authentic!!! Yum!
Love it!
NY cheese Pizza. Excellent!
Small Salad, big enough to split. They have Yummy ranch dressing! Their cucumbers are always crisp!
Waffle Fries, perfectly crisp and decadent.
Pasta ala vodka, I’ve had amazing here and not so hot. Could go from either way unfortunately.
White wine Sangria. Pretty Good.

I’ve been eating at Hawthorne’s Pizza for years. To say the pizza is good here is an understatement. I’ve always loved the pizza and different pasta dishes, the waiters have always been friendly and given good service.
I’ve recently moved back to the neighborhood and I’m going to all of my favorite spots again. Hawthorne’s what’s happened? The food is good, but your service has fallen flat. I waited after a few visits to review you, thinking maybe you guys had an off day. But after three recent visits your waiters seem uninterested.
Pros: YOUR FOOD is AMMMAZING… I’ll be back no doubt!
Not so pros: Your service — I’m disappointed — three times now. I want the Hawthorne’s I remember!

Haven’t met anyone that doesn’t like Hawthorne’s Pizza. Located at the corner of 7^th and Hawthorne, it seems like this place has grown into an essential component of the neighborhood. Especially due to the fact that Hawthorne’s has a lot of family and kid-​centered nights and specials. Here’s your guide to Hawthorne’s…
Parking: There is a parking lot exclusively for Hawthorne’s patrons. Even with the lot however, parking can be an issue at times. Obviously more so during peak hours like Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, nothing crazy, but just be warned…
Food: Where do I start? How about with the Carlos Sweet Wings — 7/​$ 7.75. I absolutely love this flavor, very unique, similar to a bar-​b-​lo flavor, but with more «bar», than «lo» The calamari is excellent — some of the best, crispy, crunchy, tender, calamari I’ve ever eaten — the marinara sauce simply enhances your taste experience. What about the Mussels Fra-​Diablo?! The sauce/​broth they are served in works perfectly — I can inhale every last mussel within seconds!
As for the pie — the Buffalo Wing and BBQ Chicken pizzas stand out for me, I’m usually reluctant to order these styles/​flavors of pizzas, but at Hawthorne’s they know how to do the chicken pizzas better than any place else. I’ve had most of their pastas and can vouch for them all — I like the Shrimp Scamp & Broccoli (but I ask for fettucini pasta not angel hair). What stands out most about the pastas is that you can add whatever meat — chicken, meatballs, sausage or shrimp to any pasta. So there’s def a lot of flexibility and possibilities with the pastas.
Service: No complaints. Service is good. Never had any issues either seated at a table in the dining area or at the bar.
Relaxed family atmosphere, tasty food, friendly service, perfect location, whats not to like?

Hawthornes never disappoints! The staff is great and the food is awesome. We love the Long Island wings and the Fra Diablo mussels are outstanding.
They also have great desserts too.
I visited hawthornes again and sat at the bar. Destiny was tending bar and was very attentive and my husband and I enjoyed her hospitality. She came up with two new variations on some drinks and we enjoyed her suggestions. This is a very consistent eatery that we enjoy regularly. Keep up the great work!

Garlic knots were really good, I tried their shrimp appetizers, can’t complain about them and I also loved their waffle fries with cheese, only downside is that they stop serving slices after lunch but they have half off appetizers afterwards.

This was the closest «bar» or pizza spot for me to watch the Panthers game. I’ve had hawthornes pizza before and remembered it being a little better but it was still good. The garlic knots were hands down my favorite item I ordered ! They are huge and the marinara sauce was amazing. I could’ve just ate the knots and sauce and been happy.

Great slice of the day lunch with a good fresh salad. Tried the balsamic blue cheese dressing on the salad, & it was very tasty. Great service by Lisa. First time here, & I’ll come back if I get back this way.

I stopped in for lunch. I ordered a small cheese pizza. It only took about 10 minutes to make. The cashier was friendly and helpful. The pizza was pretty good, I had no complaints. The crust was crisp/​chewy and it was very flavorful all together. Slightly pricey for a personal cheese pizza though. Will most likely try again.

Pretty good wings. I’m sure they’d be better after smoking some chronic. I fux witcha!

Fantastic Italian food with fast friendly service! I enjoy their meat ravioli, which has flavors of basil and oregano with a savory marinara sauce. The salads are delicious too and their garlic knots are out of this world carbolicious goodness! The chicken marsala is tasty too. They have good beer specials and i tried the founders pumpkin spice beer that is amazing in October!

I always order a plain pie — its the best way to gauge how good a pizza place really is. All the flavors were there, so close to tri-​state quality. But the one aspect many of the parlors down here seem to fall short on is the lack of sauce.
However, this was definitely very good and I will return for more. Hoping they take my advice and add an extra cup or so of sauce to the recipe.

Like others, I’ve lived in NYC & Chicago so trying to find the pizza place in CLT that will just hit the spot. Hawthorne has great thin slices. I love deep dish & would love if they had deep dish version. The pizza is similar to NYC the large slices that for a single girl are easily considered a meal. The service was spot on. We’ll give this another go & try the garlic knots.

This edition of Excited about Eating takes us to the Elizabeth neighborhood of Charlotte and to Hawthorne’s New York Pizza and Bar.
Elizabeth is named after Anne Elizabeth Watts, the only Charlotte neighborhood named for a woman. You can read more about the history here.
Dora here. Don’t let this picture deceive you. We arrived right at eleven, and by the time we left, both inside and out was jammed. Hawthorne’s appears to be a popular place for locals as many people walked here.
The garlic cheese bread appetizer was cheesy with just the right amount of garlic. It came out fast, the cheese bubbling and gooey, and browned to perfection.
Dora here. This cheesy bread reminded me of our favorite pizza place in Florida. We always divided it up into equal portions because our son ravaged it. Same thing happened this time, but with our grandson. A sure sign that it was a winner. :)
We wanted to pace ourselves, so we ordered the 9″ Meat Eaters pizza, and we were glad we did.
This pizza was loaded with meat (pepperoni, Italian sausage, beef, ham, bacon) and mozzarella. In each bite, I tasted all of the different meat flavors, and they all worked together. One thing we noticed, unlike other meat pies which tend to be greasy and heavy, this pizza was light with no greasy aftereffects.
Dora here. I really wanted to order the Sicilian, but that only comes in GIANT size, so since we were ordering cheesy bread and dessert, I compromised on this. Not my favorite pizza, but it was good. I appreciated that it wasn’t heavy on the sauce or spice.
Check out the Cannoli Plate, three mini cannolis.
Dora here. We first sampled cannolis in Sicily, and loved them! Since then, we’ve tried the US versions, and none of them have come close to what we experienced overseas. Not that we’re food snobs, but buttercream filling. really? Yuck! Hawthorne’s cannolis tasted like the real deal, ricotta and cream cheese goodness in a fried pastry! Three minis were just the right size to cap off our meal. Well, Little Man didn’t think so. :)
We rate this restaurant 4 forks out of 5 for a family friendly restaurant serving great food.
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Ernie & Dora Hiers, Fiction Faith & Foodies

Had an office lunch here, tried the tomato and mozzarella salad. Amaze!!! Parking was plentiful and lunch specials go until 3. Only weird thing is they have soup listed on their specials sign and our waitress told us they stopped serving that over a month ago. Um…

Hawthorne’s is a great representation of NY pizza. The dough is thin yet sturdy enough to hold all of the fresh toppings. My favorite is the pepperoni and mushroom. Takeout is fast and easy and there is plenty of space in the dining area. We haven’t sat in the dining room in a long long time so I cannot speak on how service is now but in the past it has been great. If you get a chance and feel on the wild side, order the fried cheesecake for dessert. AWESOME!!!

Mmmmmmmm so far best crust I’ve tasted in Charlotte, lots of toppings on the pizza. Choice of 9″ pie or full. Yummy appetizers, we had the Cajun shrimp.