The Rusty Onion

Specialties

The Rusty Onion specializes in hand-​crafted pizza and locally brewed beer in Charlotte, NC. Our goal is to be «anything but typical» with exceptional food, service and beer pairings. We offer a neighborhood hangout with more swagger than a family joint, but less pretense than an upscale eatery. The Rusty Onion is the kind of place where you can feel comfortable conducting a business meeting during the week or taking the kids after a weekend of errands and activities. This is the kind of place that you can be proud to tell your out-​of-​town friends, «You’ve just gotta try it,» and when they do, they’ll thank you. They’ll also tell you to «Get your own» if you try to steal a bite — it’s that good!

History

Established in 2013.

If you’re a Charlotte area dining veteran, you’ve probably heard of John’s Country Kitchen in Plaza-​Midwood. It’s a little family-​owned diner at the corner of Central Avenue and Thomas Street that has been serving breakfast and lunch faithfully for 30 years. Because of the friendly service and the mother-​son cooking team, John’s has become a staple of the Charlotte culinary scene. Jimmy Margiotis and his mother, Margaret, are the faces behind John’s Country Kitchen. Jimmy took over John’s for his father, but Jimmy opened The Rusty Onion on his own to offer the same exceptional service, food and value with the promise of something unique to differentiate The Rusty Onion not only from John’s, but from every other place in town, too.

Our goal is to provide a dining experience that goes beyond the usual, one that dares to cross over into the «you just have to try it» when you talk about us. Unique from name to menu, you’ll tell anyone who tries to steal a bite to «Get your own.»

Meet the Business Owner

Jimmy M.

Business Owner

If you’re a Charlotte area dining veteran, you’ve probably heard of John’s Country Kitchen in Plaza-​Midwood — a little family owned diner at the corner of Central Avenue and Thomas Street. John’s has been serving breakfast and lunch faithfully for 30 years. Because of the friendly service and the mother-​son cooking team, John’s has become a staple of the Charlotte culinary scene. Jimmy took over the family business for his father, John, just after he finished high school.

Jimmy has worked hard to honor his father’s memory and he has continued to provide a product and level of customer service worthy of his father’s good name at John’s County Kitchen. A lot of people don’t realize how diverse the clientele at John’s has grown to be. Every day, Jimmy serves breakfast and lunch to Charlotte’s blue-​collar, white-​collar, government and public service professionals, and they have all asked for something new and different in town. With The Rusty Onion, Jimmy is giving them exactly that.

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Jimmy M. says,

«John’s has been serving home-​cooked breakfast to the Charlotte community for more than 30 years, and has the same owners as The Rusty Onion.»