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Uptown is hot and happening.

The Center City is the place most young professionals go out on the town. Try these:

Menage (116 W. Fifth St., 704-377-8000, www.menageultralounge.com);

Blue (Fifth and College in Hearst Tower, 704-927-2583);

Ri-Ra’s (208 N. Tryon St. 704-333-5554, www.rira.com);

Connolly’s on 5th (115 E. Fifth St., 704-358-9070);

Therapy Café (401 N. Tryon St., 704-333-1353, www.therapycafe.net).

This banking town is not necessarily all buttoned up. Charlotte has a growing number of creative communities where art galleries, cool restaurants and funky shops can be found. Check ‘em out:

NoDa along North Davidson Street with its twice-monthly gallery crawls and restaurants like Cabo Fish Taco (3201 N. Davidson St., 704-332-8868, www.cabofishtaco.com).

NoFo is another up-and-comer on Elizabeth Avenue with the new cozy Italian joint Volare and wine/martini bar Loft 1523.

Restaurants

Uptown, head to:

Sonoma Bistro (129 W. Trade St., 704-377-1333); Cosmos Café (300 N. College St., 704-372-3553, www.cosmoscafe.com);

McNinch House (511 N. Church St., 704-332-6159);

Carpe Diem, 1535 Elizabeth Ave., 704-377-7976, www.carpediemrestaurant.com);

Aquavina (435 S. Tryon St., 704-377-9911, www.aquavina.com).

Other worthy restaurants scattered around the Charlotte area:

Upstream (Fairview Road at Phillips Place near SouthPark Mall, 704-556-7730, www.upstreamit.com);

Bonterra (1829 Cleveland Ave. in Dilworth, 704-333-9463, www.bonterradining.com);

Noble’s (6801 Morrison Blvd. near SouthPark, 704-367-9463, www.noblesrestaurants.com);

Zebra (4521 Sharon Road near SouthPark, 704-442-9525).

Want ultra casual? Pick up chicken at Price’s Chicken Coop (1614 Camden Road, 704-333-9866);

Find a Southern feast at Simmons Fourth Ward (516 N. Graham St., 704-334-6640);

Soak up local flavor at Lupie’s Café (2718 Monroe Road, 704-374-1232).

For lake views, try:

T-Bones (NC 49 at the bridge, Lake Wylie, 803-831-0170).