A Charlotte project so big that it’s hit national TV screens is shifting into a new phase, and now a restaurant is on the way.
The Tonidandel-Brown Restaurant Group physically moved the historic Leeper & Wyatt building in 2024 and placed it next to its steak and seafood spot, Leluia Hall. The enormous undertaking to save the former grocery store built in 1903 by industrialist D.A. Tompkins is detailed on the PBS series “Fork & Hammer.”
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“The Leeper & Wyatt restaurant concept is an incredibly tricky project with four stories in a historic building in a historic district — and each floor only has 1,500 square feet,” co-owner Jeff Tonidandel said in a news release…