Restaurant + lounge ‘forced to close’ in Dilworth after community pushback

Lack of support has snuffed out a restaurant and lounge popular among Black Charlotteans, owners say.

Red at 28th, a multicultural bar, hookah and literary lounge in Dilworth, closed Thursday, Jan. 15, according to a message shared on the business’s Instagram page.

The memo pointed “to a group of people who choose not to support a business that has operated for 20 years” for the abrupt closure, but didn’t offer additional details.

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