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  • Craft beer, croissants and more: New shops arriving soon in downtown Huntersville

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    A Charlotte-area city is looking to grow its food and dining scene with two new options coming next spring.

    Cocotte, an authentic French bakery, and neighborhood wine pub Corkscrew Wine Shop have found new homes at The Holbroook at Town Center in downtown Huntersville, North State Development said in a release sent to CharlotteFive.

    They’ll join the B&Co. Hair Salon, which opened Sept. 16 as the development’s first retail tenant. It’s all part of an ongoing effort to revitalize downtown Huntersville.

    It will mark Cocotte’s second location outside of Cornelius, as husband and wife duo Angela Yeo and Chef Alexandre Darbousset spread their wings in a new 1,625 square-foot space, according to the release. Customers will find an assortment of authentic French pastries, sandwiches, coffee and more.

    At Corkscrew Wine Shop + Bar, wine lovers will be able to pick from more than 30 wines by the glass and “300 wines by the bottle,” CharlotteFive previously reported. Plus, there’s a rotating selection of over 30 beers.

    A pressed Cuban sandwich, cut in half and skewered with a pickle, is plated with a side of potato chips and three pickle slices on a rectangular white dish. In the background, three glasses of beer stand on the table: a dark stout in a stemmed glass, a light ale topped with an orange slice, and a pilsner in a branded glass.
    At Corkscrew Wine Shop + Bar, customers will find a curated selection of wine, cocktails, beer and light bites. Courtesy of Corkscrew Wine Pub

    The pub will soon have new digs after closing the doors on its Birkdale Village location in 2022. It called the bustling hopping mall home for 18 years.

    “Our concept is a simple one: combine a relaxed and warm atmosphere with value-driven wine selections and craft cocktails, friendly and knowledgeable staff, to create an environment where everyone feels like one of our regulars,” general manager Joe Klosek told CharlotteFive at the time.

    Corkscrew is in the final permitting stages and is slated to open in the spring, according to the developer.

    “It has been the honor of my career to be a part of Downtown Huntersville’s next story,” Shane Seagle, founder and partner of North State Development, stated in the release. “Watching people make The Holbrook their home and open businesses they’ve dreamed of is so exciting.”

    Additional information wasn’t immediately available.

    Cocotte

    Location: 245 Beacon Town Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078 (opening soon)

    Location: 9623 Bailey Rd suite 110, Cornelius, NC 28031

    Cuisine: French bakery and café

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    Instagram: @cocottebakery.nc

    A grid of dark wood shelving holds an assortment of approximately twenty-four wine bottles, each with different labels and capsule colors. The display is mounted on a wall and features red wines and dark bottles arranged symmetrically across three vertical columns and eight horizontal rows.
    A portion of the wine selection at Corkscrew in Huntersville.

    Corkscrew Wine Shop + Bar

    Location: 245 Beacon Town Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078 (opening soon)

    Location: 1365 Broadcloth St Suite 102, Fort Mill, SC 29715

    Menu

    Cuisine: Wine, beer, cocktails and light bites

    Instagram: @corkscrew_wine

    This low-angle exterior photo shows a modern apartment or mixed-use building with black brick, white stone accents, and several floors of dark metal balconies. The ground level features large storefront windows along a wide brick-paved sidewalk that stretches into the distance.
    The Holbrook at Town Center, new a mixed-use development in downtown Huntersville, will welcome two new retailers next spring. North State Development

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    Tanasia is a service journalism reporter based at the Charlotte Observer | CharlotteFive, working remotely from Atlanta, Georgia. She recently joined the NC Service Journalism team and covers restaurant openings/closings in Charlotte and statewide stories. She’s been with McClatchy since 2020.

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  • Zoning complaint leaves bakery on Lookout Mountain searching for solutions and avoiding potential closure

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    GOLDEN, Colo. — Cyclists and coffee lovers have found a new place to fuel up on Lookout Mountain with Et Voila opening its doors in April, but the family-owned bakery is now left worried about closing down due to zoning regulations.

    “I’m so happy it’s here. I am concerned that it’s in danger of not being so,” Alexander Lehr, customer, said.

    The bakery opened in April, serving up coffees along with croissants, with customers knowing they need to get there early before the business sells out. Rachel Miquel Dufour explained that everything is made in-house before 7 a.m., showcasing their fresh ingredients and baking techniques.

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    “In order to make this happen, we sold everything we have,” said Dufour. “My husband and my sister, we put our money together, invested into this building and the things inside, and to be able to make it happen, we had to be able to live on site.”

    Two trailers are also on the property that are designed to look similar to the bakery. Dufour explained her family sleeps there to be close to work, along with using it as offices and a test kitchen.

    While the bakery is zoned for commercial use, Jefferson County Planning and Zoning received a complaint in September about two construction trailers on site and occupied. Dufour said if the family had known the trailers needed the same zoning, they would have done so.

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    “If zoning keeps pushing with their violation thing, they will start fining our landlord, who of course, will give it back to us, which I understand, but our landlord can evict if he wants, because then we would be in violation,” said Dufour. “So if they start fining us and they don’t give us a variance or an exemption of some sort, then we might, they don’t understand that, but we will have to close.”

    Dufour said they have been in communication with the county since and have been granted several extensions for the temporary structures.

    Last week, the extension was up, and Dufour said they submitted paperwork again. Jefferson County Planning and Zoning confirmed the tenants sent another request on August 15 to allow the RVs to be used for living, but Zoning regulations do not allow this.

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    Inside the business, customers are informed of the current situation with flyers highlighting the GoFundMe page and an online petition. Denver7 heard from a viewer worried for the bakery and wanting to help them find a solution.

    “We need a breakthrough with the zoning commission and the government officials,” said Brain Kluth. “They just need to work with this family and find that solution, because right now, if they force them to take away their homes where they’re living and that their office space and where they’re sleeping at night, those go away, then may force them to close.”

    Dufour explained that they have looked at other options, but said, “we have tried to move them and we have tried to see if we could operate the business without being on site, but it’s not possible.”

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    Jefferson County Planning and Zoning clarified they “are not seeking to shut down the bakery” and are “following our regulations in response to a zoning complaint from a citizen.” The county also shared that one solution would be to rezone the property to allow RVs to be lived in.

    Dufour is hoping for a public hearing to share their story and showcase the impact they already are having on the community.

    “I want them to hear our hearts. I’m sorry we didn’t do the right thing. I didn’t know we would have done it, and we want to make it right, and how can we make it right,” Dufour said.

    Zoning complaint leaves bakery on Lookout Mountain searching for solutions and avoiding potential closure

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