Suárez Bakery & Barra

suárez does pastries the way a lot of cafes only claim to. that combination, baked goods and specialty coffee under one roof, sounds simple until you've watched it fail everywhere else. on n brevard st in charlotte's north end, you're not far from the kind of blocks that have been quietly absorbing creative businesses for years, and suárez fits that without making a performance of it. the coffee stands on its own, and so does the food, which is rarer than it should be. if you're planning a morning stop, come with time. the pastry case is the kind of thing that makes you reconsider whatever you'd already decided to order.