City Guide

	Dining Charlotte magazine and charlottemagazine.com is the area’s savviest, most authoritative source for dining recommendations. This guide contains more than 150 of our editors’ recommendations, from fine dining to burger joints. Plus, we’re continually adding more restaurants and bars.			Shopping Searching for the perfect gift, the ultimate weekend outfit, or the ideal piece of furniture? This guide has everything you need: hundreds of stores from across the area, each visited and described by our in-house shopping experts. When it comes to shopping in Charlotte, we are the recognized authority.
	Home & Garden From interior designers to architects, antiques to window treatments, this is your best source for everything you need to make your home or landscape reach its full potential.			Travel Need a vacation? Search our online listings to find your ultimate travel destination.
	Wedding Searching for wedding vendors to plan your dream wedding? Let us help! Search our online listings to find wedding professionals in dozens of categories.			Top Doctors *List from 2010. 2011 Coming Soon. We surveyed every physician in the four-county area—more than 4,000—and asked them whom they would recommend to treat a loved one, if it was outside their specialty. More than 200 physicians were selected as the 2009 top doctors. Search by name or specialty.
	Top Dentists Our exclusive survey revealed more than 180 top dentists in the Charlotte area, as voted on by their peers. Search by name or specialty.			2011 5 Star Wealth Managers Five Star Professional partnered with Charlotte magazine to present the wealth managers in the Charlotte area who provide exceptional service and overall satisfaction as indicated by clients, peers and industry experts. The 2011 Five Star award winners are in a select group of fewer than 3 percent of wealth managers in the Charlotte area.
	2011 5 Star Real Estate Agents Five Star Professional partnered with Charlotte magazine to determine the real estate agents in the Charlotte area who provide exceptional service and overall satisfaction. The Five Star Professional research team contacted clients, peers and industry experts and asked if they had experience working with a real estate agent. Those who participated in the research provided the name of a real estate agent and rated that individual according to criteria such as integrity, communication and customer service.			2011 5 Star Mortgage Professionals Five Star Professional partnered with Charlotte magazine to determine the mortgage professionals in the Charlotte area who provide exceptional service and overall satisfaction. The Five Star Professional research team contacted clients, peers and industry experts and asked if they had experience working with a mortgage professional. Those who participated provided the name of a mortgage professional and rated that individual according to criteria such as overall satisfaction and whether they would recommend the professional to a friend.
	2011 5 Star Home/Auto Insurance Professionals Five Star Professional partnered with Charlotte magazine to determine the insurance professionals in the Charlotte area who provide exceptional service and overall satisfaction. The Five Star Professional research team contacted clients, peers and industry experts and asked if they had experience working with an insurance professional. Those who participated provided the name of an insurance professional and rated that individual according to criteria such as overall satisfaction and whether they would recommend the professional to a friend.