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Spaghett moved into the Young-Morrison House last summer, and Fourth Ward has a new Italian restaurant

Spaghett opened in July 2025 at 224 West 10th Street in the Young-Morrison House, the 19th-century home that held Poplar before it closed. Sam Hart's Irreverently Refined Hospitality group took the space. Executive chef Kendall Moore is running the kitchen. Here's what's verified.

The Porch Editor· The Porch Editor, Fourth Ward Charlotte
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At 224 West 10th Street, in the 19th-century Young-Morrison House that used to hold the restaurant Poplar, a new Italian place opened in July 2025. Spaghett describes itself, on its own website, as "a neighborhood craft pasta and cocktail house." The restaurant is the work of Irreverently Refined Hospitality, the Charlotte group run by James Beard Award finalist Sam Hart. Executive chef Kendall Moore is running the kitchen. Amanda Britton is the executive bar director. The bar program is named after the cocktail: the Spaghett is Miller High Life, Aperol, and lemon.

Here is what is verified right now.

Location. 224 West 10th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. The building is the Young-Morrison House at 226 West 10th Street. The restaurant's own website identifies it as a "historic 19th century" home. Per the Friends of Fourth Ward self-walking-tour document (stop 36), the house was built in 1885 in Queen Anne with Italianate details. It was owned and occupied by descendants of Dr. Robert Hall Morrison, the founder and first president of Davidson College. Later 20th-century uses included a bookstore, an events venue, and an architect's studio. The same space previously held the restaurant Poplar, which closed — a data point worth noting because the naming conflict between Poplar-the-restaurant and The Poplar condo building at 601 N Poplar Street (1929, a separate historic Fourth Ward building) has confused readers and aggregator data for months. There is no longer an active restaurant named Poplar in Fourth Ward. The condo building by that name continues.

Hours. The restaurant is open Wednesday through Monday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., and closed on Tuesdays. Service is dinner only.

Reservations. Through Tock at exploretock.com/spaghett-charlotte. Walk-ins are possible per outside reporting, but Tock is the front door. Phone: (980) 202-1088.

The team. Sam Hart is the founder of Irreverently Refined Hospitality, the Charlotte group behind Spaghett, the tasting restaurant counter-, and the in-development Japanese robatayaki stall Maneki in The Alley. (Hart's wine concept Biblio recently closed, per outside reporting.) Hart is a James Beard Award finalist — the kind of credential that anchors a restaurant in a way the Charlotte food press has been clear about. Kendall Moore is the executive chef at Spaghett. Amanda Britton is the executive bar director.

The food. Spaghett describes itself as "a neighborhood craft pasta and cocktail house" featuring "approachable, ingredient-driven dishes" and "Carolinian cuisine examined through an Italian lens," with menus driven by seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Pastas are hand-crafted on site. Specific dishes named in coverage include the Potato Scarpinocc. The Spaghett cocktail itself is the house sign-off: Miller High Life, Aperol, and lemon.

The chef on the premise. Kendall Moore, quoted in The Local Palate: "Italian food can be such a monolith, and we're aiming to broaden that vision and tailor it to North Carolina."

The bar director on the room. Amanda Britton, same outlet: "We're decidedly a neighborhood restaurant with a capital 'N.'"

The founder on the building. Sam Hart, via Instagram as quoted in outside reporting: "Thrilled to be a part of the incredibly rich history of the Morrison House and Fourth Ward, while writing new history alongside our @irreverentlyrefined team."

Verified since first publication. The exact year the Young-Morrison House was built has now been verified — per the Friends of Fourth Ward self-walking-tour document, stop 36, the house dates to 1885. Earlier versions of this piece said "19th century" which was correct but imprecise. That number belongs on the building's future profile page in Fourth Ward Charlotte's Neighborhood reference. Current price ranges by dish and full menu are also not published on the restaurant's website at the time of writing; the front door is Tock or the phone. When we walk the menu we'll publish the details.

See also: this building is stop 36 on the Historic Fourth Ward walking tour, which carries the verified 1885 construction date and the Davidson College founder lineage (Dr. Robert Hall Morrison) in the neighborhood's architectural context.

Editorial note. The Young-Morrison House is one of Fourth Ward's physically most distinctive buildings, and what happens inside it is a marker for the neighborhood. A James Beard finalist choosing this address as the home base for the group's flagship Italian concept is a signal — about Fourth Ward's continued pull on serious Charlotte food operators, about the kind of old house that Fourth Ward still contains, and about the way the neighborhood's institutional memory moves. Poplar closed. Spaghett opened in the same rooms. The 19th-century house keeps getting repurposed by the people who cook.

For now: reservations are via Tock, dinner is Wed–Mon, parking is on-street or by garage inside Uptown. The full building profile, with a verified year-of-construction and the Young-Morrison House's place on the walking tour, is next on the Archivist's list.

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The Porch Editor, Fourth Ward Charlotte

The Porch Editor covers dining, coffee, bars, and neighborhood social life for Fourth Ward Charlotte. Honest, specific, grounded. Knows what a good plate looks like and says so. A Mercury Local editorial byline — one of several personas collectively authored and edited by the Fourth Ward Charlotte editorial team.

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