Heist Brewery set to reopen NoDa home with brunch and bigger seating

Heist Brewery was preparing to bring its original NoDa taproom back to life with a bigger dining room, a larger U-shaped bar and brunch service after nearly two years shut down by a kitchen fire. The North Davidson Street reopening mattered because this was not just another Charlotte beer stop, but one of NoDa’s most recognizable independent anchors.

Heist opened in 2012 and, at the time, described itself as Charlotte’s only craft brewpub. Its early beer identity leaned into small-batch Belgian and German-style brewing, then grew as the business expanded in 2017 with a 30-barrel production facility. The brewery also says it found its stride in 2016 with CitraQuench’l, which it calls the original hazy IPA in North Carolina. That history gave the reopening weight well beyond one dining room, because it marked the return of a long-running local brand that helped shape Charlotte’s craft beer conversation.

The shutdown began after a fire significantly damaged the facility in July 2024. By early 2025, Heist was saying it was working toward a spring reopening, but the rebuild required major repairs and renovations that stretched the closure much longer than a routine refresh. That made the return a recovery story as much as an opening announcement. The remodel was not simply cosmetic, either. The dining room was reworked to remove the operational brewhouse and make room for roughly 40 additional seats, along with a larger U-shaped bar built for heavier service.

The kitchen and hospitality plan also pointed to a wider reset. Heist’s Sunday brunch had once drawn 450 to 500 people, and bringing that back suggested the brewery was aiming to regain the kind of all-day traffic that keeps a neighborhood room alive in 2026. The adjoining Canteen, which reopened about a month after the blaze, had already been used for private events and catering while the main dining room was rebuilt, helping keep the brand in circulation even while the flagship room sat dark.

Heist’s own website listed the NoDa location at 2909 N Davidson St. STE 200, Charlotte, NC 28205, with regular hours showing Monday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. In a district built on repeat visits, brewery traffic and weekend dining, the reopening gave NoDa back a familiar room that had been out of service since the fire, and it did so with a layout built for the market that existed after the shutdown, not the one that came before it.