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Today the building that is at 127 W.Trade Street is still the original structure it was in 1906. The original tenant of the building was The New York Cafe, making it one of the first New York themed restaurants in Charlotte. In 1945 Mr. George Miller bought the cafe and transformed it into a haberdashery called, "Miller's Cleaners". He offered dry cleaning, sold the typical Fedora and repaired men's shoes.

The Miller family went on to rent out the building to a group of individuals who created one of Charlotte's first night clubs, Liquid Lounge. Then in 2007 Tilt on Trade was created, the name was created based on the physical structure, as the building rises 13 inches from front to back. Today the owners are working hard to restore the rustic charm of yesterday, and proud to preserve one of Charlotte's original landmarks.

Good Drinks, Good Friends, Great Times

"We strive to offer a local uptown escape from urban life, by providing a unique, relaxed, and comfortable atmosphere. Our patrons take pride in calling TILT, "my bar". "We are able to welcome a niche that corporate chains and other bars fail to attract.
- Anthony Kearey

"In order to achieve this "Welcoming Effect", we believe that as small business owners we feel that it is a responsibility to be apart of your community. However, to be apart of the community, you MUST be active in your community. We take pride in the fact that numerous charities, sports clubs, and even local families contact us to help them with their fundraising efforts.
- Lucas Johns

Charlottes Only Bar With A Back Yard!

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"The Yard"...We recently transformed our outdoor space to a much more inviting environment. "The Yard" has it's own seating area, bar, and intimate layout to meet any parties' needs. "The Yard" can comfortably accommodate up to 75 people.

However if you are thinking about hosting a much larger event, we do rent out the entire bar. The inside bar can easily serve our capacity of 267 people. We have many partners that we work with to cater your event. We also have a large projection screen that is perfect for presentations, videos, or to display your own custom slide show.

Oldschool-TILT
- Trade Street, early 1960's

Testimonials

Tilt is a great spot because even though we're in a big city, you feel like you are at home. There is something in the atmosphere here; that you are always amongst friends at Tilt! It's a regular hangout for me but it never gets old because they are always throwing great parties and having charity events to spice things up and stay involved! It's our meet up spot, hang out place, and last call corral, it's where we want to be! The Guest bartenders, DJ's and events keep in as a staple in Charlotte's nightlife.

Tilt is where my college friends could come and mingle and feel their ECU pride soar, Tilt made us feel like we were back in Greenville with their drink specials and crazy ways! It was an awesome spot for the Kickoff party for when we played USC. Purple & Gold decor got us pumped for game day!
Guenn Peterson
CBS Radio

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The success of our recent 10 year reunion was beyond what any of us could have imagined and hoped for. I want to thank you on behalf of the entire reunion committee and the South Mecklenburg High School class of 2001! You and your staff made it so that the committee could also enjoy the reunion rather than worrying about all the details. The layout of Tilt was perfect, the food was excellent and of course your decorating could have worked out better.

We still continue to get calls and emails everyday on how much everyone enjoyed themselves. You guys were truly amazing, thanks again for everything, we absolutely could have done it without you! Now if I can just come up with another event to host there so that I don’t have to wait another 10 years.
Ashleigh Koontz
South Mecklenburg Reunion