Alexander Michael’s restaurant building for sale for $1.5 million in uptown Charlotte
Alexander Michael’s restaurant’s 122-year-old building is for sale, but the restaurant itself isn’t.
The historic, two-and-a-half-story blue and cream red-shuttered building at 401 W. 9th St. is owned by MITRO LLC, Mecklenburg County property records show.
Steve Casner, owner of Alexander Michael’s in uptown’s Fourth Ward, confirmed to the Observer Thursday that the building is for sale for $1.5 million. He also learned of the sale Thursday, but said he knew it was coming.
Casner said he has a long-term lease to stay. “My plan is to keep it going as long as possible,” he said.
The property is listed with the Charlotte office of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.
About the property
Built in 1900, the over 2,900-square-foot building in uptown’s Fourth Ward is a designated historic building. The building last sold in December 2003 and is now assessed value at over $550,000, records show.
It was a general store called E.W. Berryhill Store for nearly 70 years.
It’s been home to a paint store, thrift shop, grocery and delicatessen, until becoming a neighborhood tavern in 1983, CharlotteFive reported in a feature about Alexander Michael’s.
Restaurant success in Charlotte
Casner attributed the restaurant’s success to its location, along with its menu that includes London Broil, stroganoff and spicy crab soup, and its longtime staff members.
Casner was manager of the restaurant when Alexander Copeland III and A. Michael Troiano Jr. opened it, CharlotteFive previously reported. Casner became the owner in 2004.
He said having tackled the COVID-19 pandemic the last two years, including being shut down for five months.
“If an independent restaurant can survive that then I think we’re in good pretty good shape,” Casner said.
Efforts to reach MITRO officials were unsuccessful Thursday.
This story was originally published February 10, 2022 at 1:54 PM with the headline "Alexander Michael’s restaurant building for sale for $1.5 million in uptown Charlotte."