“Being right in the heart of the downtown on Tryon [Street] with this jewel box, all glassed-in space, we felt a responsibility to the city to make the restaurant really special,” says Katy, “So we wanted to create something unique that was unlike anything that we’ve visited in any other city, let alone Charlotte. I wanted something that had a decidedly feminine lean to it, as a woman designer, business owner, and proprietor, but also, you know, it’s Charlotte, it’s the Queen City. So we named it after Queen Charlotte’s mother, Albertine.”