The E-Sports Arcade is a hidden gem! We booked my 8 year old son's bday on a whim because we got a…read morean ad in the mail. Russell was great with the kids and everyone had an awesome time. If your little ones or big ones like gaming this is a great place! He is also working on a parent lounge for parents to sit in while they wait on the party. Once word gets out, this place will be a hot spot!

It's ok. I'll leave it at that. It's a lot smaller than I expected and there really wasn't too much…read moreto do. I think the best age for this museum is under 3. My 4 year old got bored pretty quickly. There also just wasn't a lot to do. There is a dress up area, but it only had a few items, same with the kitchen and pirate ship. I have to agree with another reviewer that the staff wasn't friendly. They were more concerned with everything getting cleaned up. iI's a children's museum - there's supposed to be a level of mess, but when a kid puts a doll at the table and then goes to the kitchen area and you put the doll back, maybe think "was that kid getting food to play feed the doll?"and not assume they were leaving it. Also, parents - there's an overpriced gift/toy section in the front that you can't avoid. Bright side - there's some fun lunch and treat spots close by.

The museum is small but cute. Best for children 2 - 4 years old. Most of the front desk staff are…read morewelcoming. But the staff in the back must not have children. I'm not sure that they even like children. When my older children were little, I used to bring them and that staff would interact with the kids and parents. Most of this staff just sits on side, ignoring children and adults. There is one lady, Miss Wendy that all of my kids love, but she's not there very much. They had an event this weekend and I am glad that we went in the afternoon. My friend got turned away in the morning only an hour after they opened. She said that staff very rudely told her that she should have gotten there earlier. Her children were heartbroken. They did have some people, mainly teenagers with volunteer name tags who were very nice. My little adored the older gentleman who played with him. They had the upstairs set up really cute with a Winnie-the-Pooh exhibit. But unfortunately, they said that it would only be there for that day. They had friendly teens in that space playing with the kids. Admission is not worth it, but their membership is a good value because it includes other museums.

Owner is amazing! Second time visiting from IL! He keeps machines in immaculate condition! Has the…read morelatest Sonic and Transformers pins! Easy day parking and tons of places within walking distance to eat. He does offer food and drink, he has a few taps and canned as well. He is definitely my top 3 pinball in SC! Hope to see you again Player1up!

Fun. Nice folks. Someone is hiring nice people from the Carolinas & Midwest…read more Check it out! They offer free play hours daily from 4-7 for$5/hr Tuesday through Friday!

Oh what memories! Back in the 1980's and early 1990's, this festival was called Stumptown Festival…read more Just before I was born (in the 1970's), my parents, older sister and brother lived mere blocks from here and would walk to the parade then the festival and walk through the booths. Eventually, they moved a few miles away, then my younger sister, and all 6 of us would come to the parade, then walk through the area with booths carefully avoiding the ride area as my parents could not afford to let us ride any of them, or buy the food. Fast forward to my teenage years in late 1980's, early 1990's, where we would come with friends, ride the rides, go through the booth area, buy all we wanted. My last actual time I was able to walk through the entire festival was back in 2003, when I came down to help my mother after a surgery. My last trip to Charlotte (Labor Day weekend 2018), I dragged my parents here on the Sunday. We were early-ish. We walked through some of it, but were unable to enjoy the full affect as they were still opening. This is a small town festival that is fairly inexpensive to do. Homemade items for sale. Some of the booths with items for sale are in the elementary school, which has been updated since the last time I was here. There are stages with live music, and other entertainment. A great time to be had by all. I did not get many pictures of my own as I was busy chatting with my parents, but check out the links below. Parking can be difficult at best. Crowds can be thick in places. For more information: https://www.matthewsalive.org/ https://www.facebook.com/MatthewsAlive

It was 7PM. I'd just gotten my car back (I have it on Turo, which is basically Airbnb, but with…read morecars). Having been in the house all day, I hadn't been able to keep my streak going on Pokémon Go! This being an inscrutable state of affairs, I decided that, instead of driving home, I'd head to one of my main Pokémoning sites: downtown Matthews. I arrived, parking as I do most often in the library/town hall parking lot (small town = multi-use public buildings. The court house in chapel hill is also the post office for example). I takedown all of the gyms in the area, set my guys in them, and then go Pokémon walking. To my pleasant surprise, the legendary gym I was walking to happened to fall smack-dab in the middle of a whole festival! I'm never one to turn down the opportunity at giant smoked turkey legs and deep fried Oreos - both of which are available at multiple vendors along the main walk - so I decide to stop Pokémoning for the moment and take in the event. Live music is a wonderful thing, and they have an entire soundstage set up just for it. The genre of choice seems to be bad country, which ain't my bag, baby, so I keep it moving. I recommend going at night. There are few things in life as immediately disarming as neon lights against an ebony sky, especially when those lights signal funnel cake and rides. Oh yeah, there are carnival rides in full effect. All the good hurlers, too. The ones that make your kids sick. The ones from which memories are built. Anywho, so there I am, hunting for the best giant smoked turkey leg, when I catch the Devine odor of cured pork fat. I know this can only mean one thing: bacon. There's a vendor that wraps everything in bacon. EVERYTHING. IN. BACON. I had bacon wrapped BBQ. That's right, I was in pigception. And it was glorious. I also had a pretty decent crabcake sammich (bun as set dressing only, I swear) and I cheated a bit, and got a refreshing frozen blueberry lemonade. I didn't stay long, but what I saw left a good taste in my mouth (literally and figuratively). Then I went back to catching all the Pokémon, so, you know, I was productive.

This place is truly excellent!!!…read more It was easy to book online, easy to find and park, and the staff is really nice. I had a great time taking my parents for mother's Day. They have water and coffee but do you have to take take your own beers or wine and snacks Otherwise they give you every supply you may need!!! Really recommend I will definitely go again!!!!

I painted here twice already and both experiences were great. A little frustrating since I'm not an…read moreartist myself, but the artist are encouraging and ready to provide advice if needed. I will say the black-light portrait was a bit hard to see with only the black-light as the only lighting to use during painting. The second time around attending, we brought a whole charcuterie board spread. We snacked and sipped approximately 20 minutes before the actual start time. Parking is great since the establishment is within the Sun valley shopping center, across from the Sun valley movie theater. I will definitely be back for more holiday paintings.

very nice location for performances. wheelchair seating at the top of each side with a great view…read moreof the entire stage.

Nestled in the Winthrop Farm/Athletic Complex, sits Winthrop Coliseum. Home to many a graduation…read moreceremony, the coliseum doubles as the nest for the Winthrop Eagles basketball teams. The facility is clean and well kept. Seating is available for 6,100 Winthrop fans and visitors. For a team (the mens') that's only been around since 1978, it's impressive to see 19 banners hanging in the rafters. Tickets are cheap and the seating is spacious. Grab yourself some Papa John's, Chik-fil-a, popcorn and a snowcone before you take a seat.

We recently went to Redstone to see a movie and the reason we chose Redstone is because it's…read moreslightly closer to us than StoneCrest. My first impressions are it's clean, well lit and the signage is decent. The movie theater is new so these are things you'd expect. There are 14 screens and the one we were in offered Dolby Atmos which sounded great but was over the top for the movie we were watching. The seats recline back so it was very comfortable. Overall, for the price, the experience here was nice and better than expected.

The seats here compared to other theaters where the seats recline are vastly different. Plus we had…read moreto kick ppl out of our prime middle back row seats as they could not tell the difference between row A and O. Come on ppl you have to select your seats and you picked front row (which was probably all that was left) bc it was opening day and no other good seats were left. But it was a man with a bunch of kids and other dads. Probably his first time taking all the kids to a movie solo and he obviously purchased the tickets all by himself. I hope mom was somewhere relaxing as we dealt with him in the real world. PS: they moved bc I was keeping my good seats. And no, it's never going to be "can we just move down?