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Charlotte · East Forest

Mother of Dragons

A cozy sanctuary for players, parents and wine lovers in East Forest

CoffeeGroup dinner
Mother of Dragons

What to know

When Mother of Dragons opened in East Forest, it answered a simple brief: create a place where players and families feel equally at home. Founders imagined communal long tables for campaigns and quiet corners for espresso-fueled mornings, then built a menu and beverage program to match. The result is a hybrid neighborhood hub that keeps game nights lively, daytime coffee calm, and evenings pleasantly sociable — a new kind of third place for Charlotte.

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