Restaurant group reveals South End venture WSOC TV [Video]

CHARLOTTE — Built on Hospitality’s newest venture puts the spotlight on Mediterranean-inspired cuisine.

Mazi — which means “together” in Greek — is targeting a mid-to-late February opening in South End. It’s at 1300 South Blvd., Suite 101-F.

The Charlotte-based hospitality group has been tapped to develop the menu and brand for that roughly 2,500-square-foot restaurant — its latest management contract. It also will manage day-to-day operations for owners Troy Brewer and Hemant Patel.

“Personally, as a chef, it’s fun to just create. It’s what drives me,” chef Chris Coleman says. “From a business perspective, we get to use our expertise that my business partners and I have developed over the past 20 years. It brings in cash flow to the business, to the overall operations.”

Coleman, Sean Potter and A.J. Klenk are behind Built on Hospitality. That restaurant group operates The Goodyear House in NoDa; Old Town Kitchen & Cocktails …