Famous Toastery at Ayrsley Town Blvd drops off Charlotte's active license list
Money Moves Charlotte, NC localLicense missing from city records since Oct. 15; the chain has already closed its Dilworth and Tega Cay restaurants
Overview
The Famous Toastery at 2127 Ayrsley Town Blvd has been absent from Mecklenburg County's active food license list since Oct. 15, and Google now marks the address permanently closed. Neither the county nor the chain has said what happened to the license.
The lapse lands as the brand shrinks in its home market. Famous Toastery closed its Dilworth restaurant at 2400 Park Road on May 24 after 15 years, and shut its Tega Cay, S.C., store in September 2025. Co-founder Robert Maynard told the Charlotte Business Journal the Dilworth decision followed a review of how other locations were doing, and that business was stronger outside the main Charlotte core.
Why it matters
If the Ayrsley closure holds, Charlotte loses another Famous Toastery as the chain pulls back from its home market.
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Charlotte-based breakfast franchise with 34 locations as of a 2024 company announcement.
Issues food establishment licenses and maintains the public list used to check active permits.
Timeline
June 2019 October 2026
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License missing from list for 8th consecutive reading
Latest ObservationThe address is absent from the city's active license list; Google now marks the restaurant as permanently closed.
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Last day license appears on active list
ObservationThe city's active food establishment license list still includes the Ayrsley Town Blvd address.
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Dilworth restaurant closes after 15 years
ClosureThe Famous Toastery at 2400 Park Road served its last customers, ending a 15-year run at The Courtyard strip mall. Maynard told the Charlotte Business Journal he chose not to renew the lease after analyzing other locations.
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Tega Cay, S.C., location closes
ClosureA sign on the door at 2429 SC-160 said the last day of service was Sept. 10. Marketing vice president Lorna Martinez told CharlotteFive the chain was hitting reset on its Carolinas and Virginia trade area.
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License issued for Ayrsley location
LicensingCity records show a food establishment license dated June 17, 2019 for 2127 Ayrsley Town Blvd.
Scenarios
License reappears, restaurant stays open
Discussed by: Possible if the missing listing is a clerical error or temporary lapse in paperwork.
If the city's food establishment license list shows the Ayrsley Town Blvd address again, it would indicate the closure notice was premature. This could happen if the establishment renewed its license late or if there was a data entry mistake.
Closure confirmed, location permanently shut
Discussed by: Based on Google's permanent closure mark and the sustained absence from the license list.
If the address remains off the active license list and Google continues to show 'Permanently closed,' the restaurant has almost certainly shut down. The license was issued in June 2019, so this would end a seven-year run at this location.