Cafe Monte

What Cafe Monte does

Cafe Monte is a privately-held, single-location French Bakery and Bistro founded in 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina's South Park neighborhood (6700 Fairview Road, Suite 108). The restaurant operates as a casual-gourmet dine-in destination serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with French-inspired cuisine, alongside an extensive beverage program covering wines, craft cocktails, draft and bottled beers, and specialty coffee. Beyond dine-in, the business captures off-premise and group revenue through online ordering and delivery (ToastTab), reservations (OpenTable), customized catering, and on-site private event hosting.

The technology footprint is built entirely on third-party restaurant SaaS. SpotHopper powers the company's website, email marketing, social media marketing, catering management, and private party booking. ToastTab provides the e-commerce ordering and payment layer for takeout and delivery. OpenTable provides the reservation layer. There are no proprietary technology assets, patents, or AI/ML capabilities; the digital stack reflects industry-standard tooling for an independent single-unit operator.

The business model is direct-to-consumer transactional revenue. Pricing is unit-priced across the menu (breakfast items $2.50–$16, lunch $9–$25, dinner entrees $14–$38, cocktails $9–$15, wine by the glass $6–$15), supplemented by weekly promotional specials (half-price wine Tuesdays, all-you-can-eat mussels Wednesdays, half-price artisanal cocktails Thursdays, lobster specials Fridays), gift cards, catering packages (bespoke, quote-based), and private event space rentals. Customer segments span local neighborhood consumers, event hosts and planners, catering clients, and takeout/delivery customers, with all revenue flowing through the single Charlotte location. The company employs approximately 17 people and operates Tuesday–Sunday.

Name

Cafe Monte

Legal name

Cafe Monte

Website

https://cafemonte.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cafe Monte is a privately-held, single-location French Bakery and Bistro in Charlotte's South Park neighborhood, serving casual-gourmet breakfast, lunch, and dinner alongside catering and private events to local consumers and event hosts. It uses third-party restaurant SaaS (SpotHopper, ToastTab, OpenTable) for its digital operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

French Bistro Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Casual Dining Restaurants (THAFACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Independent Neighborhood Cafes (THAFADAC)

Keywords

• French restaurant dining
• Catering services
• Private event hosting
• Wine and beverage program
• Casual gourmet bistro

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Sales: Revenue from food and beverage sales during dine-in service. The restaurant serves French cuisine including breakfast, lunch, and dinner with an extensive wine selection, cocktails, craft beers, and specialty coffee drinks.
2. Catering Services: Customized catering packages for events including birthday parties, holiday parties, corporate events, and wedding festivities. Each event is bespoke to client tastes and needs.
3. Private Event Hosting: Revenue from hosting private parties and special occasions in dedicated event space. The restaurant markets itself as a perfect venue for various celebrations and office functions.
4. Online Ordering and Takeout: Takeout and delivery orders placed through ToastTab platform, allowing customers to order favorite dishes for pickup.
5. Gift Cards: Gift card sales (digital gift cards currently in development per website announcement).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cafe Monte is a French Bakery and Bistro that operates a casual-gourmet restaurant in Charlotte, NC's South Park neighborhood, serving French-inspired breakfast, lunch, and dinner fare with an extensive wine, cocktail, and craft beer program. In addition to dine-in service, the restaurant provides catering packages for corporate and private events, hosts private parties in its event space, sells gift cards, and accepts online takeout/delivery orders through ToastTab.

Product overview

Cafe Monte is a French Bakery and Bistro offering a casual-gourmet dining experience centered on its core Food Menu and Drink Menu. The restaurant operates as a single-location establishment providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner service with French culinary traditions. Beyond dine-in service, the company offers Catering Services and Private Events hosting for corporate and personal occasions. Additional offerings include Specials/Happy Hour programming with rotating weekly deals, Gift Cards, and seasonal Events Programming celebrating national food and beverage days. The food menu features French-inspired items including crêpes, quiches, pastries, and classic entrees like Beef Bourguignon and Herb Roasted Chicken, while the drink program includes an extensive wine selection, artisanal cocktails, and craft beers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Menu Full food menu featuring French-inspired cuisine served across breakfast, lunch, and dinner including croissants, omelettes, crêpes, quiches, sandwiches, salads, pizzas, Beef Bourguignon, Herb Roasted Chicken, Salmon, Swordfish, and desserts such as crème brûlée, éclairs, and cakes. Available to dine-in and takeout customers.
• Drink Menu Extensive beverage program including wines (white, red, rosé, Champagne), craft cocktails, beers (draught and bottled), coffee drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages served to dine-in customers.
• Catering Services

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OpenTablecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOpenTable integration for online reservation management. Customers can book tables directly through OpenTable platform. The partnership enables Cafe Monte to manage reservations and reach customers searching for dining options on the OpenTable platform.
• ToastTabcoreTechnology or IntegrationToastTab online ordering and payment platform integration for takeout and delivery orders. The partnership enables Cafe Monte to accept online orders, process payments, and manage fulfillment for takeout and delivery orders through the ToastTab platform.
• SpotHoppercoreTechnology or IntegrationSpotHopper provides the restaurant's website platform, website design, social media marketing, and email marketing services. The platform powers Cafe Monte's digital presence including the website, online ordering integration, reservation links, catering management, private party booking, and job listings.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Panera Bread: National cafe-bakery chain with strong catering and digital ordering programs analogous to Cafe Monte's ToastTab/OpenTable/SpotHopper stack. Comparable as the larger-scale version of a single-dining-room bakery-cafe with diverse beverage offerings and event/catering extensions.
• Le Pain Quotidien: International bakery-cafe concept serving French-inspired breakfast, brunch, and lunch fare with coffee and curated beverages. Directly comparable on the bakery + casual-gourmet French cuisine model and use of fresh, ingredient-forward menus, though at much larger footprint.
• Corner Bakery Cafe: Multi-unit bakery-cafe chain offering breakfast, lunch, and catering with a neighborhood gathering positioning similar to Cafe Monte's 'neighborhood home away from home' framing. Comparable on category, daypart breadth, and catering/private-event revenue line.
• La Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe: National French country cafe chain offering bakery items, breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a similar casual-gourmet positioning and counter/full-service dining mix. Operates at far greater scale than Cafe Monte's single unit, making it a natural broad incumbent comparable on concept and daypart mix.

Regional players

• Supperland: Charlotte restaurant/bar concept combining full-service dining with event programming. Comparable to Cafe Monte in leveraging cuisine-driven storytelling, jazz/lifestyle programming, and event hosting to differentiate in a crowded local dining scene.
• Upstream Restaurant: Charlotte-based casual upscale seafood and American restaurant with full bar and private-event capabilities. Comparable as a long-tenured local operator (similar vintage to Cafe Monte's 2007 founding) competing for upscale weeknight and private-event traffic in the Charlotte metro.
• 5Church Charlotte: Upscale-casual American bistro in Charlotte competing for the same discretionary dining and private-event dollar in the same South End-adjacent market. Comparable on casual-gourmet positioning, full-service format, and reliance on private-party bookings to drive weekday/weeknight volume.
• Fahrenheit Charlotte: Chef-driven upscale casual restaurant on Charlotte's South End rooftop scene with a curated beverage program and panoramic views. Comparable to Cafe Monte as an experiential casual-gourmet operator trading on ambiance, beverage curation, and discretionary-occasion dining.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cafemontebistro
• Facebookfacebook.com/151679908242
• Instagraminstagram.com/cafemontebistro
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cafe-monte

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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