Monarch Market, an 18,000-square-foot food hall, will be opening later this year at Trade and Tryon in Uptown Charlotte, bringing with it a full-service restaurant, three bars and private event space.

Humble beginnings don’t get much humbler than where Nina Simone grew up. It’s in east Tryon, a neighborhood of low rolling hills and hollers, where the homes look like they’re being swallowed by the ...