Bonterra Dining & Wine Room

“When I prepare a meal, I want the food to speak for itself. I have a pretty conventional way of thinking about a dish, and I don’t want to be so fancy that the true flavors of each ingredient can’t shine through. At Bonterra, we are firm believers in the great farms around us and try to use whatever is fresh and local in our dishes. We love our partnership with local farmers.” - Blake Hartwick, Executive Chef of Bonterra

Dating back to the late 1800s, Bonterra’s home has a spiritual and storied history. Originally built and named the Atherton Methodist Church, it was the first permanent prayer structure in the area for local residents’ use. In 1914, the building’s original wooden façade was given the brick facelift it maintains today and was re-christened the Dilworth Methodist Episcopal Church South. It was later occupied by the First Church of Nazareth (1926-1973) and the Greater Providence Baptist Church (1973-1987). But, our favorite histories revolve around the unconfirmed stories about the church providing food and shelter to field laborers arriving by railroad from the Lowcountry and Columbia regions to pick tobacco in the Charlotte area.