#1 - This coffee and wine bar where Johnny and Amy meet her dad is as much a winner as Amy’s precious dad himself. Rosie’s is inside McGill Rose Garden, a gorgeously manicured park. These days, you can order from Rosie’s wine, coffee, or hot chocolate (!) menus, then wander the winding pathways to find a table. The charcuterie plates in the LIB scene aren’t from Rosie’s—or, at least, aren’t available to regular people—so pack a picnic if you’re hungry for more than bar snacks and pastries.

#2 - The Goodyear House is a proper choice for a meet-the-fam dinner. The restaurant’s buzzy enough to fill awkward silences, which is good because things do get—to borrow Chelsea’s vocabulary—“uncomfy.” Clay and AD meet Clay’s mom and sister here, and they immediately begin to bicker about Clay’s work schedule. We can’t help but admire the sister, who mostly ignores everyone to focus on the marinated shrimp with mignonette butter. The group never makes it beyond apps, which is a crying shame.

#3 - Margaux’s is in Pineville, a suburb of Charlotte, but it’s close to Blu South Townhomes, where the couples lived during filming. Laura and Jessica are too busy gossiping about the rest of the cast to touch their build-your-own charcuterie boards. But wine is Margaux’s main attraction, anyway, and their list has over 300 different bottles to choose from. We hope they soaked up the alcohol off-camera with pizzas—Margaux’s is the only place in the area known for making St. Louis-style pies.

#4 - This cafe/coffee shop is the kind of place you go when you want a solid weekend brunch without having to fight for a table. And even though most of us can’t buy out the entire loft like LIB clearly did, it’s never overly crowded, so you can do (almost) any activity without judgment: work on your laptop, knit, file your taxes, or get marriage advice from your mom, like AD and Clay. The coffee, wraps, sandwiches, and waffles aren’t life-altering, but they’re as dependable as a good partner.

#5 - To those of us from small Southern towns, McKoy’s generic sports bar-ambiance feels as safe as our mothers’ wombs. Chelsea and Jimmy meet his mom, dad, and sister here, which could just as easily be a restaurant in their hometown, a little unincorporated community 90 miles northeast of Charlotte. Because Jimmy’s family members are the most authentic, likable characters in the entire season, we hope they got to experience McKoy’s best menu item: smoked and double-grilled chicken wings.

#6 - Canteen serves craft beers, mimosas, sake, sangrias, wines, seltzers, and non-alcoholic drinks—but no hard liquor—in a vibrant space with plenty of easy-to-rearrange lounge seating. The colorful murals and lush tropical plants also make great photo backdrops. Of course, we can’t see in those gold glasses, but Amy and AD are wise women who surely ordered Canteen’s signature frozen colada, made with coconut and pineapple juices and prosecco.

#7 - There’s nothing spectacular about what Lost and Found offers—it’s a regular ol‘ bar with regular ol‘ drinks and a subpar DJ—except it’s where you go to see and be seen. For that reason, it’s no surprise that it’s where Jeramey claims to have “bumped into” Sarah Ann. While that could very well be true, Lost & Found couldn’t have been his last stop that night. He was out until 5am, and like everyone who lives in Charlotte, Laura knows there ain’t nothing in this city open past 2am.

#8 - Chelsea and Jimmy meet an ice sculptor on the rooftop of this upscale tiki bar. While The Royal Tot’s bartenders and tropical drinks are fun, the cocktails taste only fine, and the bar snacks aren’t worth it. But you don’t go to a themed bar for five-star dining. You go because it’s entertaining and full of photo-ops, and The Royal Tot is just that. Cocktails are served in conch shell glasses garnished with banana-dolphins, and are sometimes set on fire.

#9 - Nothing says “my man cries during sex” quite like an arcade date. (Actually, Chelsea said it, too.) If you’ve been to one of these bar-restaurant-bowling alley combos in any city, you’ve been to them all. Jimmy and Chelsea meet two of his gal friends at this one in LoSo, because someone was clearly worried that they’d need a round of skeeball to get things going. But the three women have no problem bonding as they tease Jimmy, who sits red-faced below a mural that reads, “Shoot your shot.”