Our Team

Dr. Allen Dobson

Dr. Dobson is a long-time resident and physician in Mount Pleasant. He serves as President of the restaurant in addition to leading many of the downtown historic restoration projects along with other local investors. Dr. Dobson is an experienced physician and business executive having served as President of Cabarrus Family Medicine, founding Residency Director of Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency Program, Assistant Secretary of Health for NC DHHS and of NCSU, Wake Forest University (Bowman Gray) School of Medicine and ECU Family Medicine Residency. He is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at UNC. Dr. Dobson has a longtime interest in the culinary arts as well as music and enjoys helping 73 & Main achieve excellence in all areas of hospitality. He is an Executive Bourbon Steward, a member of the Order of the Knights of the Vine and has enjoyed many classes at Johnson and Wales.

Chef Brandon Harris

Brandon Harris is from Charlotte and grew up in Greenville, SC. He has over 35 years experience in the restaurant business that started when he went to work for his Uncles restaurant, The Wing Ranch, in 1985. He started out as a bus boy/dishwasher. Later, he joined the Midtown Sundries team in 1991 and remained there for 16 years. He has also worked at the Village Bistro in Snowshoe WV, The Albemarle Sweet Shop, and The Speedway Club. He is an Avid Hiker at Morrow Mountain and the West Virginia mountains with his pups.

Emily Maiers

Emily Maiers is the General Manager at 73 & Main. She is from Gastonia, NC, but currently resides in Misenheimer, NC, while attending school full-time at Pfeiffer University for a major in Business Management and Leadership. Hospitality and serving have been a passion for her since she was 17 when she first started working in the restaurant industry. Outside of the restaurant and studying, Emily enjoys reading, thrifting, spending time with family, and playing golf for Pfeiffer's women's golf team.

emilymaiers@73andmain.com