Burtons Grill & Bar, a popular East Coast restaurant chain, plans to open a third Charlotte-area location on April 22, near Huntersville’s Birkdale Village mixed-use community and Lake Norman.

The big picture: The nine-block shopping district got its own Art Deco-style sign on Monday, which now hangs about 25 feet in the air over Cary Street by Burtons Grill & Bar. The start-to-finish ...