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Restaurants

Big Oak Drive In & BBQ

by Deborah Miller A long weekend on Emerald Isle was in the works and as visions of sun, sand, and seafood swam in my imagination, a light bulb moment pushed through the haze of vacation anticipation. NC Food was about to publish a guest post by John E. Batchelor, author of Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Products, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Big Oak Drive Inn, Deborah Miller, Salter Path NC, shrimp burger

Chefs of the Coast: Meet Chef Thierry Moity of Caprice Bistro in Wilmington

by John E. Batchelor Note:  We love seafood! So much that we practically licked our lips all afternoon when we received a copy of John E. Batchelor’s newest offering Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants & Recipes from the North Carolina Coast. John agreed to a special post for NC Food. We hope you enjoy it… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Recipes, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Caprice Bistro, Floating Islands, Thierry Moity, Tomato Tartlette, Wilmington NC

Red Rooster: Something to Crow About in Stokes County

by Malinda Fillingim Back in 1977, my senior year in high school, I worked at Hicks Pharmacy in  Walnut Cove, NC. I knew what ailed everyone and what medicines they took to help cure those ails. But, as an added bonus when they were short staffed, I also got to help out at the in-house… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Hicks Pharmacy, Malinda Fillingim, Red Rooster Grill, Stokes County NC, Walnut Cove NC

La Cacerola Home Style Honduran

by Deborah Miller If you weren’t paying attention, you’d almost miss La Cacerola Café and Restaurant, tucked as it is between the Latino Super Market and Guess Road Mini Mart. The three of us were celebrating a special date, and no ordinary lunch would do for this occasion. Though rescheduled from the actual anniversary date,… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Deborah Miller, Ethel Mariee Sorto, Honduran cuisine, Honduran food, La Cacerola, pupusas, Randolfo Sorto, Rosa Godoy

Enjoying Barbecue Prepared Like When You Were a Kid

By Ray Linville Have you ever passed a restaurant, wondered how good its food is, but didn’t stop because you were saving money by not eating out? That’s my story about North Carolina barbecue when I was growing up. I grew up in the Piedmont in a stable but modest neighborhood of Winston-Salem. In the… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Barbecue, BBQ, coleslaw, food, Lexington, Lexington style, Piedmont, Ray Linville, slaw, Wake Forest

Old Havana Sandwich Shop

by Evan Hatch The Old Havana Sandwich Shop faces Main Street in downtown  Durham, North Carolina. Business and life partners Elizabeth Turnbull and Roberto Copa Matos surely pinched themselves when they first saw the limestone edifice that became their restaurant.  Arched porticoes, vaulted windows and polished wood floors lend this space a warm and historic… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, New South, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cuban cuisine, Durham NC, Elizabeth Turnbull, Evan Hatch, Old Havana Sandwich Shop, Roberto Copa Matos, Salsa dancing, Saludos Compay

A Food Sisterhood Flourishes in North Carolina, and then some

Just in case you weren’t paying attention, North Carolina got some seriously good props this week from the New York Times. The North Carolina Food Sisterhood, to be exact, and it’s a nice change from all the athletic and political press we’ve grown used to. We’ve always been an agricultural state and women have long… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Products, Restaurants, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: A Food Sisterhood Flourishes in North Carolina, Andrea Reusing, April McGregor, Ashley Christensen, Eliza MacLean, Jennifer Curtis, Katie Button, Kim Severson, Marcie Cohen Ferris, Margaret Gifford, Phoebe Lawless, Vivian Howard

The Zack Attack

by Evan Hatch Many mistakes are made by those individuals not initiated to the Zack’s Hotdogs Experience.  Those individuals refer to a menu before they order.  They try to pay with a debit card.  They try to explain what they want to their waiter instead of using accepted jargon. They misunderstand the double line, first… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Burlington NC, Evan Hatch, Zack's Hot Dogs

Would You Order Livermush at a Classic Family Diner?

by Ray Linville Want to step back in time and explore early food traditions of our state? Then stop at a family-owned diner that has been in business for more than 50 years. When you do, expect to find items on the menu that link back to days long ago. The menu boards immediately caught… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Anson County, cafeteria, Charlotte, diner, festival, food, foodways, livermush, Livermush Expo, Livermush Festival, meat, menu, Piedmont, protein, Ray Linville, vegetable, Wadesboro

Van Loi II. Heaven.

by Evan Hatch My parents used to live in Graham, North Carolina. The burgs of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham were cultural destinations. Only 20 minutes down the road were concerts, exotic food, funky places to drop money, a better selection of cheeses. In July, 2014, my parents moved to Whitsett, North Carolina. Only 20… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Chinese BBQ, Evan Hatch, Greensboro NC, Pho, Van Loi II, Vietnamese Restaurant in NC

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