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Restaurants

Halgo

by Deborah Miller (with tasty comments from Joy Salyers) Joy surely wasn’t looking for a European Deli and Grocery while Googling (it’s a word now, right?) for something else.  It was one of those happy accidents. From the corner came “Deborah!  We’ve got to go here!” and I knew there was another adventure in our… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Products, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Deborah Miller, Durham NC, Halgo European Deli & Grocery, Pierogi

The Queen of Clean Goes Sanitary

by Malinda Dunlap Fillingim In my 1941 first edition of Jonathan Daniels’ book, Tar Heels: A Portrait of North Carolina, I read with delight his sentence in the ‘Frying Pan and Jug’ chapter, “North Carolinians don’t eat out unless they have to.” This was the case in my house while growing up. We never ate… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Recipes, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Jonathon Daniels "Tar Heel", Malinda Dunlap Fillingim, Morehead City NC, Sanitary Fish Market

Snak Shak

by Evan Hatch How much do we love collard sandwiches here in North Carolina?  So much so that we’ve featured several posts over the years from Jefferson Currie II and Ray Linville, each singing their juicy, fat-back laced praises.  In this case, more is more. ~Deborah Miller, Editor, NC FOOD At the intersection of NC… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Collard Sandwich, Evan Hatch, Fairmont NC, Leroy Freeman, Snak Shak

J&G Bar-B-Que

by Evan Hatch Just one more addition to our month-long celebration of North Carolina Barbecue!  We couldn’t resist Evan’s eulogy to his favorite barbecue memory. ~Deborah Miller, Editor, NCFood. This love letter is long late.  J & G Barbecue, formerly of Haw River, North Carolina has left this earth.  On December 22nd, 2012, after two… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Evan Hatch, Haw River NC, J&G's Bar-B-Que

THE Perfect Plate of Barbecue, Round II

by Deborah Miller Two weeks ago, Elijah Gaddis fired up a plate for debate in celebration of National BBQ Month! We asked you what would make up YOUR perfect plate of barbecue, including sides — and from where? To all of you who responded, thank you. Here’s what you all had to say: Joe S:… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Restaurants, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Allen & Son, Alston Bridges, B's BBQ, BarBQ King, BBQ Roundtable, Blackbeard's BBQ, Blue Note Grill, Bob's BBQ, Boss Hog's BBQ, Fuzzy's BBQ, Hillsborough BBQ Company, Kyle Fletcher's BBQ, Lexington BBQ, Parker's BBQ, Red Bridges BBQ, Short Sugar's BBQ, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert NC BBQ, The Depot, Woodlands BBQ

THE Perfect Plate of Barbecue

by Elijah Gaddis Somewhere high on my list of favorite conversations is the one about a favorite plate of barbecue. It’s kind of like picking a fantasy team, I imagine. You dream up some alternative world where somehow your favorite meat, fried corn product, slaw, and those all too rare sides could somehow coexist on… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Restaurants, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized Tagged With: Allen and Sons in Chapel Hill, Barbecue, Barbeque, Bill's BBQ, Blackbeard's in Conetoe, Deborah Miller, Elijah Gaddis, Gary's in Wayne County, Grady's BBQ, NC BBQ, Parker's BBQ, Skylight BBQ, Stamey's in Greensboro, Wilber's BBQ

Pounds of Love

by Malinda Dunlap Fillingam It wasn’t that I hadn’t ever eaten pound cake before, I had. Mama Dunlap made a wonderful pound cake, rich with a touch of lemon. She had it on top of the pie stand in case a visitor came by and was hungry for a bite to eat. No, what made… Read More →

Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Restaurants, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Malinda Dunlap Fillingim, Pollirosa Pound Cake, Tobaccoville NC

Downtown Bakery, Murphy, NC

by Ronda L. Birtha When Margie Freel Carpenter said that she is the kind of person who looks for a bakery as she travels about, I knew exactly what she meant and why she meant it. A good hometown bakery is to a neighborhood what your favorite room is to your home: the place where… Read More →

Filed Under: Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Downtown Bakery, Fat Tire Beer, Gooey Butter Cake, Kate Simmons, Margie Freel Carpenter, Murphy NC, Reuben Sandwich, Ronda Birtha

Food, Service, and Prices from Yesterday at the Chicken Coop

by Ray Linville A few places serving food in our state are caught in a time warp and remain unchanged since the days that they opened. Price’s Chicken Coop, established in 1962, in the South End of Charlotte is definitely one. Seeing the name of Chicken Coop, you know exactly what to order. The classic… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charlotte, chicken, fried chicken, Mecklenburg County, menu, Ray Linville

Boiled Peanuts, A Southern Tradition

by Elena Rosemond-Hoerr The dog days of summer, as the hot and humid late summer days are often called, inspire in me a deep seated desire to swampify myself. For as long as I can remember my family migrated to the coastal town of Morehead City in the late summer to camp out in the… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Products, Recipes, Restaurants, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized Tagged With: boiled peanuts, Brunswick County, Elena Rosemond-Hoerr, King's BBQ, Kinston, LaGrange, Morehead City, The Swamp House

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