309 Bistro and Waterman's are really good here in Edenton. I like walking over to Emilio's for lunch. Its a sandwich shop but he does great sandwiches

Waffee Station in Micro is so damn good. Crickets in Smithfield...you'd think you would get some sort of disease or food poisoning but it is great, especially for the price.

Sitti for Mediterranean
Sushi 9
La Santa (a little pricey for mexican food)
Moes on Glenwood and Cloos for burgers

Now this is a great thread where hopefully politics have no play.

Charlotte area

Wing King Cafe
521 BBQ
Tacos for Life
Cajun Yard Dog
Hathaway's Chicken (Monroe)

Hilton Head / Isle of Palms

Java Burrito (HHI)
Acme Lowcountry (IoP)
Jack's Cosmic Dogs (MtP)
Page's Okra Grill (MtP)

Packchem91 said:

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Now this is a great thread where hopefully politics have no play.

Charlotte area

Wing King Cafe
521 BBQ
Tacos for Life
Cajun Yard Dog
Hathaway's Chicken (Monroe)

Hilton Head / Isle of Palms

Java Burrito (HHI)
Acme Lowcountry (IoP)
Jack's Cosmic Dogs (MtP)
Page's Okra Grill (MtP)

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Clearly your liberal bias is showing because you haven't been to these places in Mt Pleasant/IOP/Sullivans area:

Locals Sushi
Crave Kitchen and Cocktails
Basil
Mex 1 Coastal Cantina (Sullivans Island)
Dunleavy's Pub (SI) (where I've seen Les Robinson on multiple occasions )

Then you go and leave out the Wreck of Richard & Charlene

How do you not got to Charlotte and immediately not drive to Thai Taste?

No Skull Creek Boathouse for HHI?

You need to take a long look at how you're living your life man.

hokiewolf said:

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Packchem91 said:

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Now this is a great thread where hopefully politics have no play.

Charlotte area

Wing King Cafe
521 BBQ
Tacos for Life
Cajun Yard Dog
Hathaway's Chicken (Monroe)

Hilton Head / Isle of Palms

Java Burrito (HHI)
Acme Lowcountry (IoP)
Jack's Cosmic Dogs (MtP)
Page's Okra Grill (MtP)

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Clearly your liberal bias is showing because you haven't been to these places in Mt Pleasant/IOP/Sullivans area:

Locals Sushi
Crave Kitchen and Cocktails
Basil
Mex 1 Coastal Cantina (Sullivans Island)
Dunleavy's Pub (SI) (where I've seen Les Robinson on multiple occasions )

Then you go and leave out the Wreck of Richard & Charlene

How do you not got to Charlotte and immediately not drive to Thai Taste?

No Skull Creek Boathouse for HHI?

You need to take a long look at how you're living your life man.

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LOL. I blame the media.

I'm more embarrassed that for Charlotte, I left out the original OGs:
South21 (I prefer the one in Matthews)
Price's Chicken Coop.
That place has served us for probably 50 birthday parties with the family down thru the years.

Oh, and I agree with you on the Skull Creek Boathouse. We are usually down there with a big group, so rarely try to go to such a crowded place, but hard to beat the food and view!

Keaton's BBQ in Cool Springs. Don't let the name fool you. Disregard the "bbq" because their chicken is the star of the show. It may be the best chicken that I've ever eaten (sorry, Grandma, RIP). It's 100 miles out of the way worth the drive good.

And, don't let the look of the place fool you. If there ever was a place worthy of being on "Diners, Drive In's and Dives", this place would be at or near the top just based on appearance.

Anyone ever eat at Abrams in Tarboro? I was working in the area about 10 years ago and ate there every day for lunch for about a week. Had an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet for pretty cheap. Excellent southern "home style" food for the price. Haven't been back since, and can't say how it is now.

Raleigh:
Bagels: Benchwarmers
Hot Dogs: Cloos
Salad Bar and Steak: The Peddler
Best Gas Station Food: Taqueria La Cabana
Sushi/Japanese: Waraji
Fine dining: 2nd Empire
Thai: Lemongrass
Breakfast: Pam's Farmhouse

Not much around where I grew up, but if you find yourself in Hyde County, Martelle's Feed House is awesome.

Best Mexican food in Raleigh is Taqueria El Toro. Hands down, not up for debate.

Goldsboro: Grady's BBQ
Topsail: Beach Shop & Grill
Wilmington: Tru Blue

Durham
Donuts- Early Bird
Mexican OG - Guanajuato
Mexican Tex Mex- El Corral on Hillandale Rd
Ramen- M Kokko
Korean - Vit Gol Tofu

Hillsboro
Wings- Wooden Nickel

Heavenly Buffaloes in Durham/CH/Greensboro are really good wings, too.

For the two places that we love are one La Piazza second is Stephenson's BBQ. In no order....some good eating.

Breakfast: scrambled
Burgers: hops or emma keys
Pizza: sticks and stones or Mario's
Sushi: sushi republic
Tacos: crafted
Tapas: Gia
Dessert: Maxie B's

Gastonia

Tony's Ice Cream Parlor
Livermush sandwich
Boloney sandwich (I know... bologna)
Great hot dogs.
All the way >>> chili slaw onions

Twin Tops (New Hope Rd)
Excellent seafood.

In Raleigh, Bida Manda - a Laotian restaurant and bar - has been one of our long time favorites for a nice dinner out, but it's gotten really popular over the last five years and you have to plan ahead.

Danny's BBQ in Cary has been our go to BBQ joint. Great ribs and potato salad.

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Gastonia

Tony's Ice Cream Parlor
Livermush sandwich
Boloney sandwich (I know... bologna)
Great hot dogs.
All the way >>> chili slaw onions

Twin Tops (New Hope Rd)
Excellent seafood.

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Leader in the clubhouse.

bigeric said:

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Gastonia

Tony's Ice Cream Parlor
Livermush sandwich
Boloney sandwich (I know... bologna)
Great hot dogs.
All the way >>> chili slaw onions

Twin Tops (New Hope Rd)
Excellent seafood.

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Thank you for not including that utterly disgusting place called RO's. If Gastonia ever needed an enema, the tip of the bottle should be inserted there.

Austin, TX

Terry Black's BBQ
Rudy's BBQ
Torchy's Tacos
Phil's Burgers
Amy's Ice Cream
Matt's El Rancho (TexMex)
Pinthouse Pizza

Bell Tower Grey said:

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bigeric said:

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Gastonia

Tony's Ice Cream Parlor
Livermush sandwich
Boloney sandwich (I know... bologna)
Great hot dogs.
All the way >>> chili slaw onions

Twin Tops (New Hope Rd)
Excellent seafood.

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Thank you for not including that utterly disgusting place called RO's. If Gastonia ever needed an enema, the tip of the bottle should be inserted there.

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Never tried RO's. Being from Belmont, in the '60s, you would have to pass Tony's to get there, so why would you?

Here's another one for y'all:

Ken's Grill on 70 near LaGrange on the way to the beach. Get a double cheeseburger and onion rings

Can vouch for the onion rings

For the best in country cooking in the Triangle area, Angie's Restaurant in Garner is the best !
We get food for my Father from there 2-3 times a week.

Here is the Friday special ....flounder, shrimp, and oysters, with collards, pinto beans, baked potato, and special strawberry cake. Very generous servings and delicious !!

Just hit up the reopened PR for lunch today.. Nice to have that old friend back open.
Love me some Sam Jones BBQ and Torchy's too

great people, too. The owner, Angie, is in there working everyday.

burnbarn said:

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Just hit up the reopened PR for lunch today.. Nice to have that old friend back open.
Love me some Sam Jones BBQ and Torchy's too

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How was PR? What did you get? I went there weekly before Covid.

wolfman18 said:

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great people, too. The owner, Angie, is in there working everyday.

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Yes sir. Angie is so nice and personable, and all she knows is hard work. She loves her customers for sure and we all love her and the great folks that work there, too.

Glad this thread came back around, though after only having a protein shake for lunch, seeing Tootie's picture is making me slobber.

Also....almost every Charlottean has heard this, but the last month has been painful for the ol'time favorites. Both Prices' Chicken Coop and Zack's Hamburgers have closed. Small family run operations, myriad of reasons decided to move on. Whatever other reasons we want to assign to why both closed...one sure thing, family-run restaurants is difficult business!

Packchem91 said:

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Glad this thread came back around, though after only having a protein shake for lunch, seeing Tootie's picture is making me slobber.

Also....almost every Charlottean has heard this, but the last month has been painful for the ol'time favorites. Both Prices' Chicken Coop and Zack's Hamburgers have closed. Small family run operations, myriad of reasons decided to move on. Whatever other reasons we want to assign to why both closed...one sure thing, family-run restaurants is difficult business!

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Yeah sucks to see Prices' go. I heard they owned the land that the restaurant was on. Rumor is they're going to sell it. If they do, they'll make a nice chunk of change

wolfman18 said:

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Packchem91 said:

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Glad this thread came back around, though after only having a protein shake for lunch, seeing Tootie's picture is making me slobber.

Also....almost every Charlottean has heard this, but the last month has been painful for the ol'time favorites. Both Prices' Chicken Coop and Zack's Hamburgers have closed. Small family run operations, myriad of reasons decided to move on. Whatever other reasons we want to assign to why both closed...one sure thing, family-run restaurants is difficult business!

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Yeah sucks to see Prices' go. I heard they owned the land that the restaurant was on. Rumor is they're going to sell it. If they do, they'll make a nice chunk of change

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Yes, the owner essentially blamed Covid-issues, which is fine, and perhaps contributed, or at least made operations difficult. But yes, heard he stood to also sell and make $$ -- and more power to him.

For Zack's, I read that the owner basically said he was tired. Always there, never a break. Hard to blame someone for that. And two, thats likely a pretty $$ property as well nowadays.