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ECU Health brings Penny pinchers tour to Food Lion
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Food Lion grocery store located at 2460 Stantonsburg Rd.hosted the monthly Penny Pinchers Tour which is a program that’s designed to help people shop for healthy food on a budget. “It was birthed in the early 2000’s by the Interfaith Shuttle out of Raleigh asking us to help people who were […]
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This Unassuming North Carolina Diner Serves Country Ham Biscuits Worth The Drive
Some of the most memorable meals in North Carolina happen at places you might almost drive past without a second glance. A low-key building beside a grocery store, a gravel lot, a hand-lettered sign, and then, once you step inside, something genuinely worth talking about. The state has a long...
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Hidden In New Bern, North Carolina, Baker’s Kitchen Serves Buttermilk Biscuits And Cobbler Regulars Show Up Early For
Some of the best meals hide in plain sight, tucked into an old brick building on a quiet downtown street in North Carolina. Imagine walking in early, catching the smell of biscuits fresh from the oven, and realizing you stumbled onto a place folks have loved for years. The kind...
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Chick-fil-A expands in Greenville with new fall opening
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Chick-fil-A University Blvd. is to open at its new location this fall and is currently hiring 60 Team Members. This location is hiring 60 full- time and part-time Team Members. Interested applicants can text 15OC to 31063. Ben Dixon, Local Owner-Operator, is excited to continue serving the Greenville community by offering […]
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This North Carolina Restaurant Looks Almost Abandoned From The Outside But Is Always Busy Inside
Blink at the wrong moment on US-258 and lunch is gone. A little red building south of Kinston looks more like a retired gas station than the kind of place capable of creating a serious noon rush. The old pumps out front do absolutely nothing to correct that assumption. Then...
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Locals Cannot Get Enough Of This North Carolina Fish Fry That Makes Friday Special
Fridays usually mean unwinding after a long work week, and this North Carolina fish fry makes that possible in the best way. Fish here gets fried fresh throughout the evening, never sitting under heat lamps waiting for orders. Regulars plan their entire week around this one meal, treating it as...
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The Little-Known North Carolina Drugstore Where Pepsi Was Born In 1898
A small storefront in New Bern, North Carolina, helped create one of the most famous soft drinks in the world. The Birthplace of Pepsi Cola sits at 256 Middle Street, where pharmacist Caleb Bradham first served his drink in 1898. Today, visitors can step inside, sip a fountain Pepsi, browse...
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The Best Burger In All Of North Carolina Can Be Found At This Unassuming Hole-In-The-Wall
There are moments in life that divide everything into “before” and “after,” and eating a burger at Barley & Burger in Rocky Mount, North Carolina is one of them. If you haven’t been yet, that’s about to change. Let’s get one thing straight right...
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This Tiny North Carolina Mennonite Bakery Starts Baking At 4 A.M. And Serves French Toast With Homemade Butter Syrup
I am not naturally cheerful at 4 a.m. Bread apparently is. Long before I would normally consider becoming a functioning person, one tiny North Carolina bakery already has its ovens going. That feels mildly insulting to my work ethic. Still, I would set an alarm for this. By opening time,...
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New mobile market to open at Baskerville Elementary Monday
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCT) — Ripe for Revival is celebrating the launch of a new pay-what-you-can Mobile Market with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Baskerville Elementary School located at 1100 Stokes St. in Rocky Mount. This non-profit organization helps bring fresh and locally sourced produce, meat and dairy foods...
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Perk up at Chocowinity coffee shop and cafe
When Perfect Perks Coffee and Café opened in February owner Micki Kinnion wanted to fill a void. Unlike Washington, Chocowinity didn’t have a combination coffee shop and café that could also be just a gathering place for locals. “Just a place to sit down, drink a cup...
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This North Carolina Grill Serves Hot Dogs So Good The Woman Making Them Has Her Own Nickname
The nickname belongs to the woman at the window, and that already tells you this place has more personality than most drive-thrus could ever manufacture. Orders fly out fast from a tiny walk-up stand in North Carolina, where the hot dogs arrive red, deep-fried, and unapologetically old-school. Nothing about the...
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Gardner’s Barbecue closes Westridge location
The Gardner’s Barbecue location in the Westridge Village shopping center has gone out of business. Word of the restaurant closing the doors to its Sunset Avenue location, which opened in 1984, began circulating Wednesday via social media. Signage on the door of the restaurant building and the drive-up menu said, “Making room for progress. New business coming soon!” The signage also advised customers to go to the other Gardner’s locations in Rocky Mount. The Gardner’s flagship location is in the 1300 block of North Wesleyan Boulevard in the northwestern part of the city. Gardner’s also has a location in the 800 block of North Fairview Road in the eastern part of the city. Gardner’s on Wednesday morning also posted a message on social media saying that, “After careful consideration, we have made the decision not to renew the lease for our Sunset Avenue location.” Gardner’s said that the building requires extensive repairs and that the decision has been made to demolish the structure. “We are excited to share that a new restaurant is expected to be coming to the site very soon, and we wish them great success,” Gardner’s said. Gardner’s did not say the name of that future restaurant.
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Chris Young Opens Famous Friends Sports Bar in Nashville
Chris Young has opened Famous Friends, a sports bar at 1516A Demonbreun St. in Nashville's Midtown neighborhood, with the venue debuting on June 24. The bar takes its name from Young's multi-week No. 1 hit "Famous Friends," a 2020 collaboration with Kane Brown that also serves as the title track of Young's 2021 album, Famous Friends.
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Food service business expands to include a café in city
A woman who long taught in the public schools in the Twin Counties and who went into the food service business is currently enjoying additional success with a new café in a building off Benvenue Road in the northwestern part of the city. Melissa Gay, who has been creating grazing tables of meats, cheeses and appetizers in catering events as owner of The Well Fed Cheetah, also has a business inside the same location as the Remedy This Naturally! health foods store. At the café, which also is named The Well Fed Cheetah, Gay offers boxed lunches and her offerings include sandwiches, candied jalapeno pimento cheese, chicken bacon ranch dips, pasta salads and desserts. “And people come in on their lunch break — and they grab and go because it’s super quick, or they just sit down and enjoy their meal with a couple of friends,” Gay said. The café, which is along the part of Benvenue between Independence Drive and North Wesleyan Boulevard, was the scene of a soft opening earlier last month. When asked how business is going at the café, Gay said that, “It’s been good, way better than I could have ever imagined.” Gay has deep
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This North Carolina Restaurant Draws A Crowd Before Service Even Starts
The early bird gets the barbecue, and Greenville takes that very seriously. This North Carolina spot has been running on that rhythm since the late 1970s. Whole-hog pork, chicken, ribs, vinegar-and-pepper sauce, and classic sides keep the menu focused and the regulars coming back. There are no reservations and no...