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Aurora, NC · Food & Drink
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This Tiny North Carolina Mennonite Bakery Starts Baking At 4 A.M. And Serves Unforgettable French Toast
Yoder’s Dutch Pantry in Grifton, North Carolina, is the kind of place people talk about long after breakfast is over. It is a small bakery, cafe, market, and farm store where fresh bread, warm service, and big plates bring travelers off the road. Many guests come early because the...
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This North Carolina BBQ Restaurant Is So Popular It Can Sell Out By Early Afternoon
Barbecue takes its time, but your lunch window does not. This North Carolina smokehouse cooks fresh for the day, then serves until the food is gone. On some days, that can happen surprisingly early, which makes arrival time part of the meal whether you planned for it or not. Doors...
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Greenville Shops Honor Dolly Parton With Special Drinks
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Local businesses in Greenville honoring Dolly Parton will offer special drinks. Backstage Coffee & Vintage has a special drink in honor of Dolly Parton. The coffee shop is located at 304 S Greene St in Greenville, NC. For more information, visit backstagecoffeegvl.com. Awaken Coffee has the Butterfly and Rhinestones latte. The […]
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Chick-fil-A hiring as it moves from Evans Street to Greenville Boulevard
Greenville’s freestanding Chick-fil-A is recruiting new employees as it prepares to move from its longtime home on Evans Street to the former site of Hooters on Greenville Boulevard. The business at University Commons Shopping Center is relocating to 320 S.W. Greenville Blvd., according to the franchiser, which put out a call for new employees this week. Once moved and reopened, the business will be called Chick-fil-A University Blvd., according to a company spokeswoman. Details about the relocation, including when the University Commons location will close, will be released in the coming weeks, the company said. The new building will be 4,864 square feet of heated and unheated space, according to the City of Greenville’s online building permit records. The site will have two drive-through lanes with canopies and an outdoor dining space. The construction cost is an estimated $8.5 million, according to city records. Chick-fil-A said earlier this week that the company wants to hire 60 full-time and part-time employees for the new location. “Our team members have made our restaurant what it is today, and I’m excited for us to take this next step together,” said Ben Dixon, the restaurant’s owner-operator. “As we welcome new people to the team,
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JOB ALERT: New Chick-fil-A to open on Greenville Blvd
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A new Chick-fil-A is set to open in Greenville this fall, and they are hiring team members. The company is relocating its university commons location and is looking for 60 full and part time new employees. “Our Team Members have made our restaurant what it is today, and I’m excited for […]
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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...