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The Secret North Carolina Steakhouse That Locals Don’t Want Outsiders Finding

Nobody hands you a menu here. Instead, a whole prime ribeye shows up at your table, and you decide exactly how much of it becomes your dinner. The steak gets cut to weight right in front of you. Then it heads to the grill, where you can watch it cook.

North Carolina · 6d
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Bring a Cooler to This North Carolina Butcher Shop Where Fresh Cuts Still Sell at Honest Prices

I almost drove right past it, a small storefront off a quiet road in North Carolina with a parking lot that was strangely full. Curiosity won, and I walked in hungry and walked out with an armload of fresh meat that cost far less than I expected. Grocery bills keep...

Thomasville, NC · 3d
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What Keeps Salisbury Coming Back To Hendrix Barbecue Is The Chopped Pork Tray

Some Salisbury restaurants come and go, but a few become part of the weekly routine. One spot on the west side of town stays packed enough that people drive by, notice the full lot, and decide they have to try it. The draw is simple: classic North Carolina barbecue, red...

Salisbury, NC · 23h
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Star News

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Wilmington eatery named the best 'traditional restaurant' in NC

For America's 250th anniversary, Reader's Digest set about compiling a list of the best traditional restaurants in each state. It's not about trendy experiences, they said, but more about those eateries that are all about community and serve dishes that reflect the locale. The list includes mom-and-pop eateries and those that serve comfort foods like meatloaf and mashed potatoes. For North Carolina's representative on the list, the family magazine selected Seabird restaurant at 1 S. Front St. in downtown Wilmington. More: 30 of the best restaurants and bars in the Wilmington area The magazine noted that the restaurant celebrates "the Atlantic’s bounty of fresh seafood." And chef/co-owner Dean Neff has also earned accolades for his hyperlocal approach as a James Beard Foundation "Outstanding Chef" Finalist. In fact, he recently hosted the second annual Out to Sea NC Fest with the purpose of educating and sharing the stories of local fishermen. Reader's Digest said they picked the selections for "The Best Traditional Restaurant in Every State" by looking for iconic establishments that locals love that are also well reviewed. Allison Ballard is the food and dining reporter at the StarNews. You can reach her at aballard@usatodayco.com . This article originally appeared

Wilmington, NC · 1d

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8 Precautions North Carolinians Should Take When Shopping at Publix

You stopped into Publix for milk and end up swinging back to the entrance to grab a cart. It happens to the best of us. Good habits can keep that trip from costing more than you planned. These are the precautions North Carolinians should take when shopping at Publix. 1....

North Carolina · 1d

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Every Fried Chicken Lover In North Carolina Should Know These 8 Small-Town Spots

Some of the best fried chicken in North Carolina is not found in Charlotte or Raleigh. It comes out of small-town kitchens, roadside drive-ins, and counter-serve spots where the menu has barely changed in decades. This list covers eight of them, stretching from the Blue Ridge foothills to the Pamlico...

North Carolina · 19h

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This No-Frills North Carolina Seafood Shack Still Piles A Full Platter On Your Plate For Under $18

Some of the best meals in North Carolina come from places with paper menus, padded chairs, and a parking lot that fills up fast on a Friday night. In a small Forsyth County town just east of Winston-Salem, one such spot has built a loyal crowd by doing something that feels almost rare these days: serving big seafood platters at prices that do not sting.

Forsyth County, NC · 3d

Raleigh News & Observer

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Live roaches, no food thermometer: 2 Triangle restaurants get B grades

The News & Observer publishes a weekly roundup of restaurant sanitation scores to keep you up-to-date on the health grades at Triangle dining spots. Sanitation scores and their corresponding letter grades are used in North Carolina to assess restaurants’ adherence to rules and standards intended to mitigate and prevent the spread of food-borne illnesses. You’ve likely seen sanitation grade cards at restaurants you’ve visited, and The N&O previously explained what those scores mean and how they’re calculated . Here are sanitation scores in Triangle counties from Nov. 3-9. Wake County sanitation scores The Wake County inspection management system shows 73 restaurant inspections were completed Nov. 3-9. Two restaurants received a B grade (a score of at least 80 but lower than 90): Dum N Grill (1000 Market Center Drive, Morrisville) received a score of 87 on Thursday, Nov. 5. The restaurant was in violation of 17 standards. Violations include gnats at a sink, no sanitizing solution test strips or food thermometer available, employees not washing hands while switching tasks and an employee tasting cooked rice with gloved hands and then putting the excess rice back into the pot of cooked rice, among other violations. The restaurant previously has not previously

Wake County, NC · 4d

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Locals Happily Drive Hours To Reach This Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurant Hidden In North Carolina

There are places you find, and then there are places that find you, and Johnson’s Drive-In in Siler City, North Carolina has a way of doing the latter once someone mentions it in conversation. After that first mention, you can’t stop thinking about it until you finally make the...

Siler City, NC · 7d

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Archdale Pitmaster Brings King's BBQ and Burgers to Burlington This Month

King’s BBQ and Burgers is aiming to open its first expansion at 238 W. Front St. in Burlington in mid-November, moving into a building that formerly housed a sandwich shop. The new location follows the success of owner Ben King’s original restaurant in Archdale, which opened in June 2025 and has become the launching pad for his push into Alamance County.

Burlington, NC · 9d

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The Steak People Drive Hours For Comes From This Remote North Carolina Restaurant

The ribeye here gets aged for at least 28 days, then chargrilled over an open wood fire. The restaurant’s prime rib is aged before being slowly roasted and served. That kind of patience is rare, and I think it shows. The building is a rustic log cabin with oil...

Sherrills Ford, NC · 4d

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Scooter's Coffee Set To Brew Up Lexington's First Location By Year's End

A specialty coffee chain with more than 900 locations nationwide is bringing its first Lexington shop to the area near Harbor Freight Tools, with plans to open the drive-thru by the end of 2026. The project calls for demolishing an existing bank building to make way for a 664-square-foot, single-story coffee shop, according to permit records filed with the city.

Lexington, NC · 14h

New York State News

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Beloved Hudson Valley Pizza Business Moves To The Carolinas

A popular pizza business confirmed the business is leaving the Hudson Valley.

North Carolina · 9d

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Taste the Time-Honored Tradition of North Carolina Country Hams

Discover North Carolina country ham packers like Phillips Brothers and Sugar Grove Ham Co., putting country ham in hands and on menus. Today, country ham is often seen only as a holiday centerpiece or maybe as a filling for a breakfast biscuit, but the preserved protein once played an important role in the Southern diet – and some local businesses are making sure it’s not forgotten. Thanks to country ham packers like Phillips Brothers and Sugar Grove Ham Co. of Mays Meats, the salty, savory meat remains a part of Southern culture and menus.

North Carolina · 1d

The Coconut Mama

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Bubbakoo’s Burritos opening 2 new locations in North Carolina

While some restaurant chains have been scaling back in North Carolina, Bubbakoo’s Burritos is heading in the opposite direction. The Mexican-fusion chain has signed a development agreement for two new…

High Point, NC · 15h

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In Greensboro, North Carolina, Locals Say The Best Fried Chicken In Town Comes Double-Fried And Piping Hot

Some fried chicken shows up hot enough that people wait a few minutes before the first bite, and in Greensboro that pause has become a local habit. Regulars on the north side of the city talk about a small counter-service spot where the chicken can come single-breaded, lightly fried, or double-fried.

Greensboro, NC · 2d

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These 6 North Carolina Thanksgiving Buffets Could Become Your New Holiday Tradition

Oysters, scallops, and prime rib can share a Thanksgiving buffet line with the turkey in North Carolina. That’s not a fever dream. It’s a real holiday spread on the coast, and I love the nerve of it. Up in the mountains, another buffet sits inside a log cabin...

North Carolina · 1d

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12 North Carolina Restaurants That Know How To Make Biscuits And Gravy Right

One Asheville spot serves cathead biscuits, a name that comes from biscuits roughly as big as a cat’s head. That alone made me sit up a little straighter. Then I learned the same place lets you pick a gravy the way other cafes let you pick a muffin. Another kitchen in Charlotte never closes, so sausage gravy is on the table at 3 AM if you want it.

North Carolina · 3d

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You’ll Want To Drive Across North Carolina For The Fried Chicken At This Unassuming Restaurant

Somewhere in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, there’s a brick building with a skateboarding skeleton on the window, and inside that building is fried chicken that will genuinely change your expectations. That place is Slappy’s Chicken, and it has been quietly earning one of the most devoted followings in the entire...

Winston-Salem, NC · 3d

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10 North Carolina Puerto Rican Spots Where Regulars Show Up Every Single Week

Puerto Rican food has found a real home in North Carolina, from Durham and Raleigh down to Fayetteville and the coast near Jacksonville. These are the kitchens where people come back week after week for pernil, mofongo, tostones, and empanadas that taste like a family recipe. Some are sit-down restaurants,...

North Carolina · 12h