Roper
Roper, NC · Food & Drink
takingthekids.com
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...
takemetotn.com
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...
familydestinationsguide.com
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,...
WNCT
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...
thewashingtondailynews.com
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...
Rocky Mount Telegram
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.
wkml.com
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.
Rocky Mount Telegram
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
travelmag.com
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...
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Sharing Virginia Wood’s recipe for shortbread hearts
I recently served a cookie at an event honoring Beth Taylor’s service to Edenton. I overheard many of the guests ask who made this cookie that brought back so many memories. This was the signature cookie of another Edenton Angel, Virginia Wood. I met Virginia Wood before I had moved into the Speight house years ago. She was volunteering at the Barker House after church on a Sunday afternoon. We must have talked over an hour about her beloved town. She became one of my first friends here and I have so many fond memories of time spent with her. Virginia always arrived at any occasion in Edenton with a plateful of her heart-shaped shortbread cookie. They were soooo good. I asked many times for the recipe, but she never shared it, but I did get the recipe from her friends and family after she passed away. This week I have included Virginia Wood’s recipe for Shortbread Cookies. After I served them several people have asked me to share the recipe. Years ago I shared a similar recipe in my food column that I had created, but this is her original. She usually made these in a heart shape, but
fastfoodclub.com
People Drive From All Over North Carolina For The Slow-Smoked Barbecue At This Beloved Roadside Joint
Some places earn their loyal following one wood-smoked meal at a time, and this little spot in eastern North Carolina has been doing exactly that since 1947. Folks pile into their cars from Raleigh and beyond, willing to add extra miles to a road trip just for a tray of chopped pork topped with crackling and a slab of cornbread.