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Woman wins $100K after buying lottery ticket in Forest City

A Forest City woman's decision to buy a scratch-off she liked led to her winning a $100,000 top prize.

Forest City, NC · 1d

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This Small-Town North Carolina Diner Serves Up the Homestyle Breakfast of Your Dreams

There’s a plain white building on the edge of Marion that doesn’t look like much from the road, and that’s exactly the point. Somewhere between the gravel lot full of pickup trucks and the front door sits a breakfast so good it’ll make you forget you ever trusted a chain restaurant with your eggs.

Marion, NC · 1d
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Nothing Beats The Scenic Drive To This Out-Of-The-Way Mountain Cafe In North Carolina

The best meals have a way of earning themselves, and the drive to Switzerland Cafe in Marion, North Carolina is the kind of approach that makes the food taste even better when you finally sit down. It’s a remote mountain cafe that serves smoked trout so good it should probably...

Marion, NC · 5d
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Most People Drive Right Past This North Carolina Restaurant Without Knowing It Hides The State’s Best BBQ

Somewhere along a road in Shelby, North Carolina, people are driving past one of the best barbecue restaurants in the entire state without even slowing down. That’s a tragedy, and this article exists to make sure it doesn’t happen to you. Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge has been cooking...

Shelby, NC · 9d
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3 Small-Town North Carolina Pie Shops Worth Pulling Over For

Fall in western North Carolina is marked by changing leaves, cooler mountain mornings, and a renewed appetite for homemade pie. Apple harvests are underway, and scenic drives through the Blue Ridge Mountains are especially beautiful this time of year. Some of the best pie shops in North Carolina are tucked into smaller communities, away from […]

North Carolina · 2d

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12 North Carolina Animal Shelters And Sanctuaries Where Your Volunteer Hours Actually Matter

A free Saturday can turn into a tiger tour, a goat cuddle, or a dog walk that helps a shelter pup get noticed. North Carolina is full of rescues and sanctuaries that run on everyday people who show up and pitch in. From the Piedmont to the mountains to the...

North Carolina · 3d

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You Can Cross Three County Lines Without Ever Leaving This North Carolina Restaurant

There’s a restaurant in Newland, North Carolina, where the county line runs right through the dining room, and nobody seems the least bit bothered by it. Famous Louise’s Rock House Restaurant sits at the meeting point of Avery, Mitchell, and McDowell counties, which means your soup might be in one county while your sandwich is technically in another.

North Carolina · 4d

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Locals Can’t Get Enough Of This Mountain Restaurant Hiding In North Carolina

There are places you stumble upon by accident, and then there are places that feel like the mountains themselves have been keeping a delicious secret from you. Louise’s Kitchen in Black Mountain, North Carolina is firmly in the second category, and once you find it, you’ll wonder how it stayed hidden from you for this long.

Black Mountain, NC · 1d

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How A Tiny Shelby Grill Turned The Livermush Sandwich Into A Local Legend

Some foods need no introduction in their hometown, and livermush is one of them in Shelby, North Carolina. Outsiders tend to raise an eyebrow at the name, yet locals order it like it is the most normal thing in the world. One small downtown diner has been serving it for...

Shelby, NC · 11d

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The Unassuming BBQ Joint In North Carolina That’s So Delicious It Impressed A President

There’s a brick building in Arden, North Carolina where the smoke rolls out into the parking lot like it’s trying to recruit people off the highway. It worked on a sitting president, so imagine what it can do to someone who just got off a ten hour car ride.

Arden, NC · 11d

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North Carolina Weekend

Celebrate the flavors of fall across North Carolina. Enjoy modern Chinese cuisine at The Majestic in Asheville, Thai favorites at Nai Thai 2 in Goldsboro and seasonal Italian cooking at Pizzeria Mercato in Carrboro.

North Carolina · 3d

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Ask Around North Carolina’s Foothills About Ribs And Folks Send You To This Smokehouse Open Just Three Days A Week

Mention ribs to almost anyone in the North Carolina foothills, and the same answer tends to come back fast. The odd part is that the place they point to keeps its doors shut four days out of every week. Folks plan whole weekends around Thursday, Friday, and Saturday just to...

Rutherford College, NC · 6d

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South of Asheville, a forest garden glows with a million lights each winter

Ten miles south of downtown Asheville, just off Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 393, the North Carolina Arboretum sits inside the Pisgah National Forest. The place covers 434 acres, with 65 of those acres planted and tended into gardens. The mountains surrounding it belong to one of the most plant-rich regions in North America.

Asheville, NC · 2d

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Free Appalachian Folk Concert Comes to Flat Rock November 9th

Blue Ridge Community College’s Appalachian Folk Instrument class will give a free concert in Flat Rock at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 9th. The performance in Wyatt Auditorium will bring 20 musicians to the college’s Henderson County campus for the class’s first appearance there. The concert will take...

Flat Rock, NC · 3d

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Lincoln concert series to feature bluegrass band with deep local roots

LINCOLNTON – The Cockman Family from Sherrills Ford will perform a concert Sunday, Nov. 8, as part of the Lincoln County Concert Association series. This popular band has developed a distinct bluegrass gospel style that has gained audiences throughout the Southeast. Their arrangements of old gospel songs have been very popular. Their tight harmonies and original songs have been applauded for their unique sounds.

Lincolnton, NC · 3d

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Beloved BBQ joint, once a downtown Greenville staple, reopens in a new location

It took two and a half years, but a once popular downtown Greenville barbecue restaurant is reopening on Greenville County’s Eastside Friday, Nov. 6. “OH, HAPPY FREAKING DAY!!!” the owner of Smoke on the Water shouted on Facebook. “GREENVILLE, THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER!” They even counted the days since they closed the restaurant in Greenville’s West End close to Falls Park and the Reedy River, where they had operated for 20 years. 957 days. “Countless delays. A whole lot of hard work. And more patience from y’all than we could have ever asked for,” the post announcing the opening said. The new location is 64 Beacon Drive, next door to California Dreaming, in an area rife with restaurants along Interstate 85. The restaurant was started by Frances “Chicken” Lea, her husband Hurdle Lea and Mike Shuler. The Leas were well-known Greenville entrepreneurs. Chicken was a founding member of the James Beard Foundation and board member for the South Carolina Governor’s School, the Metropolitan Arts Council, and the Greenville Art Museum. Hurdle was a textile executive with Fieldcrest Mills, Dunavant Enterprises and Cannon Mills, and founder of the Eastern Trading Company. He served as president of the American Cotton Shippers,

Greenville, SC · 2d

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This South Carolina Amish Market Has Prices So Low, People Drive Hours To Shop There

There’s a store in Seneca, South Carolina that has quietly convinced people from three different states to rearrange their entire weekend around a grocery run. Hochstetler’s Country Store is the kind of place that makes you question every shopping decision you’ve ever made, and it does it with a smile and a shelf full of fresh-baked bread.

Seneca, SC · 3d

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Rotten meat, fruit flies lead to 3 ‘C' grades at Greenville Co. restaurants

Fruit flies, food debris and spoiled meat were among the violations inspectors cited in giving four Greenville County restaurants failing grades in October. In all, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture made 387 routine and follow-up inspections for the month. A total of 358 received A scores and 24 B. C is the worst grade the Agriculture Department gives. If a restaurant scores below 70 it has to close until it is reinspected. La Cuchara on Haywood Road in Greenville was inspected on Oct. 27 and given a 72, a C. There was no employee on shift with a food handler’s certification, the report said. The inspector saw multiple employees fail to wash hands when changing gloves when changing tasks from handling dirty dishes to food prep. There were bags of frozen fruit pulps and utensils in the handsink at the server area. An open case of crab in the freezer had ice build-up directly on the product. Eggs and raw beef were stored above produce in the cooler. Various foods were at improper temperature including fried chicken wings, cooked rice, marinara, sweetened condensed milk, and fish. There was no consumer advisory disclaimer on the menu about ceviche, oysters, steak

Greenville County, SC · 3d