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JohnVee

JohnVee

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Let's post up where we like to eat in various cities so that we can spread the love - restaurant style. Tell why if you have a specific reason. Lots of us travel the state and would like to see these recommendations, and they also clue some of us in to some local places we've missed.

Kernersville: Jpeppers http://www.jpeppers.com
They support local farms and producers, and their menu is great. Not highfalutin at all. I've only eaten brunch and lunch there but I'll be back.

Durham: Bull McCabe's http://bullmccabesirishpub.com
Get the Carpetbagger Burger if you need to stockpile some calories - fried oysters on an excellent cheeseburger. Everything I've tried (most of the menu) has been very good, but the daily dinner special is always something great. The chef will come talk to you if you order it and it's not absolutely slammed. Very good draft beer selection, too. I can't remember what the last great special I had there was but I was VERY skeptical until it arrived. I paid one of my employees to eat there the next day because the chef told me he'd make it for him if he asked. Scallops with giant crawfish (or small lobsters), shrimp, corn cobs, etc in a sweet potato bisque, if I recall. i think I have a picture...I'll look later and update.

Charlotte: Growlers Pourhouse http://www.growlerspourhouse.com
Sausages! A very small menu but very good. Great Reuben sandwich, according to my wife. Really good beer selection and an old school beer engine to serve it.

--john
 
For good cheap food and good beer you can't do wrong with.

Noda area -
Growlers pour house.... Only place in the city with a beer engine and cellar temperature beer. Great brats
Jack beagles - great selection, great beer, and great for breakfast also
Revolution ale house - great selection - good pizza
Cabo Fish taco - limited beer selection bit just about the only place in the state to get Baja style mexican


Uptown -
Dillengers - 50 beers 50 sandwiches

Holligans - good all around

Ri Ras - great food and beer

Valhalla - great food and beer

Belfast mill - same


By me

White Water Center - great beer, great food , bestsetting to eat and drink in


Rest of charlotte

Duckworths
Flying Saucer
Sir Eds


$$$$ places

Chima
Ruths Chris
Nikkos
Mortons


By category just being the absolute best

Sushi - Nikkos
Steak - Chima
Mexican - it all pretty much sucks here but i'd have to say Cantina
Indian - Majarhani (most likely spelled that wrong)
Dogs - Franks red hots
Brats - Growlers
Fish - Cabo or McCormick's
Sandwiches - Dillengers
British - Big Ben
Burgers - nothing really special here, been everywhere searching but I guess Bad Daddy's wins by default
Coldest beer in town - Twin Peaks
Persian - Kabob house
Best Brewery Restaurant - Heist
German - Waldhorn
Chinese - nothing stands out
Salads - Crisp
Vegan - Bean
 
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Best burgers in Charlotte are at Bad Daddy's. Two locations: East Blvd and Ballantyne. Full bar at both. Pretty good beer selection as well. Their burgers are ground locally so they can offer medium all the way to well done. Most places don't ask how you want your burger because they use pre-ground frozen meat and by law all they can do with that is cook it well done. There you have it...a recommendation and a lesson on the legal aspects of ground beef. Thank me later...
 
Baba Ghannouj in Cary - best Middle Eastern food in NC! No alcohol.

Sosta Cafe, downtown Raleigh - breakfast and lunch. He uses the best ingredients (his prosciutto di parma is awesome) to make simple, flavorful southern European food.

Calavera - downtown Raleigh. Empanadas and tequila!!!!!

Guasaca - Raleigh, Lake Boone Trail. Super-yummy arepas, and Bottle Revolution is next door. Grab a pint from BR and sit outside.

Caribbean Cafe, north Raleigh. Authentic and very good Dominican and Puerto Rican food.
 
Raleigh

Italian - Picolla Italia

Down town - Humble Pie

Best place in NC - Snoopy's

Mid town - Vivacce

Pizza - Bada Bing

Burger - Char Grill

LAGRANGE

Ken's Grill

BEAUFORT

Beaufort Grocery Company

HARKERS ISLAND

Fish Hook Grill

THat is what i have so far. . .
 
Beaufort - front street - pecan encrusted flounder

Raleigh - picolla Italia - best pizza

Raleigh - players retreat - best burger

Wb - Vito's pizza

Wb - tower 7 for tacos
 
Hate to say it boys still water on front street in Beaufort is nota as good as it use to be. Food has gone down hill. The rhum bar is still the best around.

Meatball
 
yea, front street has gone down hill, it used to be my # 1. Spouters is pretty good too though.
 
Beaufort grocery is good, circa 81 in Mhc. Ruddy duck is not bad for burgers wings and some occasional fresh catch.
chefs 105 was bought and it's marginal use to be the best

Meatball
 
This one is just for Terry if he gets to Oahu - the Shack- Kailua, Hi (windward side)
Best burgers Ive ever had..ever.
 
Wilmington:
PT's for chicken sandwiches and burgers and beer
K38 for Baja Mexican (owners also own Tower 7)

WB
Fish House for great local seafood and beer
Causeway Cafe for breakfast

CB
Britt's Donuts at the Boardwalk, CB Lifeguard staple
Fat Pelican for beer, another CB Lifeguard staple
Havana's (used to be The Cottage) various lunch and dinner menu items
 
Providenciales, Turk & Caicos: http://daconchshack.com/Conch_Shack/Home.html
Right on the water, like everything else good there, but so damn good. We went twice and ate almost everything on the menu. Picnic tables and palm trees are all you have for amenities, other than some awesome HOT sauce. Sarah was actually too full for ice cream both times.

--john
 
Haus Heidleburg in Hendersonville, NC for really excellent German food. Run by a first generation German immigrant. Very good!
 
The Bavarian Chef in Madison, VA. It's on 29 about 30 minutes north of Charlottesville. Possibly my favorite place I've ever eaten, and the servers know every detail about everything on the menu. There's another location in Fredericksburg of 95. That should be enough of a reason to visit Iron Pig.

http://www.thebavarianchef.com


I'm also a huge fan of Perky's in Alta Vista, VA (also on 29). It's about 15 minutes south of Lynchburg. Small town, little place, huge variety, everything done right. The sign is a giant VA license plate that says PERKY'S. It's the only business on the roadside for a ways in either direction. Great full bar and beer list, too.

http://www.perkysrestaurant.net

The only bad thing about these places is that they're only 2 hours apart so it's hard to get them both in one trip.

...via IH8MUD app
 
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