North Carolina

A good bowl of soup tells you a lot about a diner. When the kitchen still bothers to…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 19

Some people plan road trips around mountains or waterfalls. Others plan them around a pink box of cinnamon…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 18

Some road trips end at a campsite. This one ends at a steak dinner, a concert stage, and…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 18

Ask anyone in Greenville where to find real pork barbecue, and the answer usually comes fast. It is…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 18

Ask a Charlotte local where to find good brisket, and the answer often comes fast. Business travelers in…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 17

Some dinners start the moment you leave the highway and the gas stations give way to fields and…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 17

Some sandwiches are lunch, and some are a reason to drive across state lines. In a small North…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 17

Some people plan trips around concerts or ballgames, but a growing crowd plans its Charlotte visits around tacos.…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 16

Some cities argue about barbecue. Durham has a different debate brewing, and it involves fried chicken resting on…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 16

Some families in Greensboro mark every big moment at the same table, and they have been doing it…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 16

Some meals are worth a short road trip north of Charlotte, and this one sits in a quiet…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 15

Some houses get a wreath on the door for the holidays. One house in the mountains of Asheville…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 15

Some Chapel Hill restaurants close their doors at night, but one Franklin Street counter has not taken a…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 15

Some restaurants chase trends every season, and then there is a small barbecue counter in eastern North Carolina…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 14

There is a small cinderblock burger stand in Raleigh where the ordering system still runs on paper slips…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 14

Some families have been driving to one small roadside barbecue stand in Chatham County since the 1980s, and…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 14

A pumpkin from a grocery store bin is fine, but one you cut off the vine yourself comes…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 13

Some towns grow up around a highway exit. This one grew up around a river and a mill,…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 13

Some seafood meals come on a plate, and some come in a bag big enough to need both…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 13

Some Saturday mornings in Hickory begin with a tote bag, a short list, and a plan that falls…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 12

Some of the best meals in North Carolina are served at picnic tables, not at white tablecloths. In…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 12

There is no ketchup on the premises, and nobody seems to mind. In downtown Raleigh, a tiny counter…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 12

Some Charlotte restaurants chase trends every year, but one quiet spot on a busy road has barely changed…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 11

Some old houses sit quietly and keep their secrets. This one has seven levels, 22 rooms, 15 fireplaces,…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 11

Breakfast at dinnertime sounds like a rule being broken, and in one corner of Raleigh, it happens every…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 11

Some meals end with a mint and a polite goodbye. Others end with a slice of coconut cream…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 10

Some old houses keep their secrets behind locked doors, but one in Raleigh invites you right in. It…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 10

Prime rib is a weekend treat in one small North Carolina town, and it often sells out before…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 10

Some places in the North Carolina mountains feel like they hit pause sometime around 1955 and never pressed…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 9

Some of the best lake days happen in places that never make a billboard. Near the small town…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 9

The first test of willpower at this Raleigh steakhouse arrives before anyone even opens a menu. A free…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 9

Some buffets play it safe with egg rolls and fried rice and call it a day. One spot…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 8

Some Raleigh restaurants clear out by eight. This one on Glenwood Avenue tends to have a small crowd…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 8

It is 11 p.m. in Raleigh, the kitchen at home is closed, and the craving for wings will…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 8

North Carolina has a funny way of hiding great oysters in places you might not expect, from strip-mall…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 7

Along the Carolina coast, a good pot of Frogmore stew is less a meal and more a reason…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 7

Sunday dinner in North Carolina used to mean fried chicken, a pile of vegetables, and a biscuit you…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 7

Every October, North Carolina families start asking the same question: which farm are we hitting this weekend? From…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 6

Some lunch spots in downtown Salisbury, North Carolina, need a billboard, but one tiny counter on Main Street…

By Asher Raleigh · Oct 6