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Raleigh, Durham, Wake Forrest food recs?
Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:00 pm
Going to be relocating to this area for work shortly
I searched on here and only thing I found was some beer recs
I searched on here and only thing I found was some beer recs
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Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:11 pm to Powerman
For Winston-Salem-
More casual:
The Porch (tacos, etc.)
Burke Street Pizza
Sweet Potatoes (soul food)
Filling Station
"nicer":
Spring House
Mozelles
I'm admittedly foggy on the more upscale stuff. I haven't been back in a couple years but from what I understand their restaurant scene has been rapidly evolving.
I know said you've seen beer recs, but you need to drink at Old Winston Social Club on Burke right across from Burke Street Pizza. Great bar.
Seeing as you'll be in North Carolina you should also acquaint yourself with the Cookout menu in advance. Youre welcome in advance
More casual:
The Porch (tacos, etc.)
Burke Street Pizza
Sweet Potatoes (soul food)
Filling Station
"nicer":
Spring House
Mozelles
I'm admittedly foggy on the more upscale stuff. I haven't been back in a couple years but from what I understand their restaurant scene has been rapidly evolving.
I know said you've seen beer recs, but you need to drink at Old Winston Social Club on Burke right across from Burke Street Pizza. Great bar.
Seeing as you'll be in North Carolina you should also acquaint yourself with the Cookout menu in advance. Youre welcome in advance
This post was edited on 6/27/18 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:19 pm to lsu2006
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Seeing as you'll be in North Carolina you should also acquaint yourself with the Cookout menu in advance. Youre welcome in advance
The fast food place?
They have those here in VA but I've never been to one of them
Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:50 pm to Powerman
Durham—The restaurant in the Washington Duke Inn on campus is very good. There was also a Burger place downtown that I thought was cool. I think it was a burger/brewery.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:52 pm to Powerman
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The fast food place?
Yes. Place kinda rules
Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:55 pm to lsu2006
Looked sort of generic from the outside. Guess I'll have to check one out soon
Posted on 6/28/18 at 8:43 am to TigersSEC2010
Looks like they take BLTs pretty seriously there 
Posted on 6/28/18 at 8:46 am to Powerman
Mateo in Durham
Crawford and Sons in downtown Raleigh
Tazza Kitchen (there are a few. pretty casual but good)
Crawford and Sons in downtown Raleigh
Tazza Kitchen (there are a few. pretty casual but good)
Posted on 6/28/18 at 8:49 am to gmrkr5
Casual is definitely what I'm looking for
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:45 pm to Powerman
sushi on franklin street in chapel hill. much better than dook
Posted on 6/28/18 at 6:18 pm to Powerman
Is casual a euphemism for low cost?
Cause you can go into just about any restaurant casually dressed and get served. (Assuming you are not wearing a red MAGA hat in the liberal locals - then who knows.)
Cause you can go into just about any restaurant casually dressed and get served. (Assuming you are not wearing a red MAGA hat in the liberal locals - then who knows.)
Posted on 6/29/18 at 3:45 pm to nctiger71
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Is casual a euphemism for low cost?
Not really
More concerned with attire
I'm on the road and don't have a lot of dress clothes. Work attire for me is usually jeans and a button up. I really don't feel like buying slacks just to go to a restaurant.
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Cause you can go into just about any restaurant casually dressed and get served
While this is true I'd like to be appropriately dressed
There are some restaurants in NOLA that I would never walk into with jeans
Posted on 6/29/18 at 5:16 pm to Powerman
These are some Raleigh places we like:
Firebird’s Wood Fired Grill - off of Six Forks Road at North Hills Mall
Winston’s - on Fall of the Neuse Road
42nd Street Oyster Bar - near downtown
Cafe Luna - E Hargett St, downtown
Red, Hot & Blue - Memphis style bbq, everything is usually good except the brisket
None of those are outrageously expensive, unless you run up a big bar bill. I’ve probably worn shorts and a pull over shirt into most of them but I’m old and don’t care. The one exception is Cafe Luna but I would wear jeans there.
The Angus Barn is expensive but I think wearing jeans there would be ok. It looks like a big barn and they have guns on the wall.
I have been told there are some good Italian places in Wake Forest but I have not been.
Don’t know much about Durham but I did just learn of a place in Hillsborough called LaPlace Louisiana Cookery that has Cajun/creole food. I have not been but the menu looks good. They have a Sunday brunch and we drove by recently and folks were lined up out the door. But it is small. Hillsborough is just west of Durham.
There are a bunch of places in downtown Raleigh that the under 30 crowd like and I’m sure jeans would be ok in most if not all of those.
Firebird’s Wood Fired Grill - off of Six Forks Road at North Hills Mall
Winston’s - on Fall of the Neuse Road
42nd Street Oyster Bar - near downtown
Cafe Luna - E Hargett St, downtown
Red, Hot & Blue - Memphis style bbq, everything is usually good except the brisket
None of those are outrageously expensive, unless you run up a big bar bill. I’ve probably worn shorts and a pull over shirt into most of them but I’m old and don’t care. The one exception is Cafe Luna but I would wear jeans there.
The Angus Barn is expensive but I think wearing jeans there would be ok. It looks like a big barn and they have guns on the wall.
I have been told there are some good Italian places in Wake Forest but I have not been.
Don’t know much about Durham but I did just learn of a place in Hillsborough called LaPlace Louisiana Cookery that has Cajun/creole food. I have not been but the menu looks good. They have a Sunday brunch and we drove by recently and folks were lined up out the door. But it is small. Hillsborough is just west of Durham.
There are a bunch of places in downtown Raleigh that the under 30 crowd like and I’m sure jeans would be ok in most if not all of those.
Posted on 6/29/18 at 5:59 pm to nctiger71
Damn. Thanks for all of the ideas. I'm not worried about running up the bar bill because I'll be staying about 30 minutes away and don't want to be drinking and driving.
Posted on 6/29/18 at 7:02 pm to Powerman
Pizzeria Toro in Durham was good when I went a couple of years back. Really liked the spring onion/pistachio pizza that I got.
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