If you like home cooking and are willing to pay a bit for it, go to Chapel Hill. There is a restaurant on Rosemary St. called Mama Dip's. She's a black woman, and her whole family is the kitchen and wait staff. They are all super polite. She started out making and selling sandwiches to college students. The food is great. Also ask for some chow-chow to try. She sells it by the pint in the gift shop. She has also written two or three cookbooks.
Appreciate the info, we're finding enough good cuisine around Raleigh proper (especially the BBQ of course), but we may venture further out by end of the week. Any thoughts on the Angus Barn?
If you like seafood, you have to go southeast of Raleigh on Hwy. 70 East to LaGrange, NC and eat at the Sandpiper. It's on the old highway, not the brand new bypass. I get a small shrimp dinner and can hardly eat it all.
We watched a family who had never been there before place their order. They all ordered large seafood platters, plus shrimp cocktails. When the food arrived, it would hardly fit on the table. If you ever heard Jerry Clower holler, then you know what they sounded like when they saw all the food. I'm pretty sure they couldn't eat half of it.
I ate inside Ruby Tuesday's yesterday. We don't have that crap here in my part of NC.
We're vacationing in Raleigh this week, enjoying dining inside, plus a lot less mask obsession than we're used to (in NM)
If you like home cooking and are willing to pay a bit for it, go to Chapel Hill. There is a restaurant on Rosemary St. called Mama Dip's. She's a black woman, and her whole family is the kitchen and wait staff. They are all super polite. She started out making and selling sandwiches to college students. The food is great. Also ask for some chow-chow to try. She sells it by the pint in the gift shop. She has also written two or three cookbooks.
Appreciate the info, we're finding enough good cuisine around Raleigh proper (especially the BBQ of course), but we may venture further out by end of the week. Any thoughts on the Angus Barn?
If you like seafood, you have to go southeast of Raleigh on Hwy. 70 East to LaGrange, NC and eat at the Sandpiper. It's on the old highway, not the brand new bypass. I get a small shrimp dinner and can hardly eat it all.
We watched a family who had never been there before place their order. They all ordered large seafood platters, plus shrimp cocktails. When the food arrived, it would hardly fit on the table. If you ever heard Jerry Clower holler, then you know what they sounded like when they saw all the food. I'm pretty sure they couldn't eat half of it.
Can you tell I like to eat period? :)