Category North Carolina
South 21 – Charlotte, NC
Going back to the original Hamburger America list, as we were driving through Charlotte this evening we swung into South 21 for a quick dinner. “Swung in” is a bit of an understatement as it involved an exit, a u-turn and a return onto a divided six-lane highway, but you get the idea. They’ve […]
Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge – Shelby, NC
Red Bridge Barbecue Lodge, in Shelby, is one of the icons of North Carolina barbecue. In fact, they had recently won a barbecue bracket contest (think of a NCAA tournament bracket) sponsored by Garden & Gun magazine, as the national barbecue champion. You can check out the bracket here. You’ll notice several places we’ve visited […]
Barbecue Hut – Fayetteville, NC
In anticipation of looking for North Carolina barbecue near our daughter’s new hometown in metropolitan Fayetteville, I was striking out finding anything close. I “asked the Oracle”, twice, queried the Barbecue Brothers for suggestions and consulted Google. Both provided a couple of references, but nothing that cried out “eat here” with any authority. […]
Asheville, NC
The week before Savannah, we took Madison up to Asheville over her Spring Break. On the way, we made a great burger stop at Northgate Soda Fountain in Greenville, SC. We had three major food stops in Asheville. The first place was Tupelo Honey, off the downtown triangle. One of our absolute favorite places to […]
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