waiterhell, I'm a bit confused by your post. I certainly understand what you're saying about North Carolina being more than just a "barbecue state", but I know for a fact that neither the Sterns or anyone else involved with Roadfood.com has ever implied that barbecue is the only thing that NC has going for it food-wise. If you look at this website's list of reviewed restaurants in the Tarheel State, you'll see that, while barbecue does tend to dominate the list, there are also numerous places listed that have been recommended for regional varieties of seafood, chicken, hot dogs, breakfast items, desserts, vegetable dishes, sandwiches, and even burgers. There's something for everyone ( even picky eaters like myself. ) Do you know of any NC specialties that have never been mentioned on this site or in the Sterns' books? If so, I'd like to know about them, and I'm sure all other roadfooders would too.
NC,
I have found that North Carolina has every kind of possible cuisine one could possibly imagine, especially when getting near a major metro area. However, there are 3 things I will take exception with.....There is no decent prime rib or reasonably priced good steak houses around here, good pizza places are hard to come by, and there is WAY too much fried food. Yeah, I know, go ahead and say it.....I am down south so get used to it.
nocarolina, sorry about that confusion issue, yet I hear you, Cheesehead....
you won't find much quality prime rib around here....unless some state lobbyist takes you out to Angus Barrn
just north of RDU airport (
http://www.angusbarn.com/index.htm )
pizza is a local hit or miss experience and fried food doesn't include HOME cooked sunday after church pan fried chicken, right? ; )
