![]() But I skip straight to the sandwiches during lunch service, namely the open-faced meat loaf on Texas toast ($9) and the Sweet Potatoes version of the Kentucky Hot Brown ($7), smothered in a mushroom-studded take on cheesy Mornay sauce and served on a sweet potato biscuit (naturally).ĭowntown Winston Salem | Photo: Brandon Ore via Flickr Of course, this down-home Downtown spot does have a build-your-own sweet potato ($3 and up) with toppings like diced ham, pineapple and toasted coconut. (My preference is a chopped tray with slaw and hush puppies.) Stop in on a Wednesday and add pit-cooked ribs on the side. But tucked among a sea of strip malls is this Lexington-style barbecue shack serving pork three ways: chopped, sliced and coarse chopped. There are a helluva lot of barbecue options in the Tar Heel State, and most of the best ones are found off random highways outside the cities. Case in point: Southern fried pickles ($9) with tomato remoulade for dunking Frogmore stew ($23) filled with Surry sausage, hominy and amber ale-tomato broth salmon coated in pecans and Moravian cookies (a W-S speciality, $21) and a pimento cheese-topped burger (pictured above, $13). This white-tablecloth restaurant owned by two brothers hits all the down-home classics while adding a cheffy twist. ![]() Here, a few favorites I still think are worth the journey. (Including our beloved double-sided drive-through, Cook-Out.) But veer off the main drags or into Downtown Winston, and there's a whole lot more to love.
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