North Carolina

Raleigh/Durham

2 posts · Sep 13, 1993 to Sep 14, 1993

Ellis C.Open Software FoundationSep 13, 1993

Thanks for your suggestions about Raleigh/Durham restaurants. Here's a summary of what I've received so far ...

Raleigh/Durham
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42nd St Oyster Bar (Raleigh) -- Oysters
   (excellent steamed oysters)
Angus Barn (nr Airport) -- Steak
   (great steak)
Another Thyme (Durham) -- Semi-Veg
   nr Brightleaf Sq
Bullocks (Durham) -- Bbq
   (local institution, wonderful food, but greasy chicken
    long lines, and they sell out early)
Coyote Cafe (Cary) -- Mexican
   in Winn Dixie Shopping Center off Maynard Rd
   (good Mexican w live band)
Crook's Corner (Chapel Hill)
   (first rate avant garde Southern cooking)
Dillards (Durham) -- Bbq
Henry's Bistro (Chapel Hill)
La Residence (Chapel Hill)
Magnolia Grill (Durham)
Nana's (Durham)
New Orlean Cookery (Chapel Hill)
   (a good modest place)
Santa Fe's (Cary) -- Southwestern
   off 64 & 1 nr IBM
Seoul House (Raleigh) -- Korean
   (mediocre Korean food)

Steve L.University of Calif., San Diego/Microscopy and Imaging ResourceSep 14, 1993

Ellis C. wrote:
>Raleigh/Durham
>==============
> [...]
>Angus Barn (nr Airport) -- Steak
>   (great steak)

... and a wine list that comes in a fat three-ring binder!  (No kidding!)

>Another Thyme (Durham) -- Semi-Veg
>   nr Brightleaf Sq

Another place, owned by the same folks, if memory serves, is Pyewacket in Chapel Hill.  Not veggie but wonderful.

Is the Orient Express still open?  I think it was in Carrboro (sort of on the city line between Chapel Hill and Carrboro).  Kind of funky -- in a railroad dining car.

                                          spl