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Tehama
May 13, 2009 05:23 PM
I always put a plug in for my very favorite Raleigh restaurant, Oakwood Cafe. It is not far from the Fairground (10 minutes drive)..... I cannot say enough good things about it. And there is NOTHING on the menu that will disappoint!
Oakwood Cafe
Rated 4.3 out of 5.0
34 reviews - Write a review
300 E Edenton St
Raleigh, NC 27601
+1 919-828-5994
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enrevanche
May 5, 2009 10:15 AM
This is *not* Southern cooking, but it's really really good: Neomonde, on Beryl Road, is a short drive from the Fairgrounds; it's a very good bakery and cafe owned by a Lebanese family. (They also sell groceries and deli stuff there.)
We live in Chapel Hill, but when we're visiting friends or family in Raleigh we will often drop by to stock up on pistachios and pita bread, and we've had many a good, inexpensive meal there. The lamb sandwiches and all of the cold salads are very good; as for dessert, the baklava and mamoul cookies are particularly good.
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Neomonde Mediterranean Deli
3817 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607›5 Replies -
I like Pam's Farmhouse myself. Excellent country/Southern lunches, a lot of it made from scratch. The meatloaf on Wednesdays is excellent, as is the banana pudding on Thursdays and Fridays. The veggies are always standouts - I particularly like the collards, butter beans & corn, and field peas. Lunch with sweet tea will run you around $7-8.
I actually drive all the way over from Durham sometimes just to get my country cookin' fix there.
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Pam's Farm House
5111 Western Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27606›3 Replies-
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They're only open for lunch on weekdays. Best time to get there is before 1 p.m. to make sure the "favorites" haven't run out (like meatloaf on Wednesdays or banana pudding on Thursday and Friday). For banana pudding, sometimes they run out shortly after 12:30, depending on the crowd.
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There is an agriculture festival at the fair grounds the 29th-31st (if you are going to be there specifically for the festival, sorry for preaching to the choir). There should be plenty of food there, and not just fair-foods. The biggest food draw IMHO will be the BBQ contest on the 30th at lunch time.
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If you have a car, don't feel confined to the fairgrounds area. I live just up the road and it's only about ten minutes into downtown Raleigh. By the time you zip over to SuperWok in Cary or Bella Monica just north of there, you can just as easily be downtown or many other places. It's also easy to hop on I-40, which can put you in Chapel Hill or Durham in 20 mins.
Now, how would you define "home cooked?" Country cooking? Southern comfort food? BBQ? South Indian dosas?
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It really depends what kind of food you're looking for. Can you be more specific? Bella Monica is very close to the fairgrounds and is good for Italian, but unless you have reservations you probably won't get in. Sushi Thai is good and is down Lake Boone, not far from the fairgrounds. I have not tried the new Backyard Bistro yet, nor Spirits, but they certainly sound good. You're also not that far from Crabtree Valley Mall, where you would find two great places for Happy Hour, should you be looking for eats during that time. Either McCormick & Schmicks or Brio's Tuscan Grille both are very good for Happy Hour. Not to mention for regular dining as well.
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Not much at all in that area. There is Pam's Farmhouse on Western Blvd extension that is country/southern cooking. There is the new Backyard Bistro across from the NC State stadium complex. If you go farther down 54 in to Cary, there is a new place called Spirits Pub that is owned by a guy who owns other fantastic places in the area, so it should be very good. Going the other direction, you could go out Edwards Mill and go to Bella Monica which is very good for Italian. Really though, this area of Raleigh has been somewhat left behind by developers.
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