Wilmington - Casual Lunch Place Near Downtown

[wintersummer]

We will be spending a few days in Wilmington. I've used these boards to line up some good dinner spots. I'm now looking for some casual lunch time places near downtown. Hopefully, we'll park the car and just spend a day walking around. Where should we have lunch?

[yahooer]

We've always liked Catch alot. In fact, we used to drive down from Chapel Hill for a great seafood lunch. Keith Rhodes is a vastly talented chef and we'd choose either Catch or his new Vietnamese place which has a great sounding menu.

[carolinadawg]

The downtown location of Catch is now Phun, which Rhodes describes as a southeast Asian tapas bar. Catch is now located on Market Street, way out of downtown.

[work2eat]

Definitely seek out Flaming Amy's Burrito Barn located at 4002 Oleander Dr. There is also a Flaming Amy's Burrito Bowl at another location, but I haven't been.

[ToothTooth]

Flaming Amy's is okay if you've never had a burrito before, but it certainly isn't downtown.

[ToothTooth]

There are lots and lots of Wilmington recommendations on this board, just do a quick search. That being said, if I'm eating a casual lunch downtown my two favorites are The Basics and The Copper Penny.

http://thebasicswilmington.com/

http://www.copperpennync.com/menus.asp

Oh, and a couple more: Fantastic deli sammiches at Chops, sushi (and random various other cuisines) at Nikki's, and pub grub at Front Street Brewery.

http://www.chopsdeli.com/

http://www.nikkissushibar.com/

http://www.frontstreetbrewery.com/men...

[D R C]

If you like Vietnamese food, Keith Rhodes' place www.phunrestaurant.com (better info at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phun-Se...), highly recommended.