Rutherford County – Forest City – Smith’s Drugs of Forest City: Pimento Cheese Sandwich This was SO. GOOD. Creamy, spicy, pimento cheese, perfect crust, A+ sandwich, would sandwich again.
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Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
ballpark hot dogs: winston-salem dash
Where: Truist Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC What: chili slaw dog Why: at a Winston-Salem Dash game With whom: Heath Grade: B+. I was hoping to smash their pulled pork mac and cheese dog, but they weren’t doing them this day, so some points off for that. The chili was really good for ballpark chili – little bit of a kick in…
minor league baseball: hickory crawdads @ winston-salem dash
I had seen the Dash play before, more than 15 years ago, when they still played in the Wake Forest stadium (which at the time was kind of a dump, to be honest). They built Truist Stadium between now and then, and it’s a perfect modern minor league park. All the sightlines are clear, parking…
100 foods in 100 counties: randolph county
Randolph County – Asheboro – Sir Pizza of Asheboro: Royal Feast Pizza Visited after a trip to the NC Zoo. There is a particular kind of satisfaction that you get from a frozen pizza, and Sir Pizza gave me that satisfaction of taste combined with a much higher quality. Would eat again.
life list: san diego padres @ atlanta braves
4. Visit every MLB stadium. I’d been to Turner Field with Trav years ago, but this was our first trip to Truist Park, which is a lovely stadium. Atlanta did a great job with developing the stadium, and it’s a pretty place to watch a ballgame, a pretty place to have dinner, a surprisingly nice…
hot dogs everywhere: blackwood’s drive-in
59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Blackwood’s Drive-In, Kings Mountain, NC What: chili slaw dog Why: Cleveland County hot dog, on the way to Atlanta With whom: Trav Grade: B. Trav called this a “drive-in ass drive-in” and the food was such. Sturdy and tasty, nothing to write home about….
100 foods in 100 counties: stanly county
58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. 59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Log Cabin BBQ, Albemarle, NC – Stanly County What: the 100 Foods list calls for a food they no longer serve, so I just rolled up with a footlong…
hot dogs everywhere: paul’s place
59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Paul’s Place Famous Hot Dogs, Rocky Point NC What: Chili cheese dogs With whom: Trav Why: Driving from Moore’s Creek National Battlefield to Carolina Beach State Park Grade: B+, chili had a nice kick, cheese was indifferent.
project heartburn: virginia
Where: Roanoke Wiener Stand What: Chili cheese dog for me, onions and mustard for Trav With whom: Trav Why: Checking Virginia off the list of states to eat a hot dog in Grade: B+, great chili and cheese
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