hot dogs everywhere: yanas ye olde drugstore

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Yana’s Ye Olde Drugstore (Swansboro, NC – Onslow County) What: Chili and mustard dog With whom: me myself and I Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties (while making a stop for 100 Foods in 100 Counties) Grade: B+. A chonker of a quarter pound dog, with spicy chili…

100 foods in 100 counties: onslow county

58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. Fruit fritters at Yanas Drugstore in Swansboro – these were hot and delicious, and the batter was out of this world. Swansboro is not easy to get to – it’s basically on the way to nowhere from nowhere,…

hot dogs everywhere: dick’s drive-in

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Dick’s Drive-In (Eden, NC – Rockingham County) What: Chili cheese dogs With whom: me myself and I Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: B+. Red Brightleaf dogs, with flavorful chili and toasted buns. And the cheese was under the dog, which always helps with melting.

hot dogs everywhere: city tap

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: City Tap (Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County) What: Carolina dog (slaw, chili, mustard, hold the onions) With whom: me myself and I Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: A. Fantastic toasted bun, the chili (homemade by a guy in Pittsboro for the restaurant) was top notch and…

hot dogs everywhere: cle’s grilled food

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Cle’s Grilled Food (Halifax County, NC) What: chili cheese dog With whom: J & M Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: C. Chili was good, Carolina red dog was mid, the cheese slice wasn’t melted. Their fried okra was wildly phenomenal, though.

hot dogs everywhere: yarborough’s homemade ice cream

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Yarborough’s Homemade Ice Cream (Sanford, NC – Lee County) What: chili cheese dog With whom: shep Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: B-. Chili was meh and the cheese was overwhelming. The onion rings were the star, and the ice cream is out of this world.

life list: lake mattamuskeet

65. Visit the top ten natural wonders in North Carolina. We stopped at Lake Mattamuskeet on our way to the Outer Banks last month, and it’s pretty darn wondrous. Water as far as the eye can see, and lots of wildlife. The water treatment building shown in the second photo is being renovated into a…

nc beach sunrises: nags head and kill devil hills

26. Take a photo of sunrise at every individually-named beach in North Carolina. Taken at the first public access spot just north of the Kill Devil Hills town line, and the Nags Head Fishing pier.

100 foods in 100 counties: dare county

58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. Hatteras style clam chowder – the food for Dare County, at Sam and Omie’s, a long-time fisherman’s haunt – is a broth-based soup, and let me tell you what, the folks sitting behind us were pissed about this….

hot dogs everywhere: the froggy dog

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: The Froggy Dog, Avon, NC (Dare County) What: the Froggy Dog (chili and cheese) With whom: Trav, and my in-laws Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: B+. The chili had a fantastic smoky barbeque flavor, but the cheese didn’t hold up its end.