307 East Main St (919) 968-2460
Milltown aspires to Belgian-style food, whatever that is besides fries with mayo (very good, BTW), with generous proportions supported by more than 100 beers, each of which was personally tested and chosen by Milltown Beermeister Brendon Biggins. Take a moment and enjoy wading through the beer menu which is pages long, each entry coming with a brief and helpful description. Adding to the Milltown experience is an outdoor patio that provides a perfect dining spot most of the year.
302 B East Main Street Phone: 919-960-0656 Hours of Operation: 11 AM – 2 AM Daily
New to Carrboro in 2010, this local chain also has restaurants in Chapel Hill and Raleigh
They use fresh jumbo wings and prepare them in true Buffalo style. Boneless Wings are fresh white meat chicken hand battered in their special breading. As you would expect, a long list of sauce choices; this reviewer prefers the hot “Bada Bam” variety. They’ve rounded out our menu by adding our Signature Wraps, Rice Bowls, 1/2 Pound Burgers, and Salads.
Neal’s Deli
Neal's Deli
100 E Main St #3 (S. Greensboro St) Carrboro NC 27510
Phone: 919.967.2185
“The speakers boom with “Dirt Track Date” by Southern Culture on the Skids. The walls of this shotgun café are cerulean. The line cook wears, without irony, a paper Krispy Kreme skiff. Copies of Bill Neal’s Southern Cooking and Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie, also by the late and great Bill Neal, anchor the counter. (Matt Neal—son of Bill, the founding chef at nearby Crook’s Corner—is the co-proprietor, along with his gregarious wife, Sheila.) The Neals spice their own pastrami. They mix olive salad in-house for muffulettas. But breakfast is when they toss down the gauntlet. Biscuits, scratch-made from Lindley Mills organic flour and Maple View Farms buttermilk, are both tender and substantial. Bill Smith, the current chef at Crook’s Corner, likes his morning biscuit with pastrami and mustard, but my favorite was an Egg McMuffin riff, made with local organic eggs poached in repurposed muffin top tins and approximating, in shape but certainly not wholesomeness, the familiar McD puck.”
Review by Gourmet!
Carrburritos
Carrburritos Taquueria 711 W. Rosemary St
(919) 933-8226
Another favorite in what might be called “Cal-Mex” style, Carrburritos consistently pleases this reviewer. As their own blurb says, ample portions and fresh ingredients, and an especially great in-house salsa selection. Reasonable prices, quick service and a nice outdoor eating area.
“Come to Carrburritos to enjoy the best in casual, fresh Mexican dining. Our portions are generous, our flavors sophisticated and our prices reasonable. Everything is made in-house everyday. We have the best burritos in town and six addictive salsas – one will surely become your favorite!”
Elmo's Diner, Carrboro
Elmo’s Diner in the restored old Carr Mill Mall in Carrboro, NC, offers breakfast, lunch and dinner in a casual setting. Sit at the bar or at a table, casual dress. Prices are reasonable – dinner for two around $18 plus drinks.
Selections range from salads to burgers and sandwiches and complete meals. The food is great and many items are prepared with a slight twist from standard fare to give diners a break from plain old diner food. Among the choices…
and of course, breakfast anytime!
Elmo’s is open from 6:30 AM until 10:00 PM Sunday-Thursday, 6:30 AM until 11:00 PM Friday and Saturday.
In Carrboro at 200 N. Greensboro Street in Carrboro at the old Carr Mill Mall, 919 929-2909
One of many in the Carrboro area, this one has press from Gourmet, and is thus bona fide.
With good reason. I’ve eaten tacos there REGULARLY since they first pulled in, never got sick or choked on a bone, and hey, isn’t that your first question when dining at any wheeled establishment?
Tacos, great, Tamales, great, burritos, great, and I’m addicted to the red sauce. Mi esposa goes for the green.
Price: cheap Service: they make the stuff as fast as they can
Thursday- Sunday starting at about 6PM- till the bewitching hour of 12 midnight…
Southern Rail Restaurant and Bar, Carrboro NC
Reservations: 919.967.1968
Website: http://sr-nc.com/
Southern Rail is located in downtown Carrboro, at the intersection of Weaver Street and East Main Streets, right next to Historic Carr Mill Mall and Weaver Street Market.
Unlike most bar/grill establishments, Southern Rail runs a SCRATCH kitchen with most items custom prepared in house. They are proud to support local farmers and purveyors whenever their foods are in season. They feature wholesome ingredients and make a conscious effort to buy from sustainable and humane sources, including seeking out meats that are range fed and hormone free.
“Our mission is to make sure your meal not only tastes great, but also makes you feel good! We cook to order from a small kitchen located in a vintage train car.”
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