Favorite Restaurant (Raleigh, Durham, Cary: coupons, organic, restaurants)

[moesgirl]

I love Michael Deans (Great Monday night special, nice patio) and I love Bella Monica. Both in Raleigh.

[bostrom]

42nd Street Oyster Bar in Downtown Raleigh is a must visit for anyone new to the area!

[swbtoo]

[quote=rfb;545162][*]Fearington House (between Pittsboro & Chapel Hill). Love to stay at the Fearington Inn and walk to/from the restaurant. Both the restaurant and inn are very expensive, though, so this is a big "splurge" for my wife and me.

Been to Fearington House for a leisurely breakfast. It was wonderful, and not really that expensive. Unfortunately, it was a Sunday, and some of the shops were closed.

[Erin1264]

518 West downtown has good Italian

[MrsSteel]

I'm a big fan of bakeries & coffee shops, so my favorite places are ...
1. Caffe Driade in Chapel Hill www.caffedriade.com
2. Guglhupf in Durham www.guglhupf.com
3. Valour's in Hillsborough (He doesn't have a website, but this is an honest-to-goodness french pastry shop with a real French pastry chef. It's located on King street next to Cup A Joe.)

[bluedevilz]

Wow, none of my favorites have been listed yet....

In no particular order:

Mama Dips Chapel Hill

Parizade Durham

George's Garage Durham

Panciutto's Hillsborough

Elmo's Diner Durham and Carrboro

The Flying Fish Hillsborough

Allen and Sons Chapel Hill

Town Hall Grill Chapel Hill

Foster's Market Durham and Chapel Hill

[Jdatlas]

Originally Posted by MrsSteel

3. Valour's in Hillsborough (He doesn't have a website, but this is an honest-to-goodness french pastry shop with a real French pastry chef. It's located on King street next to Cup A Joe.)

I second this one. We discovered it quite by accident and the pastries were delicious. I am so happy to know that you can get real French pastries over here. A little pricy but worth indulging once in a while.

[raccemup]

I'm a vegetarian and on a budget if that helps anyone my personal favs in no particular order:

Chinese:
neo-china, cary
orient garden, cary (small, rinky-dink casual place but the food is incredible)

Italian:
biaggi's, cary
vic's, city market dt raleigh
cinelli's, cary
J & S, apex (best pizza I've ever had & I'm from NY lol)
maggiano's, durham

Indian:
bombay grille, durham
sitar india palace (now bombay kitchen), raleigh
udipi, cary
royal india, Raleigh

Greek:
Spartacus, cary
Xios (pronounced KEY-ose), Apex

Japanese/Thai:
Sushi-Thai, Cary
Wasabi, Cary

Dessert:
Sunni Sky's homemade ice cream, angier (worth the ride from anywhere)

Misc:
Tir na nog Irish pub in dt raleigh has an awesome sunday brunch

[Erin1264]

Greek - that reminds me.

Taverna Agora - those lemon potatoes are great!

[raccemup]

Originally Posted by Erin1264

Greek - that reminds me.

Taverna Agora - those lemon potatoes are great!

I forgot about that place. I ate there once and it was great!