These places were not great but were really good junk food.

Scotty's- Old north hills mall; they made hot dog chili daily and it was great
Andys pizza- old north hills mall; loved it

8/10/2011 10:59:22 PM

Time Out

8/10/2011 10:59:47 PM

wouldn't call it a "best" but Jack Astors closed last week

8/10/2011 11:01:50 PM

then why the fuck did you post it?

8/10/2011 11:02:23 PM

time out closed already?

8/10/2011 11:05:17 PM

Fai Thai

8/10/2011 11:10:59 PM

ORIGINAL

DARRYLS

/THREAD

8/10/2011 11:12:25 PM

jk's at the revamped north hills before ruth's chris

8/10/2011 11:15:42 PM

Carver's Creek

8/10/2011 11:16:34 PM

It was way too expensive, but I really liked the food at South at North Hills Mall.

8/10/2011 11:16:37 PM

i just heard left wings right closed


that place was dope

8/10/2011 11:17:50 PM

Sylvias.

8/10/2011 11:27:00 PM

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"Carver's Creek"

o epic win. how could i forget this? best in raleigh history.


Darryls was pretty cute too.

8/10/2011 11:58:32 PM

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"Carver's Creek"

homemade blue cheese was BANGIN

8/10/2011 11:59:47 PM

Cactus Flower behind crabtree is another that just came to me.

8/11/2011 12:06:12 AM

Original Darryl's (before it went downhill)
Brothers' (before it went downhill)
Sylvia's

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8/11/2011 12:18:35 AM

^^ Not good.

8/11/2011 4:00:08 AM

totally miss scotty's and andy's although andy's still exists at quail corners (but not by the slice the same way).

Lucky 32 (moved to Cary)

this place called Taps off Sawmill had the best ribs ever

Lone Star on Wake Forest Rd.

That gelato place where the bubble tea place is now off Pogue

Bavarian Brathaus (Cary, but still) is closing this week

8/11/2011 4:56:22 AM

the space that brathaus location is in is cursed

8/11/2011 5:08:42 AM

didn't there used to be a Rathskeller on Hillsborough? They had good beef stroganoff

8/11/2011 7:12:47 AM

Vin

ChiChis

8/11/2011 7:24:24 AM

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"Bavarian Brathaus (Cary, but still) is closing this week "

No!!!

I used to like Papa Lou's on Western. And Miami Subs...on Western.

8/11/2011 7:40:35 AM

Greenshields

I worked there for a while before their kitchen fire.

I miss that place, and their scottish egg

8/11/2011 7:49:41 AM

The Brathuaus?!?!?!?!?

8/11/2011 8:31:05 AM

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"Bavarian Brathaus (Cary, but still) is closing this week"

I always wanted to eat there, but always ended up going somewhere a little less expensive.

8/11/2011 8:38:11 AM

Miami Subs.

8/11/2011 8:42:46 AM

^it is now new bern subs

8/11/2011 8:56:28 AM

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"I used to like Papa Lou's on Western."

Even though I only ate there a few times, Papa Lou's will always have a special place in my heart... mostly in the arteries.

8/11/2011 8:57:33 AM

Ole Time BBQ

8/11/2011 8:58:19 AM

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"I always wanted to eat there, but always ended up going somewhere a little less expensive."

Yep, I've been there a few times but it was usually free/coupon. think it's something like $23 for schnitzel?

8/11/2011 9:09:46 AM

Rockola

8/11/2011 9:10:35 AM

^ food there was actually pretty good the few times i had it....

8/11/2011 9:11:14 AM

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"Ole Time BBQ"

what?!?

8/11/2011 9:11:16 AM

^^^^Probably why they're closing up shop now.

[Edited on August 11, 2011 at 9:12 AM. Reason : -]

8/11/2011 9:11:48 AM

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"what?!?"

Ignore the troll.

8/11/2011 9:15:04 AM

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"Lucky 32 (moved to Cary)"

Lucky 32 used to have 2 restaurants - one in Raleigh and one in Cary. they closed the one in Raleigh and kept the one in Cary open. so it didn't move per say - they just closed the Raleigh location

the more you know

i'm sad the brathaus is closing. Toms House always talked about it and i wanted to try it out.

8/11/2011 9:21:58 AM

There was also a Lucky 32 in Greensboro. No idea if it's still there or not though.

8/11/2011 9:23:05 AM

Not Raleigh but I'm sad the Hams in Chapel Hill closed

8/11/2011 9:33:19 AM

I really miss Rockola... not because it was the best food ever, but I used to live at Wood Hall when I started at state and we would go down there a ton. Then when i got an apartment in the area I'd go there a lot too.

Brothers was good too... we used to go there in high school before football games for our team meal. I'm sad that it went downhill and closed.

Darryl's was one of my favorite places to go as a kid... my aunt would take me there and we would always request one of the special booths like car or whatnot.

Ballentines cafeteria in cameron village was good on occasion and had a lot of history. (literally... there were tons of raleigh senior citizens in there all the time!)

8/11/2011 9:34:45 AM

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"Yep, I've been there a few times but it was usually free/coupon. think it's something like $23 for schnitzel?"

Veal isn't cheap. On the other hand their bratwurst dishes are quite reasonable in price. And they also had a few German beers on tap that you can't get anywhere else in the area

8/11/2011 9:39:11 AM

Me, I miss the original two guys. And codys on glenwood. And this chinese place on capital like 15 years ago called hunan.

8/11/2011 9:44:26 AM

This is really really old school...
but does anyone remember "Aloha" at Cary Village Mall (before it became Cary Towne Center).

It was, obviously, hawaiian themed but they had chinese food as well...and GREAT

[Edited on August 11, 2011 at 9:51 AM. Reason : ya]

8/11/2011 9:48:05 AM

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"I used to like Papa Lou's on Western."

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"Even though I only ate there a few times, Papa Lou's will always have a special place in my heart... mostly in the arteries."

the wings they had were the best in Raleigh they only had one flavor to thats how good they were

8/11/2011 9:58:14 AM

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"That gelato place where the bubble tea place is now off Pogue "

And now it's a frozen yogurt place lol.

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""Bavarian Brathaus (Cary, but still) is closing this week"

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! We always go there when we're too lazy to go to J.Betski's

8/11/2011 9:59:56 AM

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"Veal isn't cheap. On the other hand their bratwurst dishes are quite reasonable in price. And they also had a few German beers on tap that you can't get anywhere else in the area"

True, and true...on the last two, i still think the schnitzel should have been cheaper. i went there for a groupon party once (earlier on groupon invited invited triangle people who spend too much money on groupons) and it was an open taps for 2.5-3 hours. i was in heaven.

was their schnitzel veal? seems like a lot of places use pork. problem was all of their entrees were $23 or whatever, even chicken and beef. there was no variance at all.

8/11/2011 10:00:05 AM

Original Brothers, best pizza in town.

Went there for just about every birthday til I got to college, which is when it went downhill.

Colorados, in what became Sakura Express. They had decent burgers.

Baxley's. I never ate there, but it was in the little house that became Marakkesh, and then whatever it is now.

8/11/2011 10:01:54 AM

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"There was also a Lucky 32 in Greensboro. No idea if it's still there or not though."

It still is.

8/11/2011 10:03:43 AM

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"Baxley's. I never ate there, but it was in the little house that became Marakkesh, and then whatever it is now."

Was that before or after it was a Starbucks? Because if it was after it couldn't have lasted very long at all.

8/11/2011 10:04:03 AM

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"Not Raleigh but I'm sad the Hams in Chapel Hill closed "

heard hams will eventually reopen as Mortimers, according to my buddy who works at mortimers in clt

8/11/2011 10:55:41 AM

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"Was that before or after it was a Starbucks? Because if it was after it couldn't have lasted very long at all."

We're talking at least 70s-whenever Starbucks was there. They catered the NC State Basketball camp when I was there in the 90s, I know.

Anyone else remember the Capital Room? Not just the one at Crabtree, but also the downtown location? Good roast beef there. Also, there was this other snack bar in the downtown Belks that had good grilled cheese.

[Edited on August 11, 2011 at 11:04 AM. Reason : x]

8/11/2011 11:03:10 AM