Zeke’s Meat Food Truck was in the line up at the March Durham Food Truck Rodeo, I had seen them out and about before in the area and read the promising tagline that “Philly style slow roasted pork sandwiches make Zeke’s Meats one of the Triangles go to food trucks!” Mike from Runners Thoughts had seen these guys…
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Heavenly Buffalo Chicken wings at the Durham Bull Pen – Beer, Wings, and Sport? This is way cool!
Heavenly Buffaloes are apparently the kings of wings in this area having been voted “Indy Week’s Best of Triangle award for Best Wings in Durham County in 2015 and 2016″. Their original location, a brightly coloured orange shack over on W Markham Avenue in Durham is said to be unmissable both in appearance and…
Jake’s Wayback Burgers – Sampling the ‘Cheeesey’ and the ‘Ghostbustin Burger’
Jake’s Wayback Burgers over at Surles Court in Durham (kind of in Durham to be honest) is part of a chain of burger joints that numbers around 120 outlets in 27 States. They also somewhat randomly have restaurants in Argentina, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia. The chain started back in 1991 in Newark, Delaware and has grown quite a bit…
Bruegger’s Bagels – Barnyard Burger, and a Ham and Cheese melt
Bruegger’s Bagels over at Shiloh Crossing is one of numerous locations in the RTP. This one just off 54 was pretty handy for me as it has a massive Walmart nearby across the parking lot so I was able to munch before I shopped. On their website they say that they are “committed to serving genuine…
Backyard BBQ Pit – Truly Excellent BBQ chowing down on the “Working Man’s Special”
Backyard BBQ Pit is located on the NC-55 route just south of Durham in North Carolina. It is well known in the area for great BBQ and I had even heard of the place before I landed in the state having seen them on an episode of Man vs Food Good old Mike from @runnersthoughts picked me…
Jimmy’s Famous Hot Dogs – Two Dog Combo Carolina Style
Jimmy’s Famous Hot Dogs on HWY 55 is one of two dog shack locations in the South Durham area. The one we visited is the newer one moving to its current location inside an old waffle house building earlier in the year I have been told. The sign out front says that they serve burgers,…
Ted’s Montana Grill – Bison Burgers and Gumbo
Cindy and Mike (@runnersthoughts) took me on my first trip to the edge of Durham to visit Ted’s Montana Grill one of their favourite local spots. They come here a lot midweek, it was like being greeted by family as we walked in, and the lovely Carmen, who knew them by name, guided us towards…
Chirba Chirba Dumpling Food Truck – Bayside Chive for me please!
Chirba Chirba Dumpling Truck was one of the many Food Trucks at the Wide Open Bluegrass Festival. I had read about these guys when I was planning my trip to North Carolina and had been hoping to bump into them at some point I had walked all the way down Fayettville Street looking at every…