Thursday, June 13, 2024

NORTH CAROLINA

ASHVILLE
36 Hours in Asheville, by Shayla Martin in the New York Times on May 4, 2023
Chop Shop Butchery, 100 Charlotte St, Asheville, NC 28801
  • You can butcher a whole hog or lamb, a front quarter of beef and even fish while enjoying local beers and ciders (classes range from $80 to about $150).
Highland Brewing, 12 Old Charlotte Highway, Suite 200 Asheville, NC 28803

BEAUFORT

BENTONVILLE

CHAPEL HILL
Mama Dip's Kitchen, 408 West Rosemary St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
  • The restaurant was founded by Mildred “Mama Dip” Council, whose decades of work supporting diversity and integration in the Chapel Hill community earned her an invitation to the White House from George W. Bush
CHARLOTTE
Bird Pizzeria, 510 E 15th St, Charlotte, NC 28206
  • The American craft-pizza boom was fueled by small Neapolitan pies fired in wood-burning ovens. Kerrel Thompson is among the pizzaiolos who responded to the resulting demand for better quality by trying to perfect a different kind of pizza. In Mr. Thompson’s case, it’s a New York style reminiscent of what he grew up eating in Cleveland. At Bird, operated by Mr. Thompson and his wife, Nkem, the pizzas are of a shareable size, featuring browned, caramelized crusts, and available with seasonal toppings like dandelion pesto and local mushrooms. The Thompsons found an enthusiastic local audience for Bird’s pizza: Since opening in December 2021, the restaurant has grown from a pop-up to a takeout business to (as of next month) a sit-down restaurant. (https://www.nytimes.com/article/best-pizza.html)

CHEROKEE
Museum of the Cherokee Indian, P.O. Box 1599 Cherokee NC 28719

CURRIE
  • Recommended in The New American Revolution Handbook
DUNN
Averasboro Battlefield Museum, 3300 NC Highway 82, Dunn, NC 28334
  • Recommended in To the Bitter End by Robert M. Dunkerly
DURHAM
Bennett Place State Historic Site, 4409 Bennett Memorial Rd., Durham, NC 27705
  • Site of surrender of the Army of Tennessee
  • Open Tuesday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Recommended in To the Bitter End by Robert M. Dunkerly 
  • Allow two hours
ELLERBE
Rankin Museum of American Heritage, 131 Church St, Ellerbe, NC 28338
  • Half hour from Pinehurst
  • Has Andre the Giant stuff

FOUR OAKS
Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, 5466 Harper House Road, Four Oaks, NC 27524
  • Recommended in To the Bitter End by Robert M. Dunkerly
  • Allow two hours
GREENSBORO
Greensboro Historical Museum, 130 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27401
  • Through Collectors' Eyes: Treasures of the Civil War
  • Recommended in To the Bitter End by Robert M. Dunkerly
Blandwood, 447 W. Washington Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
  • Recommended in To the Bitter End by Robert M. Dunkerly
  • Recommended in The New American Revolution Handbook
KINSTON
Battle of Wyse Fork
  • Second largest Civil War battle of North Carolina
  • March 7-10, 1865

Chef & the Farmer, 120 W Gordon St, Kinston, NC 28501

CSS Neuse and Governor Caswell Memorial 
  • CSS Neuse was a steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate States Navy
  • Recommended by Gerry Prokopowicz
KURE BEACH
  • Allow two hours
PINEHURST
Pine Crest Inn, 50 Dogwood Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
  • Owned and operated by Donald Ross back in the day\
  • 8 minute walk from Pinehurst Resort

  • Recommended by Lorne Rubinstein: "Tom Stewart’s mecca of golf memorabilia"
World Golf Hall of Fame, 3 Carolina Vista Drive; Pinehurst, NC 28374

Recommended by Geoff:
  • Villager Deli, 6 Chinquapin Road, Pinehurst, North Carolina 28374
  • The Village Wine Shop, 80 Magnolia Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
    • Wine, wine by the glass, ice cold beer, frozen drinks and your coffee favorites, The Village Wine Shop is the place to gather in historic Pinehurst. Outside seating or relaxed elegance inside, smiles and good cheer are always found here. 
  • Given Tufts Book Shop, 95 Cherokee Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
  • Roast Office, 95 Cherokee Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
    • Coffee shop
  • Old Sport Gallery, Harvard Bldg, 95 Market Square, Pinehurst, NC 28374
    • Sports book and memorabilia store
  • Old Golf Shop, 100 Magnolia Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
  • Drum & Quill, 40 Chinquapin Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
    • Storied pub serving beer & globally inspired bar food in a wood-lined space with golf memorabilia.
    • Second recommendation


RALEIGN
North Carolina Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton Street, Raleign, NC 27601
  • Recommended in To the Bitter End by Robert M. Dunkerly
RANDLEMAN
Richard Petty Museum, 311 Branson Mill Rd, Randleman, NC 27317

SALISBURY
Fading D Farm, 295 Fading D Farm Rd. Salisbury, NC 

SOUTHERN PINES
Asten's Restaurant and Bar, 140 E New Hampshire Ave, Southern Pines, NC 28387
  • Unique, farm-to-table American eats in a cozy & elegant setting, plus a pub with tapas & TVs.
  • Recommended by Geoff Shackleford

STATESVILLE
  • The only state historic site in North Carolina which interprets the French and Indian War.
  • Plans are underway to reconstruct the fort and develop the site as the premier French and Indian War fort site in the United States.

WINSTON-SALEM
Foothills Brewing Company
 • 638 West 4th Street

BBQ
They take their barbeque seriously in North Carolina.
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NORTH CAROLINA SANDHILLS

The resort town of Pinehurst has earned its sobriquet as “The Cradle of American Golf”: The original five courses (Nos. 1–4 by Ross, No. 5 by Ellis Maples) just outside the Carolina Hotel’s gates assured that. But in the last few decades, the property has expanded its reputation with No. 6 (George and Tom Fazio), No. 7 (Rees Jones), No. 8 (Tom Fazio), No. 9 (Nicklaus), the nine-hole par-3 (The Cradle, Hanse), and the restoration of No. 4 (Hanse). And that’s only the beginning of the region’s public-golf appeal. Three more Ross-designed layouts are down the road in nearby Southern Pines—Mid Pines, Pine Needles, and Southern Pines Golf Club—all restored by Kyle Franz and now stars in their own right. Also joining the ranks of the Sandhills gems is Tobacco Road Golf Club, 22 miles north in Sanford, where the late Mike Strantz plied his bold artistry over ground that used to be devoted to tobacco curing and sand mining.

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