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Posted by automatik2 (Member # 5975) on :

I am looking for good, quality restaurants in Greensboro. I have been disappointed with several recently, and would love a good suggestion.

I would also like to invite any and all to visit Napoli at 309 State Street (www.napolideli.com) for authentic Italian food at a good price.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Unfortunately very few of us actually live in Greensboro, NC so I don't think we will, as a group be a lot of help. But if I'm ever there I'll definitely check out your deli!

AJ

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

I live in Utah, but I wish you luck in your quest

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

All the restraunts in Greensboro have the same problem -- location. Location and parking. Who cares how good the food is if you can't find a place to park your jet within an hours walk of the place.

Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :

dig around through the uncle orson reviews everything archives, you can link from the homepage. he tends to comment on restaurants around that area, seeing as he lives around that area [Smile]

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Panch Villa's for Mexican Food, Gate City Chop House for steaks, Lucky 32's, Cellar Anton's for Italian, Laddie and Dukes and lastly, the best in town... Green Valley Grill at the O Henry Hotel.

Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :

I imagine there's gotta be a Sonic and a Chick-fil-a in Greensboro, so I reccomend those.

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

Im in greensboro.

If you're looking for pretty high class dining, Ruth's Chris Steak House on Green Valley Rd is amazing. Everything is just incredible there. Definately try the cheesecake for dessert. It is a very expensive place though. Dinner for two will be close to a hundred dollars.

Not quite as expensive but very classy as well is Green Valley Grill on Green Valley Rd next to the ohenry hotel.

Outback towards the end of battleground across from lawndale shopping center is great as well.

My personal favorite restuarant in greensboro is Laddie and duke's on the corner of battleground and horse pen creek. While their steaks are only just above average, everything else on the menu that i have tried is just delicious. All their chicken dishes are perfect, great crab cakes, great crab dip, their spinach dip is wonderful, and their sandwich selection is huge and all of them are very very tasty.
And Laddie's is not very expensive. Two people can have a great meal for 40 bucks.

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

oh and if youre looking for good italian food, positano's in the Target shopping center on lawndale is just spectacular, and very inexpensive, especially for the quality, service, and portions that you get.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

It's been too many years since the time I spent in Greensboro . . . I no longer remember the names of the restaurants that really impressed me. Well, also, at that point in my life I didn't really eat in expensive restaurants much.

I used to love Elizabeth's Pizza, but, honestly, it wasn't that the food was that good as it being a very warm, friendly restaurant. Everybody felt like a regular there. What a pizza joint should be.

I absolutely loved Yum-Yum's, which OSC trashed in Shadow of the Giant. *shrug* Go figure. I don't like hot dogs at all, but I thought their homemade ice cream was fantastic.

A few years ago my wife and I were passing through and we ate at the Melting Pot (on Battleground). We have a Melting Pot hobby . . . we eat at one in each town we find them in. The one in Greensboro was one of the . . . mmm . . . less spectacular ones. Not terribly clean, etc.

I remember having really liked a little restaurant we ate at that was an outparcel in the shopping center with Kroger in it on Battleground (can you tell what part of town I used to live in?). It had a really pretty deck for outdoor dining. But I can't remember what the place was called, and I don't know if it's still there. It was great for a date, though.

[ December 16, 2003, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]

Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :

I'm in Winston Salem. Hey neighbor! [Wave]

We always seem to gravitate to the Village Tavern or Cities in Winston.

Greensboro isn't to far away...maybe we'll go check out Napoli.

Posted by Snarky (Member # 4406) on :

Icarus! You aren't dead! We were beginning to wonder.

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

i agree about elizabeth's icarus. the pizza is so so, but the people are fun

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

Now for really good pizza, Golden on Lawndale has great new york style pizza. Double extra cheese is my favorite.

And Pieworks is good if value is not a concern. they are stupid expensive, but well worth it for a once in a while splurge for flavor. (i actually used to work there and must say, it was ALWAYS better when I made it [Razz]

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

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I would also like to invite any and all to visit Napoli at 309 State Street (www.napolideli.com) for authentic Italian food at a good price.

I think this was an advertisement.

This is the person's one and only post here???

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Yes indeed it is. If it's spam I'd just let it go since it's sparked a discussion and it wasn't exactly overbearing.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

It is an advertisement. She and her husband own that restaurant.

She found Hatrack when she was looking for Greensboro restaurants online.

Ive spoken with her a bunch on AIM. She's a very nice person and a lot of fun to talk to.

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

it just occurred to me that i didnt do any kind of a landmark for 1500.

and really i didnt do a landmark for 1000 either. Just a [Party]

hmm. well, 2000's gonna be a doozy.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

quote:
Icarus! You aren't dead! We were beginning to wonder.

Me too!

I'm finally being able to see daylight from the end-of-quarter/end-of-semester avalanche of work, so I decided it was safe to gradually return.

[Smile]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

So, has anyone tried her restaurant? We should do a review...

"The veal tasted like cabbage. Old rancid cabbage.

Presentation was excellent -- a complete blackout spared us even having to see what we were served as well as the grimy person who served it.

Dessert was a do-it-yourself affair. I ended up having the 'two-packets-of-SweetNLow-in-a-glass-of-water'"