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Published: July 31, 2008
Updated: 07/30/2008 08:25 pm
Camel City Cafe & Wine Bar
401 W. Fourth St. Phone: 734-1797. $$$-$$$$. ABC. S/NS.
(out of five).
Reviewed March 23, 2006.
New Southern doesn't mean green-bean casserole. Shrimp etouffe, lamb and the whole kit and caboodle -- really, like trout stuffed with greens, tomatoes and okra. You can order half-portions of most entrees-- less food and less money.
5:30-10 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Meta's Restaurant
102 W. Third St. Phone: 750-0811. $. NS.
Southern-comfort self-serve cafeteria (but not a chain). Grab your tray, get in line and choose from beef ribs, excellent fried chicken, baked salmon, meatloaf, mac and cheese, cobbler, and collard, turnip and mustard greens....
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Lighthouse Restaurant
905 Burke St.
Phone: 724-9619. $. BW. NS.
This is the kind of neighborhood institution where everyone -- career wait staff, cooks, the owner -- will know your name if you come with any regularity. It's standard greasy-spoon fare, but served with love.
6 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Zaytoon
301 N. Elm St., Greensboro
Phone: 336-373-0211. $. NS.
Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2006.
There's no refreshment quite like this informal Mediterranean cafe's spicy red peppers stuffed with almonds and goat cheese, or its lemonade, perfumed with lemon oil and orange-blossom water. The bad news is that Zaytoon is open only on weekdays.
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Century Kitchen
2133 Flint Hill Road, East Bend.
Phone: 336-699-4455. $$$$. NS.
Reviewed July 3, 2008.
Some delicious choices -- mole-braised pork tenderloin, scallops with seasame bok choy -- among the typical offerings of filet mignon and salmon at the resident restaurant of the Yadkin Valley's Flint Hill Vineyards. Menu is very small and changes often.
5-9:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; open noon to 3 p.m. for Sunday brunch once a month.
The Old Fourth Street Filling Station
871 W. Fourth St.
Phone: 724-7600. $$. ABC. S/NS.
The best part about this renovated old gas station is that it is a good place to sit in the sun with a glass of wine. Big salads, sandwiches, wraps, pizza, pasta and daily lunch specials.
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday; 11 p.m.-9 p.m., Monday and Tuesday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
223 South Elm
223 S. Elm St., Greensboro.
Phone: 336-272-3331. $$$-$$$$. ABC. NS.
Is it Southern? Is it French? Or Asian? All three, when you try the tempura green tomato and pimento-cheese napoleon at this downtown Greensboro fusion restaurant and bar.
Lunch: 11:30 p.m.-2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Dinner: 5:30-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5:30-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Oriental Cafe
612 Hanes Mall Blvd. (Pavilions Shopping Center)
Phone: 774-9098. $$. ABC. Smoking only in bar.
Reviewed May 18, 2006.
Can it be that a strip-mall restaurant can really do Thai, Chinese and Japanese? So far, yes, and well. Terrific sushi and Mai Tais, those cheesy Polynesian cocktails served in green ceramic glasses shaped like bamboo.
Noon to 10 p.m. Sunday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Mellow Mushroom
314 W. Fourth St.
Phone: 245-2820. $-$$. ABC.
Reviewed March 9, 2005.
The calzones are so-so, but the parmesan-dusted pies are a treat. Tons of toppings, from tempeh to feta, and 30-plus beers on tap to wash it down.
11 a.m. -10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday.
Cat's Corner Cafe
411 W. Fourth St.
Phone: 722-9911. $$. BW. S/NS.
Downtown sidewalk cafe with a recently re-vamped menu. Salads fit for meals, burgers, crab cakes, vegetarian sandwiches, and on Sundays, brunch.
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday; 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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