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Belle's Bites
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Published: April 9, 2009
Updated: 04/08/2009 08:05 pm
New Town Bistro and Bar
420-U Jonestown Road.
Phone: 659-8062. $$. ABC. S/NS.
New Town loves to change its menu regularly, so it's hard to pinpoint dishes that are always around. I've liked tilapia dredged in crushed cashews and rum butter. Be wary of the "seasonal" claim, though, and ask what's fresh.
Kitchen Roselli
105 E. Main St., East Bend
Phone: 699-4898. $-$$. NS. Wine only.
Housed in a historic general store in the blink-and-you'll-miss-it town of East Bend, Kitchen Roselli is classic, red-sauce Italian and family friendly. Homemade meatballs and veal parmesan are worth stopping in for if you're in the area. Get here early!
Murphy's Lunch
207 W. Third St.
Phone: 723-5378. $. S.
There's nothing fancy about this pure Southern lunch counter: It's thick with regulars (many a sheriff's deputy), and the iced tea is so sweet it'll make your teeth ache. Choices change daily; onTuesday and Thursday there's mighty good fried chicken.
River Birch Lodge
3324 Robinhood Road.
Phone: 768-1111. $$$. ABC. NS.
Mountain lodge cuisine comes to suburbia. Venison, cedar-planked salmon, trout ... and brie and huckleberry jam baked in phyllo dough. Also serves Sunday brunch.
Rim
219A S. Elm St., Greensboro.
Phone: (336) 230-2055. $$-$$$. ABC. NS.
Small plates with fun twists and a strong Spanish influence: Serrano ham croquettes with basil, a salad with Marcona almonds and a honey-truffle oil vinaigrette. Tiny desserts are simple but clever such as warm chocolate cookies with red pepper.
Bib's Downtown
675 W. Fifth St.
Phone: 722-0007. $-$$. BW. NS. Reviewed Jan. 22, 2009.
Co-owner and pitmaster Mark Little insists his smoked ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket aren't barbecue, but they are related to N.C.'s most famous meat. Related but different. And maybe even a little better than some. Great, peppery hushpuppies.
Noma
321 W. Fourth St.
Phone: 703-5112. $$-$$$. ABC. S/NS.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2009.
Tasty entrees, dissappointing bar food -- and this is a bar, albeit a sleek, coiffed one. Winners are the flank steak with red wine Vidalia onion jus, chicken with a Dijon and Texas Pete sauce, and pork tenderloin. None is more than $19.
Chang Thai
4146 Clemmons Road, Clemmons.
Phone: 778-0388. $$. NS. BW.
It's worth driving to Clemmons for good renditions of Thai standards, mixed with a strange dash of Japanese hibachi and teriyaki.
Christopher's
712 Brookstown Ave.
Phone: 724-1395. $$$-$$$$. NS.
Chef Christopher Fulk has jumped on the creative comfort food bandwagon. His version includes ribeye with rosemary truffle frites, as well as carryovers from the old menu, such as lobster mac and cheese.
Old Salem Tavern
736 S. Main St. (in Old Salem).
Phone: 748-8585. $$$. ABC. S/NS.
The Moravians of the early 1800s apparently ate more than sugar cake and the world's thinnest cookies … take pumpkin and sunflower seed crusted salmon, for example, served by wait staff in period costume. Don't miss the homemade lemon ice cream.
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