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Triangle Top Three’s – Best Restaurants and Food in the Raleigh-Durham (RDU), NC Area

Triangle Top Three’s – Best Restaurants and Food in the Raleigh-Durham (RDU), NC Area

Find some of the best restaurants and food in the area by cuisine and amenity! If you’re willing to travel a bit, here are some of the best in the RDU, across Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, and beyond. As a full-blown foodie, I think the drive is always worth it when you’re hungry! Organized by cuisine type, click on the link for full reviews or the website.

 

Best Bakeries, Bread

  • LaFarm Bakery– Cary, NC
  • Boulted Bread- Raleigh
  • Guglhupf- Durham

Best Bakeries, Sweets

  • Utica Bakery- Apex
  • Lucettegrace- Raleigh
  • Layered Croissanterie- Raleigh

Best NC Barbeque Joints

  • Sam Jones Barbeque- Raleigh
  • Picnic- Durham
  • Clyde Coopers- Raleigh

Best Southern Barbeque Restaurants

  • Redneck BBQ Lab- Benson
  • Lawrence Barbecue RTP- Durham
  • Prime Barbecue – Knightdale

Best Brunch Restaurants

  • True Flavors- Durham
  • Barcelona Winer Bar- Raleigh
  • Acme Restaurant- Carrboro

Best Burgers (Cary)

  • Barry’s Cafe- Cary
  • Corbett’s Burgers & Soda Bar- Cary
  • Shake Shack- Cary

Best Burgers (Durham)

  • Bull City Burger and Brewery- Durham
  • Only Burger- Durham
  • Dain’s Place- Durham

Best Burgers (Raleigh)

  • Carolina Ale House- Raleigh
  • Cow Bar Burgers and Fries – Raleigh
  • Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar- Raleigh

Best Chicken, Fried and Otherwise- Durham

  • M Kokko- Durham
  • Dame’s Chicken & Waffles- Durham
  • Chicken Bee- Durham

Best Chicken, Fried and Otherwise- Raleigh

  • Beasley’s Chicken & Honey- Raleigh
  • Soo Cafe- Raleigh
  • Mami Noras- Raleigh

Best Chinese Restaurants

  • Super Wok (Sichuan)- Cary
  • Flavors Kitchen – Morrisville
  • Gourmet Kingdom- Carrboro

Best Date Spots, Inexpensive- Durham

  • M Kokko (Chicken)
  • Luna Rotisserie (Chicken, Latin-American)
  • Toast (Paninis)

Best Date Spots, Basic- Durham

  • Viceroy (Indian)
  • Hutchins Garage (Pizza)
  • Juju (Asian Fusion)

Best Dates Spots, More Expensive- Durham

  • Mothers and Sons (Italian)
  • Mateo (Spanish)
  • M Sushi (Japanese)

Best Date Spots, Inexpensive- Raleigh

  • CO (Asian-Fusion)
  • Whiskey Kitchen (Southern)
  • Beasley’s (Chicken, Southern)

Best Date Spots, Basic- Raleigh

  • Tazza Kitchen (American, Pizza)
  • Garland (Indian, Asian)
  • Capital Club 16 (American, German)

Best Date Spots, More Expensive- Raleigh

  • Crawford and Son (Southern)
  • Stanbury (American, Seasonal)
  • Barcelona Wine Bar (Spanish)

Best Donut Shops

  • FlipSide Donuts- Cary
  • Baker’s Dozen- Raleigh
  • Monuts Donuts- Durham

Best Eastern European Restaurants

  • Guglhupf (German)- Durham

Best Farm to Table Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Poole’s Diner- Raleigh
  • The Stanbury- Raleigh
  • Plates Neighborhood Kitchen- Raleigh

Best French Restaurants

  • Vin Rouge- Durham
  • Jolie- Raleigh
  • The Kitchen- Chapel Hill

Best Ice Cream

  • Two Roosters- Raleigh
  • The Parlour- Durham
  • Maple View Dairy- Hillsborough

Best Indian-Nepali Restaurants

  • Himalayan Range Nepali- Cary
  • Tower Indian- Morrisville
  • Saffron- Morrisville

Best Italian Restaurants

  • Mothers and Sons- Durham
  • Gocciolina- Durham
  • Daniel’s Restaurant- Apex

Best Latin-S. American Restaurants

  • SoCa- Raleigh
  • Centro- Raleigh
  • COPA- Durham

Best Mediterranean-Middle Eastern Restaurants

  • Sitti- Raleigh
  • Sassool- Raleigh and Cary
  • Bosphorus- Cary

Best Mexican Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Taqueria El Toro- Raleigh
  • Los Cuates- Raleigh
  • Jose and Sons- Raleigh

Best Neapolitan Pizza Places

  • Capp’s Pizzeria- Chapel Hill
  • Pizzeria Faulisi- Cary
  • Pizzeria Toro- Durham 

Best NY Pizza Places

  • Oakwood Pizza Box- Raleigh
  • Randy’s Pizza- RTP
  • DiFara Pizza Tavern- Cary

Best Standard Pizza Places

  • Hutchins Garage- Durham
  • Pizzeria Mercato- Carrboro
  • Trophy Brewing & Pizza Co.- Raleigh

Best Patios (Durham)

  • Tobacco Road Sports Cafe (American)
  • Guglhupf (German, Bakery)
  • Juju (Asian Fusion)

Best Patios (Raleigh)

  • Humble Pie (Small Plates)
  • Mulino Italian Kitchen (Italian)
  • Whiskey Kitchen (Southern)

Best Ramen

  • Sono Sushi- Raleigh
  • Noodle Blvd- Cary
  • Tonbo Ramen- Raleigh

Best Sandwich Spots (Durham)

  • Toast- Durham
  • KoKyu Na’mean- Durham
  • Ideal’s Sandwiches and Groceries- Durham

Best Sandwich Spots (Raleigh)

  • Carroll’s Kitchen- Raleigh
  • Union Special- Raleigh
  • Publix- Raleigh

Best Seafood Restaurants

  • St. Roch Oyster Bar – Raleigh
  • Cortez Seafood – Raleigh
  • Postal Fish Company – Pittsboro

Best Small Plates Restaurants (Chapel Hill)

  • Hawkers Asian Street Fare- Chapel Hill
  • Glasshalfull- Carrboro
  • Jujube- Chapel Hill

Best Small Plates Restaurants (Durham)

  • Mateo- Durham
  • Dashi- Durham
  • Juju- Durham

Best Small Plates Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Humble Pie- Raleigh
  • Brewery Bhavana- Raleigh
  • Vidrio- Raleigh

Best Soul Food Restaurants

  • Dame’s Chicken & Waffles- Durham
  • Jack’s Seafood and Soul Food- Raleigh
  • Mama Dips- Chapel Hill

Best Spanish – Tapas Restaurants

  • Taberna Tapas- Durham
  • Mateo- Durham
  • Barcelona Wine Bar- Raleigh

Best Sushi-Japanese Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Sushi Mon- Raleigh
  • Sono- Raleigh
  • City Market Sushi – Raleigh

Best Thai Restaurants

  • Thai Station- Chapel Hill
  • Koon Nine- Cary
  • Thai 55- Durham

Best Vietnamese Restaurants

  • Mekong- Morrisville
  • Midtown Pho- Raleigh
  • Anise Pho- Raleigh

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