<p>Hi. We will be visiting Wake in a few weeks and were hoping to have a nice dinner somewhere nearby as it will be our S's birthday. We love all types of food, so any suggestions are welcome!</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Sweet Potatoes
Ryan’s</p>
<p>dwhite: PM rockvillemom as well…</p>
<p>We’ve had good meals at
Noma
Foothills Brewing</p>
<p>Son says he really liked Mellow Mushroom, too. (H and I haven’t been there.)</p>
<p>Nothing exciting here - we have gone to chain restaurants like Red Lobster and the Olive Garden. S1 is not exactly an adventurous diner!</p>
<p>Thank you all very much. I will look into them. Food will certainly ease the pain of spending his 17th birthday (which falls on a weekend) with Mommy and Daddy instead of his friends!!
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<p>RVM - lol! Hey, at least he doesn’t cost you a fortune. My S is a full-fledged foodie - its like having dinner with Anthony Bourdain!!</p>
<p>I enjoyed Breakfast at Simply Yummy and a lunch and dinner at Village Tavern.
Good food and service , right outside the campus gate , on the way to admissions.</p>
<p>Maybe West End Cafe (a good local favorite) or Hutch & Harris (a little trendier and downtown).</p>
<p>You could also eat in the Deacon Tower, a nice restaurant in the new pressbox section of the football stadium.</p>
<p>We always enjoy the Village Tavern.</p>
<p>In Reynolda Village - Simply Yummy for lunch (great soups, sandwiches, frittatas), and Village Tavern for dinner (it’s very popular and they don’t take reservations, but the food is really good - amazing Spinach Dip appetizer and my S loves the grilled meatloaf; the atmosphere is warm and friendly). Ryans (believe it’s on Coliseum Drive) for dinner I’d also highly recommend - excellent steaks, seafood, and their pecan pie is to die for.</p>
<p>Ok - we definitely have to branch out.</p>
<p>!!!</p>
<p>Mellow Mushroom is the best downtown pizza place ever if you’re going really casual.
There are two Village Taverns – the one further from campus is bigger but the one closer has a heated outdoor tent/patio thing.<br>
Simply Yummy has the best grilled cheese ever (they put brown sugar in it IT IS DELICIOUS I PROMISE)
Foothills is delicious too. I forget what I normally order there but the servers are all sweet.
If you like food of the Asian variety, I can definitely help you there – Sakura, Sushi Thai, Noma, Ishi (spelling?), and Downtown Thai (although a bit more expensive) are ALL awesome. Sakura’s Wake Forest rolls are awesome.
Mexican places areee La Carreta, Mi Pueblo, etc, but they’re not particularly fancy or anything. </p>
<p>Italian isn’t our specialty … we have a Carrabbas but that’s not exactly thrilling. </p>
<p>I’ve heard great things about Sweet Potatoes but have no personal experience. If you like ice cream definitely hit up Kernel Kustard (downtown).</p>
<p>So many great suggestions - thanks! </p>
<p>Looks like we may have to make time for several meals - Simply Yummy’s grilled cheese with brown sugar (?) sounds intriguing…</p>
<p>6th and Vine is my favorite restaurant in Winston-Salem.
Sweet Potatoes is really great too.</p>
<p>The three restaurants in Winston-Salem that I still miss are Village Tavern, Chada Thai, and West End Cafe.</p>
<p>Every time we visit my daughter, we go to Mozelle’s. In fact we just took her for her birthday this past weekend! It’s a family favorite. The menu is on the website. Also they take reservations unlike Village tavern (we always go there for lunch when it’s not as crowded). I love Mellow Mushroom too but it’s basically a pizza place.</p>
<p>I think I’ve eaten at Mozelle’s … is that the restaurant with the glass(?) or at least sheer walls so you can see outside?</p>
<p>Having a vague memory of eating some quality salmon somewhere but I can’t remember if it was Mozelle’s or Christopher’s?</p>
<p>Pink it does have glass all around so you can see outside. It’s on a corner and in good weather they have umbrellas and tables on the sidewalk.</p>
<p>This is probably too late but you should definitely go to Putters. Get the Gauc Rib eye sandwich.</p>
<p>Its a very WAKE place</p>