Comments on: Wishful Dining

By: keith

keith — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:20:45 +0000

if yum yum’s is the place please tell me how many different ways you can make a hot dog there, ketchup,mustard,slaw and chili. In DDD you will need to have a aray of menu items. The line is out the door sometimes because plenty of people don’t know that you can order all the way down the line not just a cash register.

I have always wondered for well over 25 years why Yum Yum’s doesn’t offer french fries. It must be something with having a exhaust system for the fryer. Of anyone knows please let me know.

Ged , i agree with you on your assessment. There might be a BBQ place in lexington that could meet the criteria but haven’t seen anything around here for that.

By: Matt Dalia

Matt Dalia — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:38:36 +0000

Yum Yum’s at UNC-G

1)ice cream is homemade
2)lines out the door, down the steps, around the building
3)food might not be out of the norm, but the sights sure can be…

And, I have never waited in line for The Penguin…good food though, and the best jukebox in NC.

By: Rob Wittner

Rob Wittner — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:13:17 +0000

liv,

I just read your review of Johnson’s in Siler City.

If you’re comparing it to Tommy’s – *the* Tommy’s – then I need to try it! (I grew up in L.A., and have eaten at the original on Beverly and Rampart.)

And… well… I will add that Fincastles is no Tommy’s. I still think it was good, but not in *that* league.

In fact, I’ve not had anything that does come close, so I had long since stopped trying to compare other burger joints to them.

Note to self: do not lower standards, ever, even if it’s been 17 years since you’ve lived in L.A.

:-/

By: Rob Wittner

Rob Wittner — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:26:52 +0000

Well, I have to admit it has been quite a while since I’ve eaten there, so things may have changed.

(That’s the trouble with out-of-date restaurant reviews. Things can get better or worse in a matter of weeks, let alone a year or two.)

By: liv

liv — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:42:35 +0000

I’ve been to fincastles… and while good, it didn’t, err… it didn’t impress me much… (as Shania would say)…

By: Rob Wittner

Rob Wittner — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:39:30 +0000

The thing about DD&D is that they look for a place that either makes their featured items from scratch and/or takes diner-type dishes and pushes them “over the top” or fuses them with some other type of cuisine in an unexpected way. With so many of the places on that show, I’d be willing to drive a good distance just to check them out.

One place that I have visited in the past, and has *some* of the criteria for a Triple D place is Fincastles in downtown Greesnboro. The hamburgers are taken out of the fridge in a hand-rolled and seasoned ball and pressed out on the grill. The pimiento cheese is homemade. The fries are hand cut, as are the onion rings. (The Joel burger is delicious!)

Even with all of that, I’m not sure it’s enough to make the cut. Not that the food wasn’t absolutely delicious, but it may not offer that unxpected “je ne sais quoi” that DD&D looks for. Who knows? Maybe it does.

I suppose I should qualify that recommendation with the fact that I haven’t been there in a while – it was delicious the last time I was there. (Diet/exercise and double cheeseburgers don’t mix.)

Anyone else have a hidden gem?

By: liv

liv — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:21:51 +0000

You know what, I argue that Siler is the Triad… Commerce-wise. I’m not sure why there’s a need for people inside of Greensboro to isolate their suburbs based on some imaginary line. I live in a town which use to be apart of Guilford County. Guilford County use to be apart of Orange County… it’s all relative. I don’t think 30 miles is too far to consider it apart of the triad’s social and economical base.

Besides… give it time… Greensboro will annex it eventually.