My Pogue friend Braden also recommended the Shaka 🌮 Taco and folks, let me tell you, it was really good. It is in Surf City and is a taco stand where you order at a window and dine outside at a picnic table.
Rae had the taco bowl with veggies and it was fantastic! I will get that if we return.
When deciding on vacation locations, Sophie said if we went near Wilmington that we could eat at The Dockside. She is a huge Nicholas Sparks fan and in the movie “The Choice” a scene 🎥 is shot at The Dockside restaurant. It is located on the Intra Coastal Waterway in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Daddy Mac’s is located on the beach on Topsail 🏝 Island in North Carolina. It was recommended by Braden and Luke, two local boys that are awesome skim boarders and were hanging out at the same beach as us today. I asked them if they were Pogue’s or not. 😆 The service was wonderful and everyone’s food was delicious.
Lawyer had the fried 🍤 shrimp and they were very good.
Kiley had the shrimp scampi linguini and after she tasted the shrimp and grits, she was trying go figure out when we could visit again. we are enjoying this area with all of our kids and grandson and look forward to a week at the beach.
The Fractured Prune is located in Surf City on Topsail 🏝 Island on the coast of North Carolina.
These doughnuts were steaming 🥵 hot and made to order. We just kind of hovered around the box until they were gone. Multiple flavor opportunities as all the doughnuts are the same and they personalize the topping. Cool story on why it is named the Fractured Prune. A competitive woman in her 70s named Prunella was a champion 🏓 ping pong player as well as other sports and would compete against men and often win. She would some times get injured/ fractured and was know as Fractured Punella.
Only in The South can you find delicious BBQ at a gas station. Reminds me of Ed Orgeron recruiting Michael Oher in The Blind Side. Located right off the exit in Benson, North Carolina is this gem. There is a Blue Grass version of Living On A Prayer playing while I type. Yee Haw!!!
I had the brisket, ribs, Jalopeno Mac and cheese and corn bread washed down with the local favorite, Cheerwine soda. Kudos to the jalapeño Mac and cheese as it made my forehead sweat. We are at a picnic table outside the restaurant. This is a happening spot.
Greek’s Pizzeria, which started in 1969 was a “Go To” establishment for me in Muncie, Indiana and Ball State University from 1981-1985. They have beefed up their restaurant with the Tapp Room here in Franklin.
The pizza is as I remember it and this location, near Franklin College, is just another part of the cool downtown area of Franklin.
This girl is on 🔥 fire!!! Nope. Not Alicia Keys. But, yes; yes it is Sophie Kreis!!! She nailed this evening’s dinner. Cheesy garlic toast to a golden brown, and throwing in some shrimp with the penne Alfredo was genius! I think we may leave her at home alone all day more often! (Actually, Heidi was home if you are fact checking me.)
Nina Hackman is looking like a genius again!
You didn’t know this, but the last time I grilled 🥩 steak they were under cooked. I put them back on and they were still under cooked.
Tonight…Redemption!!!
I grilled on indirect heat for about 15 minutes and went direct. Grilled chicken sautéed in butter and seasoned with Jerromeo’s Love Rub…Superb. (My 🍊 Orange Lake vacation friend Jerry Hollander make his own meat rub.) And Flat Iron 🥩 steak with 🧄 garlic 🧂 salt. (That’s all you need.)
Sweet potato 🍠 in the air fryer with cinnamon sugar and 🧈 butter along with mushrooms 🍄 sautéed in Worcestershire Sauce and butter again.
It all was delicious. I redeemed my reputation with the fully cooked steak, however, grilling from the deck with hummingbirds in flight, that just kicks it all off.
The side view looks even better than the 🔝.
Devil’s food cake topped with marshmallows which are topped with a mixture of butter, milk, cocoa and pecans. Seriously rich and tasty. 😊
Walt’s Diner 