How many times is too many times to say how much WE LOVE Southern food?
While we’re in town for Dreamville Festival (April 1-2), we’ll be chowing down on some staples: bbq, battered chicken, biscuits, and quenching our thirst with some sweet tea.
Love, love, love.
Never been to Dreamville Festival or Raleigh?
Dreamville Festival is held every year in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by rapper J. Cole and his record label Dreamville Records. Expect to see both up-and-coming and established rap, hip-hop, and R&B artists.
And Raleigh, North Carolina is known for its Southern cuisine.
So yep today let’s talk about where we’ll be eating. Here are 10 spots to try.
We go into where to find Southern-style food plus popular patisseries and other restaurants (in case you want to eat something other than BBQ).
*Looking to find a place to stay last minute? Check out Crewfare partner hotels for this festival here.
Southern Food
Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits
Style: American regional chain of fast food restaurants serving cajun-seasoned fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits, and sweet tea
Order: chicken biscuit with egg and cheese, sweet tea
Hours: 5:30 am – 11:30 pm
Beasley’s Chicken + Honey
Style: Southern comfort food, their specialty is fried chicken, and the space is rustic and casual
Order: fried chicken and waffles sweet tea
Hours: Thursday to Saturday 11:30 pm to 9:00 pm, and Sunday to Monday 11:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Humble Pie
Style: specializing in small, Southern plates
Order: homemade sourdough, Mac-n-cheese, and crispy brussel sprouts
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Longleaf Swine
Style: traditional BBQ restaurant cooking over open pits
Order: the brisket, ribs, smoked chicken, and mac n cheese
Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 11:00 am to 10:00 pm or until sold out
Patisserie
Layered Croissanterie
Style: this bakery specializes in croissants and other French pastries
Order: this: magic toast croissant dough slices topped with graham cracker frangipane, coconut, and pecans then baked. Finished with caramel and chocolate shavings
Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
lucettegrace
Style: specializes in French-inspired pastries, cakes, and desserts
Order: pain au chocolat
Hours: Monday to Saturday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Other Spots
Cucciolo Terrazza
Style: specializes in Italian cuisine and cocktails
Order: spicy vodka tomato cream rigatoni
Hours: see their website, varies
Oakwood Pizza Box
Style: NYC-style thin sliced pizza
Order: 50/50 pizza – half red and half white sauce
Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and Friday to Sunday 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Plates Neighborhood Kitchen
Style: specializes in classic, Southern-style dishes with locally sourced ingredients
Order: black Garlic Fettuccine handmade pasta + smoked fontina alfredo + spring onions + grape tomatoes + swiss chard + breadcrumbs
Hours: see their website, varies
Sushi Mon
Style: specializes in sushi and other Japanese dishes
Order: hand rolls please
Hours: see their website, varies
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