Uptown 101

This was a delightful adventure on the way home from seeing The Avett Brothers in Greensboro, NC. It was only five minutes off of I85. The appetizer crab cakes were worth the price in crab alone and were fantastic. The Shrimp and Grits we're fabulous and plenty as the bowl was a heaping helping. Thank you to the folks for the great service along with changing the TV to the NCAA Second Round game featuring Houston.

I’m from Raleigh and met a friend here for a drink. I ended up ordering two meals to go. The aroma of the food in my car was fantastic!! The pork chop was flavorful and my favorite of the two dishes. The other dish, a ribeye with shrimp, was excellent also. I especially enjoyed the shrimp. The zucchini and squash side was seasoned well. The mac n cheese was inhaled in a couple of bites. It was so good, I should have bought an extra serving….or two. Now for the finale. You must try the sweet potato cheesecake. It’s more than a cheesecake. There were multiple layers of deliciousness in every bite. I highly recommend the mac n cheese and sweet potato cheesecake. You won’t regret the carb overload. I would visit here again.

Have dined here twice. Atmosphere is wonderful. Food first experience I wouldn't have fed it to my or your dog. 2nd experience it was edible but not worth the price. Waitress the first dining experience was very unprofessional. 2nd dining experience was better but they seemed to be short staffed. 2nd time dining they had live music. That was the best thing.

Let me say up front - I am very glad to see people investing in small town America, and this is such a place. There's many things to love here. The atmosphere and decor are lovely. The staff is very nice and helpful. The menu treads a line between bringing new ideas to an otherwise stagnated restaurant scene in Granville and Vance counties, and making some familiar, reliable dishes if you just want some comfort food. So, thank you for that. Overall, it's pretty good - not great. On our first visit, my meal was pretty disappointing, but my wife enjoyed hers so much, I thought we'll give them another chance. The first meal - I had the wings and the steak salad, she had the Mac and cheese and the Ahi tuna appetizer. The salad was not good - the steak was tough and devoid of flavor. I ordered it medium rare, but clearly someone had cut it up, threw it into an overcrowded pan and steamed it beef-stroganoff style. Ugh. And it was served over limp greens and shredded yellow-and-white cheese from a bag. At least try using Gorgonzola. I ordered it because the dressing sounded interesting - and it was good! Just, not with chewy beef and Colby Jack. The wings had a great flavor - I asked them to mix the BBQ and Buffalo sauces together. Yum. Perfectly cooked. However, for a buck a piece, I'd like them to be bigger. Still, the best in the two towns. The Ahi tuna was quite good - exactly as expected and we'll be ordering that again. Can't get that outside of Durham, until now. Good job. Mac and cheese - amazingly, some places manage to screw it up, but not here. Creamy, pasta not overcooked and mushy like everywhere else, nice cheesy flavor. Order it, you won't be disappointed. This time I had the burger - I saw one coming out of the kitchen as I was chewing my salad, and made a mental note to get it next time. So, I did. Really solid, good burger. Definitely worth ordering if you like burgers. The pretzel roll is a nice touch. Generous size patty. Also, the fries are great - I ate those first while waiting for my bacon (more on that in a second). She had the tomato basil soup - that was fantastic. Thick, creamy, pleasantly spicy while not distracting from the ripe tomato flavor. Outstanding. She also had the shrimp and grits. She reports it was more the Cajun style - brown roux instead of the creamy type we normally see - but it was very well done and the shrimp was cooked to perfection. And they were a nice size. Our first trip, it took me asking two people and ten minutes to get a small cup of dressing for my naked salad. This trip, they forgot the bacon for the burger. Mistakes happen, and I think it's just a matter of the kitchen hitting its stride (and the wait staff learning to check the orders before bringing them to the table!), but they've got a little way to go. On the bright side, everyone is very friendly. Even the owners walk around and say hello to people. The first time, I said I'd come back to get a better idea of what this place is about. The second time, we said we'd come back because we liked it. Overall, B+. Some wrinkles to iron out, some menu items (or kitchen procedures) to reconsider, but overall, you won't do better unless you're taking an hour's drive down I-85. We'll certainly be back.

Showing homes in Oxford and came across this restaurant. I ordered the BBQ hamburger and it was fantastic. They must have just opened and as with other restaurants things are a bit slow, but not here. We were greeted and had service very quickly. With a short window to eat we were in and out in about 30 minutes. Great food, service and atmosphere.