After my old college roommate ran the Oak City Marathon he wanted to swing by here and of course I drove him right there. Update he ate 4 after we got back to the hotel!
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Michelin Guide of the American South debuts tonight. This will be a good thing for restaurants in the South and it will incentivize good chefs to work in the area. Fingers crossed Raleigh gets something! MICHELIN Guide Ceremony American South 2025 - YouTube
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The results were apparently leaked, and the results are already up on wikipedia. Only one NC restaurant earned a star, and it’s in CLT. List of Michelin-starred restaurants in the American South - Wikipedia
mala pata and sam jones bbq get the bib gourmand
brewery bhavana, brodeto, crawford and son, jolie, poole’s, st. roch, stanbury, tamasha and… the… pit… get recommendations.
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The Pit = Michelin recommendations can absolutely be purchased by wealthy business owners lmaoooooooo
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Only one restaurant in all of NC (Triangle, CLT, Asheville) earning a star is ridiculous.
Stick to tires, Michelin.
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Unbelievable Second Empire erasure
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Didn’t NC (tourism board maybe) pay like $1M bucks to be included. I heard that somewhere, but not sure if accurate.
If so, that is a lousy investment to have one restaurant picked in the entire state.
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It is a little disappointing not to get a star in the Triangle, but people absolutely go out of their way to eat at Bib Gourmand restaurants.
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A counter point to all this is that maybe a Triangle restaurant got one but didn’t accept it. What a class act that would be! There is a curse to getting a Michelin star and I do think that some restaurants may just not want one.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! 
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People love to say that Durham is a better food city than Raleigh, but Michelin confirms what we all thought….Knightdale is a better food city than Durham
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As someone who goes exclusively to Michelin Starless restaurants, I am relieved. I can continue visiting all of my favorite establishments.
(This is totally by choice and not at all due to financial reasons whatsoever in any shape or form)
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I snorted. Hahahahaha
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Went to a restaurant on the outskirts of Raleigh but still in the city. Rainy Sunday night and it was packed. Like it usually is. Maybe no Michelin stars but that is okay plenty of customers.
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Yep, not every dish/item is stellar, but it is consistently good, and consistently clears over $25m in revenue a year according to Restaurant Business mag, which I’m pretty sure doesn’t include their event space rent income. Pretty impressive establishment we have here.
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Yes it is highest grossing restaurant in the state of NC besting anything in Charlotte mainly due its huge capacity. When I went during Covid and it was half capacity in mid 400s that tells you how big the place is. That rainy Sunday night it was packed as usual. Love the Angus Barn and it terms of steak it is really a good value compared to some other high end steakhouses.
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People clown on Angus Barn and say it’s “too expensive” for the quality… and ok, sure, $50 for a steak is pricey compared to higher quality (and undoubtedly more expensive) steakhouses… but that’s completely ignoring the fact that you’re ALSO getting: crackers and cheese appetizers, pickle plate, soup, salad, and bread. That’s an absurd value when you consider the full scope of what that $50 is getting you. I’ve never left that place NOT feeling stuffed to the gills.
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I think plenty of places can fill you up for less than $75 a person, it really comes down to quality, ambiance, and desired cuisine. Angus Barn charges fine dining prices for meat that’s only a notch above cafeteria quality. Most of their steaks start around $60, and while dinners include the usual cheese/olive/cracker “appetizer” along with a soup or salad and side, the value doesn’t quite match the cost. For comparison, Peddler’s prices are in the $40s for the same offering, and at Oak you’re closer to $60 just for the steak (around $90 all in with “extras”), but the difference in steak quality is significant and you feel like the food is bespoke.
Basically what I am saying is, if you want high quality, go to a proper steakhouse. If you want a more price conscious steak, visit Peddlers. I don’t see how Angus Barn is worth a visit unless for the novelty. Also Angus Barn’s bourbon offering is wildly overpriced.
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miss the old Butcher Block on Capital decades prior….wonderful warm bacon dressing on salads. capital city has had standouts over the years.
