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Location: I-95 Exit 97, Smithfield, North Carolina
This Golden Corral is located right across the road from the Carolina Premium Outlet Mall. It is the best Golden Corral restaurant that we have ever eaten at. The restaurant is impeccably clean with a wonderful selection of food. Everything was fresh and delicious.
Location: I-95 Exit 180, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
The building literally looks like it is about to fall down and the drive-in menu is hand lettered.
The food was great and cheap. I think it is only open from 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM with breakfast served until 11:00 AM. It’s the real thing with a huge pork BBQ sandwich, side and tea for under $4.00. Most dinners are under $6.00 with over 15 choices on vegetables. I wanted to try a bologna burger or fatback and grits but was a little leary.
Stop by for a cultural experience. It’s next to a McDonalds but the Abner’s sign has fallen down so just check your GPS.
Southern Image Restaurant has excellent, home-cooked southern food. They offer a buffet or menu service. We enjoyed the lunch buffet which for adults is $7.95. Dinner buffet is priced at $9.95. The buffet has a lot to choose from but it’s definitely not for anyone on a diet.
The service is great and the atmosphere is special. The restaurant is conveniently located just off I-95, exit 87. I recommend it to all my friends!
This is a nice place to take the family! Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar is a national chain with a great atmosphere, a nice selection and reasonable prices. There seem to be more and more Applebee’s being built and we’ve noted that the menu varies from region to region but some of the more popular choices are common to all. They have also got a great selection for the kids.
This is a few miles off the highway — but worth the few minutes’ drive.
When we were youngsters, we would NOT tell tourists about this place, lest it be “ruined”. But it’s great, and during tourist season, it’s packed. You can take a seafood platter — or, the local specialty, lobster. You pick your own, by weight and they steam it for you. This is a “seafood in the rough” place, which is typical of seafood places on the New England coast.
They have moderate prices, cash only (ATM is on site), and I don’t know if they accept Canadian money. There is no alcohol sold BUT you can BYOB, and there’s no beer store nearby, so if you want a beer — and what goes better with New England seafood than beer? — you should make a stop and pick up a can or two.
Newick’s is a little difficult to find. Take I-95 exit 4 and travel about 5 miles west on US Route 4 to Newington. It’s located on a frontage road and looks out on the “Great Bay”. This is genuine New England seafood… and about as fresh as you can get! Generous portions, great prices, in an informal, family atmosphere. You have to try the boiled lobster, you’ll be hooked! (no, I do not work there but go there every time I’m in the area)
If you love Rock Shrimp you should never pass up the Dixie Crossroads Seafood Restaurant. It’s located in Titusville, Florida about two miles east of I-95, exit 220 on Route 406, on the south (right) side of the highway. Look for the Rock Shrimp statues.
We’ve stopped here several times on the way south to Miami and have never been dissappointed. Go to their website at http://dixiecrossroads.com and check out their coupons. Great menu and reasonable prices.
My family and I where traveling to Florida and stopped at the Manning Shoney’s exit 119. This Restaurant was quite different than most Shoney’s restaurants we have visited. It was modern, and had one of the friendliest staffs we have ever encountered. The selection of food from the buffet was outstanding and menu food was also available. The management of this store deserves high praise. All aspects of our dinning experience were outstanding.
The 99 Restaurant has generous portions and low prices. You’ve got to try the broiled sirloin tips! One pound of tender, juicy, marinated, flame-broiled beef! I’m hungry already. The “99″ is a small (about 60) family-owned regional chain of New England restaurants. Very popular with the locals, so you know it’s good. We’ve been to several in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and the quality, service and prices are consistently good.
When one drives up to the front of this place one would expect that this is a high-priced place to eat. What a nice surprise to find a delicious, reasonably priced luncheon buffet with elicious fried chicken, southern casseroles, lots of veggies and salad bar, plus homemade soups and desserts, ie, blueberry and peach cobbler. One could also order ala carte, but this was a wonderful value.
We love to stay here overnight and have one of their breakfasts. This place is within the sight of the I-95, but the food is within sight of “heaven”. We recommend it!
