Focus on Takeout – Baldwin Farms (Yanceyville, NC)
As we started quarantine and businesses closed, we made it a goal to support local business as much as we could. Instead of eating out, I decided to order some beef from Baldwin Farms in...
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Focus on Takeout – Falafel and Co. (Raleigh, NC)
https://falafelandco.com/our-menu/ 1000 Brookside Dr. Raleigh, NC A man can not live on Burgers alone, and there is a time when this man needs a chicken pita. It is actually pretty often, and lucky for...
Focus on Takeout – Corbett’s Burger & Soda Bar (Cary, NC)
Corbett’s, a perennial Straight Beef favorite, has come through for us again. Early in the stay-at-home period many grocery stores were short of basic supplies. Corbett Shope, owner of Corbett’s, opened his pantry and...
Review #92 – Village Deli & Grill (Raleigh, NC)
Village Deli & Grill and a New Focus on Takeout! Back in February, before the Coronavirus pandemic shuttered restaurants and canceled dining out for the time being, Michael and Chad made it out to...
Bad Daddy’s Re-Review
The beginning of a new year often means new experiences, but The Straight Beef, being the contrarians that we are, decided it was best that we do a re-review of one of our most...
Reviews #90 and #91 – Shake Shack vs Square Burger
Shake Shack vs Fake Shack Square Burger and Shake Shack are new entrants to the burger landscape of the Triangle. Shake Shack started in Madison Square in the early part of this century. They...
Ten years of The Straight Beef
Ten years ago today Scott, John, and I posted our first review. Scott and John have moved on to other things. Now Chad, Don, and Carolyn join me in celebrating the burgiatric arts. It...
Review #89 – Local 22 (Durham, NC)
Michael: Damn!* 4.75 Carolyn: Daaayyuum!* 4.75 Don: Daaaaaaaammmnn!* 4.75 Chad: Lamb? Damn!** 4.75 Overall rating: 4.75 out of 5 Overall rank: 7 out of 89 *The overall consensus was that the build kept the...
Review #88 – Burger Boy (Wilson, NC)
Over the Memorial Day weekend, my family and I went to Wilson to see the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park. What do you do when you are in a city for the first time and...
Review #87 – Royale (Raleigh, NC)
Deconstructionism, the Royale burger, and Objective Burger Truth Listen to The Straight Beef Podcast for more on the Royale and the topic of when a burger is not a burger Oh those wacky French...