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#5 Chili Jalapeño Burger
(C-Bolts Restaurant & Malt Shop, 644
E. Main St.) — Start with a 6.6 oz. pub
steak burger, slather it with Mama’s homemade
chili, add your choice of cheese and
top it all off with a handful of jalapeños.
Then serve it up with potato salad, cole
slaw or chips — and you’ve got the makings
of a bellybuster! Still have room?
Wash it all down with a handmade shake
or malt, or delicious banana split.
#4 Orchard-Fresh Favs
(Mercier Orchards Downtown, 260 W.
Main St.) — Gear up for a big day downtown
at Mercier Orchard’s new Main
Street location. Open at 7 a.m., you can
stop in for a hearty mountain breakfast,
including fresh bakery goods. Or, grab a
lunchtime specialty sandwich (chicken
pecan salad or pimento cheese) paired
with soup or salad. Be sure to save room
for a fried pie and a hard cider tasting.
#3 Dockside Delights
(Boat Dock Bar & Grill , 335 Marina
Dr.) — A tiki bar in Blue Ridge? You bet!
Stop by for lunch, or savor a sunset cocktail
overlooking Lake Blue Ridge. Smoked
wings, craft-blend burgers, shrimp tacos
and a fried grouper basket top the menu.
Enjoy beer, wine and specialty cocktails
(try the Blue Ridge Boat Wreck — Malibu
Rum, Midori, Blue Curacao and pineapple).
Open seven days during the season.
#2 Philly Cheese steak
(Morganton Grill, 45 Bypass Rd.,
Morganton) — Fast, friendly and fun is
the name of the game here, where the hot
dogs have flair, the wings are perfectly
spiced and the Philly cheese steak comes
loaded. Add in some battered onion rings
or chili cheese fries, and top it off with a
root beer float or milkshake. Close to
Morganton Point, it’s the perfect spot
for an after-the-lake lunch or dinner.
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