(OXFORD) - The Snackbar vibe is straightforward: shellacked wainscoting accessorized by taxidermied deer heads; louvered blinds to filter the parking lot light; raw bar in front; drinking bar in back.

Here’s a soda that is so good it has its own fan club—not to mention long history, limited supply, and top-secret recipe.

Wherein the author praises scum suckers, bottom dwellers, and other ne’er-do-wells of the deep.

(CHAPEL HILL) - This birdhouse of a space is on Franklin Street, the local restaurant row, cater-corner from Lantern, Andrea Reusing’s Asian hothouse, and just down the street from Elaine’s on Franklin, where Brett Jennings mans the...

Beyond the picture postcards, Charleston is a lovely port city that’s fast on its way to becoming a serious food capital.

This week, we check out a Portland izakaya, the renaissance of a legendary Raleigh diner, and a two-star lion in Lyon.

(RALEIGH, NC) - Poole’s was once a diner of the Linoleum Counter School. Now it’s that, and more.

This week’s roundup features Chicago pies (not the kind you’re thinking of), a North Carolina deli with a pedigree, and three great deals in New York City....

(CARRBORO, N.C.) - The Neals spice their own pastrami. They mix olive salad in-house for muffulettas. But breakfast is when they toss down the gauntlet.

Lovers of roast-beef sandwiches seek out Chicago’s Italian beef and Philadelphia’s cheesesteak. Least appreciated (outside Louisiana) but best of all is the roast-beef po’ boy....