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16637 Lancaster Highway
704-544-0313
BEST FRENCH FRIES
Terra Restaurant
A repeat winner, and a perennial favorite.
545-B Providence Road
704-332-1886
BEST FRIED CHICKEN
Price's Chicken Coop
A repeat winner, seemingly since time began. A local -- no, a national treasure.
1614 Camden Road
704-333-9866
BEST HAMBURGER
Mueller's Sandwich and Salad Company
Dave Mueller's tiny spot is tucked away on a side street in Myers Park, but his burgers are big in taste.
119 Huntley Place
704-940-6880
BEST HOT DOG
The One Off Your Own Backyard Grill
Are we right or what?
BEST ICE CREAM/GELATO
Dolce Ristorante Italiano
Italian natives Luisa Castiglioni and Rudy Amadio make gelato year round for their dessert menu, but during the summer, they offer mango, green apple, toasted almond, chocolate and an outrageous watermelon.
1710 Kenilworth Ave.
704-332-7525
BEST WINGS
Wild Wing Cafe
A repeat winner. The wings that are racking up awards all over the South take our top prize as well for the second year in a row. With 33 varieties, there's an option for every temperament from Virgin (for kiddies and the faint of heartburn) to Habanero Hots ("something special for the insane"). And while we personally can't claim to have sampled all 33, we've chowed down on enough varieties to designate this the chomping champion.
Various locations.
BEST ONION RINGS
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q: Southern Kitchen
This Alabama chain came to town with perfect gargantuan yellow onion rings.
13840 Steele Creek Road
704-930-2290
BEST RESTAURANT THAT SHOULD HAVE Gotten TARP RELIEF
McIntosh's Steaks and Seafood
Greg McIntosh's locally owned steak and chop house (with famed scalloped potatoes) waged the good fight against the other steak house chains as they muscled into town over the past decade, but ended up dead in the water in April -- six months after expense accounts all but dried up. Other high-end spots have closed -- GW Fins, Morton's in SouthPark, and Oceanaire Seafood Room -- but we will miss McIntosh's and Restaurant I the most.
BEST FIND OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS
Jake's Good Eats
In an old gas station outside the beltway, Jake's excels in starters: crispy cornmeal-embraced oysters paired with a tartar sauce drizzled with Sriracha, and Southern fried green tomatoes urbanized by the bed of braised leeks. Yum.
12721 Albemarle Road
704-545-4741
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