Yesterday I got an email from a researcher for a Food Network show called Diners, Dives and Drive Thrus (or something like that) asking for suggestions for local joints to feature on their show. I offered up one or two and suggested she contact Esbee and Ed Cone since they know way more than I do about local eateries. I also figured that they would post the question on their blogs and get a ton of suggestions since they have lots of readers who are, uh, enthusiastic in their commenting. (I don’t know if she contacted Ed or Esbee before or after I suggested it, but it doesn’t really matter). Sure enough Ed posted it and the last time I looked he had over 24 comments. http://bit.ly/QouK2
Through this process we learned that the researcher had reached out to lots of local bloggers and, most importantly, to Smitty who HAS to know more about local eats than anyone. How did she find them? I know she found me via my blog and I’ll bet she found Smitty’s Notes simply by doing any kind of search on Winston-Salem. And really, what better way to do local research than to “crowd source” it to a bunch of people who love nothing more than writing about local happenings.
BTW, if you have a local joint you’d recommend for the show feel free to leave it in the comments and I’ll email it to the researcher. Locally, family owned and unique are the basic criteria. Also, I’d say anything froo-froo is out. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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PB’s takeout (I haven’t had Skippy’s yet – every time I get a hot dog craving , I head straight for PB’s)
Liberty diner in Lewisville (I hope it’s still there. Haven’t been for a while).
Thanks for the recs. Not only is Liberty still there it is my most
frequent breakfast haunt since it’s about 30 seconds from my house.
Jon,
Twin City Diner is GREAT. It has received awards from Southern Living Magazine.
And if you want a “dive”… Kermits. Amazing Cheeseburgers and Hot Dogs.
Also… Bell Brothers near Smith Reynolds Airport is nothing to look at… but the food is incredible. GREAT soul food.
Peace,
-Chris
Thanks Chris. Now you’ve given me a few places to try myself!
I got it yesterday morning and replied that I would stick to W-S, as that was my forte. I went with Skippy’s, Bib’s (newer, but the owners have an illustrious family food history), and Krankies. I even attached a photo of the Airstream.
Leatherwing, I’ve never had PB’s.
There were tons of places that I thought of with amazing food but not a lot of venue character or character but not really standout dishes. I figured I’d throw out three solid suggestions (hyperlinked, of course) and hope at least one stuck.