Steer wrestling, a practice credited to legendary cowboy and rodeo star Bill Pickett, usually involves leaping onto a steer from the back of a specially trained horse. At the Madison
Put ramekins on a baking sheet. Bake for 25-35 minutes, until puffed and golden. Remove from oven, and let stand for 5 minutes. With a flexible spatula, remove strata to
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was published in January 2011. Since its publication, the Glen Alpine Depot in Burke County has closed. Saturday mornings are Depot mornings, says Emily Alexander. “If
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was published in January 2011. Since its publication, the Glen Alpine Depot in Burke County has closed. Saturday mornings are Depot mornings, says Emily Alexander. “If
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was published in January 2011. Since its publication, the Glen Alpine Depot in Burke County has closed. Saturday mornings are Depot mornings, says Emily Alexander. “If
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was published in January 2011. Since its publication, the Glen Alpine Depot in Burke County has closed. Saturday mornings are Depot mornings, says Emily Alexander. “If we are in town, we are there.” She and her husband, David, go to the Depot for the food, served up by owner Mary Haller.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was published in January 2011. Since its publication, the Glen Alpine Depot in Burke County has closed.
Saturday mornings are Depot mornings, says Emily Alexander. “If we are in town, we are there.” She and her husband, David, go to the Depot for the food, served up by owner Mary Haller. “I always have the same thing every week: fluffy scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, and a scrumptious biscuit with butter and blackberry jam. Mary’s hash browns are the best, a perfect mix of crunchiness and tender.”
But they also go because it’s a fun place: “The train tracks go right through the middle of Glen Alpine, and it is so exciting to hear the whistle and watch all of the little kids turning to watch the long freight trains go rumbling through.”
But the real difference comes from Mary and her staff. A few months ago, Alexander had an overnight hospital visit. On the way home the next morning, they stopped at the Depot. A staff member noticed Alexander’s hospital bracelet. Soon, Mary came out to check on her. “That would not happen most places these days,” Alexander says.
“The Depot is our special place. There are so many regulars there each weekend that it’s like seeing family. … It’s the one time in the week we can eat breakfast and linger over coffee and just talk — no rush, no deadlines.”
This tiny city block in downtown Greensboro once had a gigantic reputation. Not so much for its charbroiled beef patties — though they, too, were plentiful — but for its colorful characters and their wild shenanigans.
In the 1950s, as Americans hit freshly paved roads in shiny new cars during the postwar boom, a new kind of restaurant took shape: the drive-in. From those first thin patties to the elaborate gourmet hamburgers of today, North Carolina has spent the past 80 years making burger history.