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
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Mickey Whichard lives in Wilmar, “a little spot in the road near the Craven County line on Highway 17.” He and his wife, Freda, have a small farm near where
Mickey Whichard lives in Wilmar, “a little spot in the road near the Craven County line on Highway 17.” He and his wife, Freda, have a small farm near where
Mickey Whichard lives in Wilmar, “a little spot in the road near the Craven County line on Highway 17.” He and his wife, Freda, have a small farm near where
Mickey Whichard lives in Wilmar, “a little spot in the road near the Craven County line on Highway 17.” He and his wife, Freda, have a small farm near where she was born and raised. They are regulars at Yoder’s Dutch Pantry.
“You have to realize this restaurant sits out in the middle of nowhere,” he says. “You get people who drive 25 to 30 miles one way to eat there … on a regular basis.”
The restaurant is part of Yoder’s Farm and Garden Supply, a Southern States outlet run by Mennonites.
“These people do all of their own bread-making,” Whichard says. “If I had to recommend one item on the menu, I’d say they’ve got some choice French toast” — made with fresh-baked bread.
Then there’s the butter syrup. “It’s the color of butter, and practically everyone who eats pancakes or French toast there has it.” Think cream, butter, and sugar all mixed up into a rich, syrupy concoction, says former restaurant manager Linda Jo Koehn.
If you go on Saturday, go early, Whichard advises. The little bakery in the middle of nowhere serves as many as 250 people on an average Saturday morning.
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.