To do this weekend: Try mac and cheese, NC’s top tacos and blueberry doughnuts
Weekend plans, sorted.🍴 The CharlotteFive Readers’ Choice mac and cheese bracket is down to five contenders for you to try out, Jon G’s Barbecue just landed on a national Mexican food list (really) and Krispy Kreme quietly resurrected a summer favorite for four days only.
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Twenty-eight nominations. A tie. Two restaurants from the same ownership team (looking at you, The Goodyear House and Old Town Kitchen & Cocktails). And, now, we’re down to five spots slugging it out for a place in the final round of the CharlotteFive Readers’ Choice best mac and cheese poll.
Your Top 5:
📖 Cast your vote for the best.
Jon G’s Barbecue — the Peachland brisket temple that only opens on Saturdays until it sells out — landed at No. 60 on Yelp’s Top 100 must-try Mexican restaurants in the country. It’s one of only two North Carolina spots on the list, joined by Bagner & Alexa’s Breakfast and Lunch in Greensboro at No. 75. Both boast five-star Yelp ratings.
Ready for a road trip? Jon G’s is Saturdays only, 11 a.m. until sold out.📍 116 Glenn Falls St, Peachland, NC 28133
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Set an alarm. ⏰ The Original Glazed blueberry flavored doughnut has returned to Krispy Kreme cases nationwide, and it’s only sticking around through Sunday, Sept. 20.
🫐 Tanasia tells you how to try it.
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