Some restaurants feed you. Others make you set an alarm, rearrange your plans, and show up early just to guarantee a spot in line.
North Carolina has more than its fair share of the second kind, and the locals who know about them treat that knowledge like a closely guarded secret.
From mountain towns to coastal cities where the seafood practically introduces itself, this state has built a restaurant culture so strong that the lines outside certain doors have become something of a local landmark…