Germany is a long way from North Carolina, and yet somehow the sauerbraten tastes like someone made it with the same stubborn care you would find in a Munich kitchen on a cold November evening.
That is not something I expected to discover in a state better known for barbecue and biscuits. North Carolina has been quietly building a collection of German restaurants that have no interest in being discovered by everyone.
They are the kind of places that thrive on word of mouth, show up in conversations between people who look slightly smug about knowing something you do not…