There’s something magical about finding extraordinary food in the most unassuming places.
Like discovering that the best Philly cheesesteak outside of Philadelphia isn’t in some trendy urban eatery, but in a small-town North Carolina diner that looks like it was plucked straight from a Norman Rockwell painting.
Franklinville Diner in Franklinville, North Carolina, is that rare gem where authenticity trumps pretension and where a sandwich from another city’s tradition has been perfected with the kind of care usually reserved for family heirlooms.
The first bite of their cheesesteak will make you question everything you thought you knew about this iconic sandwich – and possibly make you consider relocating to be closer to it…