Some meals you forget by the following week. Some meals you think about on the drive home, again at dinner that night, and then again when someone asks you where to eat in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A perfectly fried piece of flounder has that kind of power, and this Raleigh restaurant has been proving it since 1986. Calabash-style seafood done right is a rare thing, and the locals here figured that out a long time ago.
The crispy, golden flounder has a way of turning a simple lunch into something you end up describing to people who never even asked. For nearly four decades, the restaurant has stood by the same recipe…