10 Most Iconic Foods in North Carolina You Should Try

Are you hungry? North Carolina surely has some great food options for you to try. Southern cuisine is some of the best foods that you like to enjoy. Plenty of our food is fried and cooked up in butter, oil, and all of that fatty goodness. Talk about enjoying a good time on a plate right? But, what are some of the most popular foods that you should be eating when you're in North Carolina?

Only In Your State is naming the most iconic food in North Carolina. The popular eats that put North Carolina on the map as having some of the best food in the country. From pork-loving dreams to deep in seafood heaven, North Carolina food staples are some of the best in the game. Eat up real good this new year whenever you eat some of your Carolina favorites. Check out what Only In Your State is naming as some of the most iconic foods in North Carolina.

Just looking at this list should let you know that North Carolina has some of the best foods around. I know for a fact that I enjoy eating great food in both North and South Carolina. Seafood is my ultimate favorite food. Being from the coast, I know what it is like to have fresh seafood and there is nothing like it. Especially shrimp! Big, juicy shrimp will make my day at any point. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even a snack I will eat it for sure.

While most people have favorite restaurants, those places may not necessarily be considered the best in the world. Well, now Tripadvisor is letting us know which restaurants are, so if you're a traveling foodie, read on.

The travel site just came out with their Travelers' Choice “Best of the Best” Awards for restaurants, based on a full year of Tripadvisor reviews. The list consists of restaurants in six continents and 51 countries. Establishments are broken down into the following categories: Fine Dining, Everyday Eats, Quick Bites, Picture-Perfect Restaurants, Date Night, and Hidden Gems.

Earning the honor of Top Fine Dining spot in the U.S. is the Lahaina Grill, in Lahaina, Hawaii, which also landed at number 19 on the Best Restaurants in the World list. The Old Stamp House Restaurant in Ambleside, United Kingdom is the World number one for a second year in a row.

The Restaurant at Gideon Ridge in Blowing Rock, North Carolina took second place on the U.S. fine dining list, but was also named the Top Date Night spot in the U.S. That's not surprising, given that it overlooks the Blue Ridge Mountains from an elevation of 3,990 feet. Circa 1886 in Charleston, South Carolina is sixth on the Date Night list.