This North Carolina City One of the Best for Brunch in the U.S.

Are you a fan of brunch? I surely am! I enjoy a great brunch opportunity such as chicken and waffles plus mimosas, it's just a great time honestly. Brunch is defined as a late-morning meal, simply a mixture between breakfast and lunch. Whether it is a Saturday or Sunday, brunch is good either way. Bottomless mimosas are probably going to be my favorite part of brunch overall.

List with Clever names their best brunch cities in the United States. Brunch can be a divine experience from the music, the drinks, and the menu it makes any weekend better. To determine the best brunch cities, they looked into restaurants, menus, economics, and internet search data. Luckily for North Carolina, one popular city came in pretty high up on the list. It may have not made the top 10, but Raleigh came in at #16 for best brunch cities in the U.S. The average brunch cost in Raleigh is $13.44, according to the report. If you are a true brunch girly like me then maybe we should go give it a try together! Here are the top five best brunch cities according to List with Clever.

Check out the full report here and let's see which other cities made the report. You might want to plan a brunch getaway soon, like me!

Mother's Day is fast approaching (friendly reminder to start that shopping if you haven't yet!). It's also the perfect day to treat mom to brunch. As a millennial brunch is one of my favorite meals in existence, and I will always be down to go. But if you're treating mom to brunch then you want to make sure you are taking her to the absolute best- she deserves nothing but perfection. So where is that spot? Well according to the latest rankings from YELP North Carolina is home to 2 of the country's top places for brunch. And four are in South Carolina! 6 out of 100 isn't bad at all. The bad news, only one spot is local to the Charlotte area. The others require a little more time and perhaps a hotel stay. But I'm sure Mom would love a trip too!

So where did these rankings come from? Here's exactly what YELP had to say: "This is an all-time list of the best brunch spots for Mother's Day according to Yelp. We identified businesses in the Breakfast & Brunch category with a large concentration of reviews mentioning "brunch," then ranked those spots using a number of factors including the total volume and ratings of reviews mentioning "brunch." If a chain appeared on the list more than once, we only included the highest-rated location. We included only 10 businesses per state for geographic diversity. All businesses were marked open on Yelp as of April 6, 2023. When available, all businesses on this list have a passing health score as of April 6, 2023."

So keep reading to which spots made the cut as the best of the best for brunch in North Carolina. You can view the full top 100 list from Yelp here!

Location: 402 Chestnut St #4026, Wilmington, NC 28401

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Location: 626 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

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Location: 4856 Hwy 17, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582

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Location: 980 Cipriana Dr A-6, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572

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Location: 3150 US-21, Fort Mill, SC 29715

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Location: 302 Coleman Blvd, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

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There is just something about your favorite comfort food. While I won't binge on them constantly, I enjoy some good down-home southern home cooking from time to time. Personally for me when I think of comfort foods I think of things like mac and cheese, chicken pot pie, or a grilled cheese sandwich. But those are just a few of the endless examples. The Oxford Dictionary defines comfort foods as "food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically any with a high sugar or other carbohydrate content and associated with childhood or home cooking."

The researchers over at E-Conolight analyzed Google search data to determine the most popular comfort foods in each state. And by popular they mean the most searched for. And there were some fantastic foods that made the list including chicken and dumplings, cheese grits, pot roast, stuffing, and chili. In fact, reading this list has made me hungry for lunch. And not the salad I was planning on having either. But what did the data show as the most popular comfort food in North Carolina? It's a good one that combines both sweet and salty and honestly what more can you ask of a food?

Keep reading to see which foods the Carolinas and neighboring states love. Want to see more? You can read the full E-Conolight article here.

Chicken & Waffles. Maybe I just didn't get out much but I feel like in the last 10 years or so is when chicken & waffles became a thing. I love a good waffle and I love fried chicken. But for a while, I was very hesitant to try this combination. It just sounds so weird, mainly the syrup on fried chicken part. But as soon as I finally tried it, I get it. This combination is so good and an absolute staple on brunch menus for a reason!

Could there be a better comfort food representation of South Carolina than shrimp & grits? When this meal is good it's GOOD. Especially in Charleston and other coastal towns. In the south we know how to really cook grits and this meal is the perfect blend.

Is there a better southern delicacy than fried chicken? It's a classic for a good reason. When you find a restaurant or even better a family member who makes the best fried chicken, it's a blessing!

Full disclosure I had no idea what Chess Pie is and had to Google it. But thanks to Cooking Classy, I learned that it is "a custard-style pie with a crisp browned topping". This dessert typically consists of a traditional pie crust with filling consisting of eggs, milk or buttermilk, flour, sugar, and often vinegar or lemon.

See the rest here.