Mama Rosa's is a convenience store-restaurants that serves up pizza, Mediterranean dishes and other odds and ends.

This business had a location on the West Side but relocated to Cross Lanes years ago.

So I made my way over to this spot to check it out.

They have a menu behind the calendar, a cooler with a few prepared foods, and sporadic goods spread throughout the store.

After looking over the menu, I went with an order of cheese ravioli and a side of hummus and pita. Why not try the best of both worlds?

First, I tried the small salad that came with the meal. Plus some garlic bread.

The ravioli was fine - nothing too exciting.

The hummus was also pretty standard.



What's your favorite thing here?

There's a new restaurant in Fayetteville aptly called "The 304."

This restaurant is in a small space and has some fun takes on regular menu items, like a grilled cheese french dip.

After seating myself, I looked through the menu. My first choice was the "soul rolls," which have collard greens, roasted chicken, yellow saffron rice, and black eye peas with a cherry Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce.

And, wow, yes, they were just as delicious as they sound. Perfectly crisp on the outside with a super hearty and flavorful inside.

Then another one of their specials they had was a sloppy joe cheeseburger. And for some reason, a sloppy joe just sounded perfect. So I ordered one without the cheeseburger and added American cheese AND pimento cheese.

W-O-W. The sweet and tang from the sloppy joe with the creamy cheese was delish. This should go on the menu because I would order it again and again. Do yourself a favor and try it - with a side of tots doesn't hurt.

Court Street Market in downtown Fayetteville is new and is offering lots of organic goods.

So I had to stop in to check it out. They have a little bit of everything.

Whether you're looking for decorations or bulk beans, they have it.

This seems like a great go-to for hard-to-find ingredients locally.

Have you been?

While in Fayetteville for the Gingerbread Festival, I stopped by for a classic Almost Heaven treat.

Tudor's is like a comfort food. So I ran through the drive-thru for a Politician biscuit to take with me to view the Christmas lights at the county park.

Apologies for the low-light photo - but it was only moments before I dug in.

Thick bologna, American cheese and egg - comfort food on a biscuit.

The Cold Spot is a wing & beer spot with three locations in West Virginia.

There's one in Charleston, one in Glen Jean and one in Nitro. The last is the only one I hadn't been to, so I gathered up some of my friends to go check it out.


It's a bit rough around the edges - with some awkward parking and a convenience store looking as though it's the entrance - but once inside, it's like any other bar and grill.

They are known for their wings, so my eyes went directly to that section.

Of course, there are spicy sauces like "toxic." But I went with 6 boneless "BBQ gold" and six boneless "Sweet BBQ."

Now, usually a "sweet BBQ" is a safe choice. But this one was just OK - their sweet bbq sauce doesn't have a ton of flavor to me.

But the BBQ gold was fantastic.

It had some sweetness and some tang. Definitely a keeper.

Oh, and the giant beers don't hurt. What's your favorite wing flavor here?