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Fountain Dining Hall

(From NCSU website)

Conveniently located on West Campus and surrounded by residence halls, Fountain Dining Hall is an all-you-can-eat extravaganza that is sure to have something for everyone. Nineteen meals per week are served at Fountain - from breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the week to brunch and dinner on the weekends.

Fountain Favorites

Our traditional hot line featuring your favorite entrees, vegetables, and side dishes. Load up on such standards as Fried Chicken, Carolina-style Bar-B-Que, and Lasagna.

Fountain Specialties

New to Fountain in the fall of 2006 is our "Fountain Specialties" line. Here you will find a rotating specialty bar including Taco Bars, Potato Bars, Wing Bars, Fajita Bars, Pasta Bars, and more.

Short-Order Grill

Students and hamburgers have gone hand-in-hand for decades, so you'll love our short-order grill at Fountain. Burgers and other hot sandwiches grilled any way you'd like.

Deli Bar

Want a sandwich? Our deli bar has fresh breads, meats, protein salads, cheeses, and all the toppings that are sure to please. When you want something besides a full-course meal, a sandwich will hit the spot.

Healthy Options

There are many students on campus who choose a vegetarian or vegan diet. Our healthy options corner serves up delicious pastas and vegetable dishes designed especially for vegetarians, with vegan entrees and heart healthy choices as well. The menu changes daily to offer variety and a well-balanced diet. These items are also marked as such on our online menu.

Pizza Station

Fountain offers several pizza selections every day for lunch and dinner. The pizza station offers everything from plain cheese, to veggie pizzas, to the old standby - pepperoni.

Access

Fountain Dining Hall is open to all University students, faculty, staff and visitors using meal plans, campus card accounts, and cash for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner.

(See a campus map.)

Food & Drink outide the campus

Grocery Stores

Food Lion, 3926 Western Boulevard. (Close to Wolf Village.)

Whole Foods Market, Ridgewood Shopping Center, 3540 Wade Ave.
(Wide selection of organic food and locally grown, with bakery, beer and wine.)

Farmer’s Market, intersection of Centennial Boulevard and Lake Wheeler Road.
(The state farmer’s market, a couple miles from campus, with local growers’ booths.)

ABC Store, Mission Valley Shopping Center, 2109 Avent Ferry Rd.

ABC Store, Cameron Village Shopping Center, 417 Woodburn Rd.
(Liquor is sold North Carolina only in state stores. Beer and wine is in grocery stores. See Bars, Wine, & Alcohol below for more details.

Restaurants

Simple Fare, Cheap Eats

Just down the hill from the Wolf Village dorms are the usual chains and a few more:
Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, Bojangles Biscuits Cook Out! (cheap but good burgers, shakes, barbecue. Take-out only.) Greek Fiesta. Ten Ten Chinese.

Amedeo’s (longtime Raleigh pizza and Italian family fare)

Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, Mission Valley Shopping Center, 2231 Avent Ferry Road
Bagel sandwiches, soups

MoJoe's Burger Joint, 620 Glenwood Ave. Funky local joint with good, inexpensive hamburgers, including the classic Carolina Slider

Char-Grill, 618 Hillsborough St. A Raleigh institution, ‘50s style drive-in burgers.

Cloos' Coney Island, Mission Valley Shopping Center, 2233-102 Avent Ferry Rd
Classic hot dogs and burgers and a bit more.

Mellow Mushroom, 601 W Peace St. Hippie pizza place with good microbrews on tap.

Whole Foods Market Café, Ridgewood Shopping Center, 3540 Wade Ave. Hot bar, salad bar, bakery, eat-in or take-out. Plenty of vegetarian food.

American Cuisine

Applebee’s, 3625 Hillsborough St. You’re probably familiar with this one.

Tripps, Ridgewood Shopping Center, 3516 Western Boulevard Kind of like Appleby’s.

Irregardless Cafe, 901 W Morgan St. First vegetarian fine dining in Raleigh (omnivore menu now).

Porter’s Tavern, 2412 Hillsborough St. From fish tacos to pastas to steak, along with an excellent bar. A faculty hang-out.

42nd Street Oyster Bar, 508 W Jones St. Fresh seafood, a huge oyster bar, an institution with the legislators downtown.

Chinese

Red Dragon Chinese Restaurant, Cameron Village Shopping Center, 2513 Fairview Road Raleigh’s oldest, with standard Chinese cuisine.

The Duck and Dumpling, 222 S. Blount St. (downtown) Expensive but extraordinary Asian fusion.

African

Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant, Mission Valley Shopping Center, 2109-146 Avent Ferry Rd. Authentic dining experience.

Indian

India Mahal, 3212 Hillsborough St Inexpensive North Indian.

Royal India Restaurant, 3901 Capital Blvd Ste 103 More expensive, but among the best in the area.

Vietnamese

Dalat Oriental Restaurant, Mission Valley Shopping Center, 2109 Avent Ferry Rd.

Middle Eastern

Neomonde, 3817 Beryl Rd. Take-out, indoor, and patio dining, Bakery on premises.

Jasmin Mediterranean Bistro, 2430 Hillsborough St. Reasonably priced campus hang-out with good food.

Italian

Piccola Italia, Cameron Village Shopping Center, 423 Woodburn Rd. Moderate neighborhood pizza and Italian food.

518 West, 518 W Jones St. Upscale but not outrageous, on the dining scene strip of Glenwood South

Caffe Luna, 36 E Hargett St. Another nice dining experience, downtown.

Japanese

Sushi Tsune of Kyoto, 3417 Hillsborough St. Inexpensive but good sushi bar, with extensive Japanese menu

Sushi-Thai, Lake Boone Shopping Center, 2434 Wycliff Rd. Sushi bar plus Japanese and Thai dishes.

Thai

Thai Villa, South Hills Shopping Center, 1319 Buck Jones Rd. Thai family owned, with moderately priced, excellent food

Mexican

Chubby’s Tacos, Lake Boone Shopping Center, 2444 Wycliff Rd. Excellent cheap, fresh, creative dishes, and the usual.

Cueva de Lobos, Avent Ferry Shopping Center, 3227 Avent Ferry Rd. Standard Tex-Mex fare, reasonably priced.

Baja Burrito, Mission Valley Shopping Center, 2109 Avent Ferry Rd. Big burritos.

Sweets and Coffee Houses

Escazu Artisan Chocolates, 936 North Blount St. Local chocolatier who imports and roasts the beans for handmade, exquisite, creative chocolates.

Locopops Gourmet Frozen Pops, 1908 Hillsborough St. Hand-made, gourmet frozen gourmet fun (Mexican paletas).

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, 549 North Person St. Freshly made on a huge conveyor system every evening. You gotta see to believe it.

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, 3801 Hillsborough St. With outside patio.

Planet Smoothie, 2302-104 Hillsborough St.

Cup A Joe, 3100 Hillsborough St. College bohemian hangout coffeehouse, which roasts beans on the premises.

Cup A Joe, Mission Valley Shopping Center, Avent Ferry Rd. Smaller, but with patio.

Global Village Organic Coffee, 2428 Hillsborough St. University hang-out across from campus.

Bars, Wine, & Alcohol

Bars & Pubs -- All bars are non-smoking in North Carolina

Boylan Bridge Brewpub, 201 South Boylan Avenue Good beer, outside patio with view of downtown. No tv screens.

Hibernian Pub, 311 Glenwood Ave. Friendly Irish-owned bar, with pub fare.

Napper Tandy, 126 North West Street Irish bar and restaurant, live music some nights.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, 328 W Morgan St. Dozens and dozens of microbrews.

Cameron Bar and Grill, Cameron Village Shopping Center, 2018 Clark Ave. Sandwiches and local beers on tap.

Players Retreat, 105 Oberlin Rd. Longtime neighborhood bar near the university, with bar food.

Sammy’s Tap and Grill, Mission Valley Shopping Center, 2235 Avent Ferry Rd. Student sports bar, with big patio.

East Village Grill & Bar, 1 Dixie Trail University crowd, with outside patio.

Mitch's Tavern, 2428 Hillsborough St (upstairs) Neighborhood bar across from the university, lunch food and local beer.

Alcohol in NC

Alcohol is state controlled. You can buy beer and wine in any grocery store (after 1pm on Sundays), but to buy liquor you need to go to an ABC store (go figure). There are two close by.

One is in Avent Ferry Shopping Center which is east of our dorm down Western Blvd. This particular store is more oriented to student tastes.

There is also an ABC store in Cameron Village Shopping Center. They have a better, and more adult, selection of liquor. You can find directions to the shopping center at: ABC Stores Wake County, 417 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, NC 27605

Wine Bars or Wine Tastings (call ahead for Wine Tasting)

Anytime Wines
2425 Kildaire Farm Road, Suite 405, Cary NC 27518 (919-303-9463)

Great Grapes
1237 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary NC 27511 (919-468-9088)

Seaboard Wine Warehouse
802 Semart Drive, Raleigh NC, 27604 (919-831-0850)

The Wine Merchant
Raleigh: Ridgewood Shopping Center, 1214 Ridge Road, Raleigh NC 27612 (919-828-6929)

Zely & Ritz Tapas Restaurant and Wine Bar
301 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100, Raleigh NC 27603 (919-828-0018)

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