South 21 Diner

After The Color Run, we dined at the South 21 Drive-in--a happening place in Charlotte, NC with old school flavor and transient digs. Get it? Cars are transient? But the parking lot is not, I suppose. Maybe that's a bad joke. Anyways,

It's another restaurant featured on Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives!

Our pork BBQ sandwiches and onion rings were de-licious. Just look at those onion rings...

And just look at our faces...

There is no greater feeling than eating all the calories you just burned. 

Seriously, there are lots of better feelings (getting an A on a paper, graduating college, getting an unexpected excellent tip, spending time with an old friend, finishing a run or hike, watching your team win a ball game, etc.), but this food was damn good and didn't go straight to my hips because I had just burned a bunch of calories running through color around the Charlotte Motor Speedway property. 

If you live near Charlotte or are just passing through,  you must go to South-21 drive-in. Get a glass of sweet tea, a pork BBQ sandwich, and the onion rings. You won't be sorry.

Cabo Fish Taco

Tonight I ate in Charlotte, NC, at Cabo Fish Taco with my dear friends Christy and Rachel. Cabo Fish Taco is a restaurant which was featured on Guy Fieri's show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.

Since I cannot eat seafood around Brad (yes, I know...it sucks), I went to town on two fish tacos. Wahoo fish tacos because tuna is not environmentally-kosher right now.

This is what a sign said on the table:

Due to previous years of oil spills and overfishing all types of tuna are being held by FDA and extremely scarce.  We value providing our customers with fresh tuna.  We also understand to sustain our business we must also sustain our environment.  Please understand as we are only temporarily substituting all of our dishes that include tuna with fresh Wahoo.  We will hopefully be able to return to our regular menu within the next month or so.  Thank you for your understanding and your patronage.

My tacos, and the accompanying black beans and rice, were delicious. The taco shell was flash-fried, which gave it just the right amount of crisp without the yucky greasy feel or taste that tacos can sometimes have. The fish was flavorful and flaky, and the honey-wasabi sauce was absolutely to die for. Both tacos had all the fixings, too...avocados, tomatoes, lettuce, you name it. As Guy would say, "It was winner, winner chicken dinner!" Except, it wasn't chicken.  And despite what anyone tells you, fish does not taste like chicken.

Here's a picture: