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Two burger joints top N.C. burger bracket

• By Michael Hastings BH Media
• May 3, 2017
• May 3, 2017
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The Loaded Goat Sports Pub and Grill in Mount Airy is earning a name for its burgers.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

The popular Carolina Burger restaurant in Lenoir is tucked along a busy stretch of U.S. 321.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

The Carolina Burger in Lenoir serves a 6 ounce ribeye sandwich with grilled onions.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

Tom Hutchens, who owns the Carolina Burger, says, “Our customer base is second to none.” The Lenoir restaurant came in first in the online North Carolina Burger Bracket.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

Beneath a basket of fried onion rings, mushrooms, and chips (which are served with spicy Carolina sauce and fry sauce) are three of Carolina Burger’s sandwiches; clockwise from left are the Carolina Classic, Carolina Fire Cracker and Rib-eye Steak.

• Photos by David Rolfe/BH Media

The Carolina Burger in Lenoir serves its version of a Carolina Burger with bacon, cheese, chili, slaw, mustard and onions.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

Doug Turnmire (center) is the general manager of the Carolina Burger restaurant in Lenoir. The menu features 17 burgers, and the meat is freshly ground for the restaurant by May’s Meats in nearby Taylorsville.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

Craig Deas (center), owner of the Loaded Goat in Mount Airy, said customers have made it much more of a restaurant than a bar. “It’s the burgers that we’ve become known for around town,” he said.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

The BBQ Bacon Burger at The Loaded Goat in Mount Airy is a half pound of Angus beef topped with pimento cheese, bacon, homemade barbecue sauce and onion rings.

• Photos by David Rolfe/BH Media

Craig Deas is the owner of the Loaded Goat in Mount Airy.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

The Carolina Burger in Lenoir serves the Carolina Fire Cracker, a burger topped with Swiss and jalapeno cream cheese, grilled onions, and their homemade Lava Sauce.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

The Carolina Burger in Lenoir serves spicy Carolina sauce (left) and fry sauce (right), along with their onion rings, fried mushrooms and pub chips.

• David Rolfe/BH Media

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By Michael Hastings BH Media

The recent North Carolina Burger Bracket saw 64 popular burger restaurants across the state compete in six rounds over three weeks.

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Michael Hastings is the Food Editor for the Winston-Salem Journal. Contact him at 336-727-7394 or mhastings@wsjournal.com.

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Address: 606 Blowing Rock Blvd., Lenoir

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Restaurant: The Loaded Goat

Address: 247 City Hall St., Mount Airy

Hours: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday

Phone: 336-755-3627

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Beneath a basket of fried onion rings, mushrooms, and chips (which are served with spicy Carolina sauce and fry sauce) are three of Carolina Burger’s sandwiches; clockwise from left are the Carolina Classic, Carolina Fire Cracker and Rib-eye Steak.

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