Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store

This is a pretty good (although not awesome) place to stop if one is going to be in Pittsboro around lunchtime.  Was out and about with my bride and my little girl after visiting the big cat sanctuary and hunger overtook us like a ravenous tiger, or was it a lion - or... oh never mind.

I opened the yelp app on my iphone and found this place just a quick walk from where I had parked on the main drag by the traffic circle.  We sauntered over without getting hit by any cars and were quickly seated.

They had this menu item that seemed like a HUGE burger stuffed between two grilled cheese sandwiches, but upon recieving it, it was more like the size of a McDonald's hamburger stuffed between two massive grilled cheese sandwiches on texas toast.  A little disappointing for the burger fan in me as I had been expecting something like at least a 1/2 lb burger from the way the menu described it.  I had asked for hot sauce, and the response was "Is Texas Pete's okay?  I said yes, but when it arrived in a small souffle cup, instead of texas pete hot sauce, I received buffalo style wing sauce.  

The best part of the visit was the italian ice.  Their lemon italian ice has schwan's beat by a long shot.  This was almost "to die for."  The second best part of the visit was being served the local peach flavored mead from Starrlight meadery - just a mile or two up the road from here.  That was refreshing on a hot day after visiting the cats.

Service wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either.  Our server seemed to be a little overwhelmed as it was well after the normal lunch rush, but being a holiday weekend, people were still steadily streaming in to eat.

Considering the choices for places to eat in and around Pittsboro, this is probably worth another try.

I went to the first brunch and was disappointed.  I had the Grilled Veg Strata; the vegs were not grilled and there was way to much bread.  I asked for a side of sausage, which were patties and there were barely warm. They seemed to have been package, pre cooked and barely microwaved.  
As a Roadhouse, they had a musician;  single acoustic guitar player.  He played in the front room and was wired for sound.  With the amount of folks in there, he was way to loud
I will give them another chance, once they have a few brunches under their belt

We had our Social Media Management class dinner here and loved it. Wonderful environment, great food and excellent service. Love the "General Store" and hope they will add some old time candy and sodas next. They have a lot going on for both groups and families, check it out.