The Top 46 Restaurants Near Saint Jacques at Burke Manor
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- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 5. The Fearrington House Restaurant
Modern Cuisine
A converted farmhouse anchors a pastoral village where linen tables and intimate alcoves cater to ceremony. The seasonally shifting menu draws on local produce and balances inventive technique with classical restraint, though the chocolate soufflé remains the unapologetic indulgence that justifies the pilgrimage.
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Rank 7. Fairview Dining Room
Classic New American
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Ricky Moore
- Eater 18 Essential Restaurants in Durham, North Carolina
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Winner · Best Chef: Southeast · Ricky Moore
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Rank 11. Nanas
French-influenced Italian
A smart retro dining room hosts Italian and French cooking anchored by local ingredients, where wood-grilled plates and house-made pasta compete for attention with lingering traditions like North Carolina shrimp remoulade. The chocolate soufflé arrives dreamy and billowed, a small finale to a menu built on the principle that there's something here for everyone.
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Rank 12. Nikos
Greek
Inside a converted tobacco warehouse, Nikos serves Greek and Mediterranean standards—spanakopita, octopus carpaccio, a sprawling meze platter—in a dining room that honors its early-1900s brick bones while maintaining a casual modern ease. The wine list tilts Greek, the baklava arrives properly burnished, and the whole experience carries the unhurried pleasure of a taverna, minus the jet lag.
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Rank 14. Seraphine
Southern
Inside a converted tobacco warehouse, Seraphine trades in Southern comfort—fried shrimp, broiled oysters, gumbo, catfish—while the marble bar slings classic and inventive cocktails beneath moody lighting. The terrace opens to the renovated complex; the dining room offers something darker, more intimate, where the past seems to linger in the walls.
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- Eater 18 Essential Restaurants in Durham, North Carolina
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar Program
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Rank 22. Little Bull
Mexican
Chef Oscar Diaz blends West Coast technique with Mexican heritage in vibrant small plates designed for sharing, anchored by an al pastor skewer and tom kha ceviche. The half chicken with pita satisfies, best chased with ice-cold beer or a house cocktail.
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Preeti Waas
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Preeti Waas
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Rank 25. Mission Pizza Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #18 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- Eater 18 Essential Restaurants in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Peyton Smith
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Rank 29. Taste of the Triad
Southern
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Rank 30. Forsyth Seafood Market & Café
Calabash-Style Seafood
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- Eater 18 Essential Restaurants in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Rank 40. Mr. Barbecue
Lexington-Style Barbecue
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Rank 42. New Sichuan
Sichuan Chinese
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Rank 43. Dampf Good BBQ
Barbecue
Brothers Nick and Bryce Dampf smoke brisket and ribs from a countryside trailer, open weekends only. Meat sold by weight, homemade sausages rival the signature beef in a no-frills setup worth the drive.
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Stephanie Tyson
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Stephanie Tyson