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BIG CAT
Southern
Cat kitsch lines the shelves at this neighborhood restaurant and bodega in Raleigh, where a team of five local culinary figures pooled their talent and built something that feels both familiar and hard to place. The menu reads Southern but veers into duck-fat fried wings with harissa and honey, cornbread with curry leaf butter, and charred cabbage over tofu pesto. The New York Times put it on their 2026 Restaurant List, which tracks.
The awards strongest first
- The New York Times 2026 · The Restaurant List
One number, weighted & current 67
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Cornbread with curry leaf butter
“A steaming-hot personal pan of cornbread with curry leaf butter will change everything you ever thought about that Southern staple.”
The New York Times, 2026 -
Coconut-milk soft serve
“don’t leave without a velvety serving of coconut-milk soft serve with toasted coconut and fresh lime zest.”
The New York Times, 2026
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