Pam's Farmhouse Restaurant
Nancy Olson, the world-famous bookseller at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, told me about Pam’s. “It’s one of the best country cooking places, ever,” she said. “ It’s got the best red-eye gravy in the area, and there are always interesting people there.” When we finally met there for lunch one day, I found out what she was talking about. The southern style vegetables (collards, okra, and corn) that were offered with my fried chicken were perfectly “home cooked.” I loved the banana pudding and wished that I had had a little more room.
“Pam Medlin has been in the business since she started busing tables at a restaurant our family owned in Henderson,” says Pam’s mother, Peggy Robinson. That family tradition continues at Pam’s. Her brother, Clay Wade, is a cook and her sister, Tammy Edgerton, is a waitress. Some of the regular customers, who eat breakfast and lunch there every day, are like family, too.
5111 Western Blvd
919-859-9990
Hrs: Mon-Fri. 6 a.m. –2 p.m.
Sat. 6 a.m. –Noon
From I-40
Eastbound (from Chapel Hill-Durham). Take Exit 289 (Wade Avenue). Follow Wade Ave for 3 miles. Turn R on to I-440, US. 1-South. Go 3 miles and take Exit 2B. See below for directions from Exit 2B.
Westbound (from Wilmington). Take Exit 293 on to I-440, US. 1-North . Go 2 miles and take Exit 2B. See below for directions from Exit 2B.
From Exit 2B of I-440: At end of ramp turn L on Western Boulevard. Go .5 miles. Pam’s will be on the L, but the divide prevents a left turn. Go .2 miles further, make a U-turn at the traffic light at Heather Dr. to reverse course, and come back to Pam’s.
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