Specifically the Pinehurst (other than golf and Fayetteville area.  And Cary /Raleigh Durham areas too  
 I love NC and would like to see as much of the area as I can.

Raleigh has a lot of great places to eat! I can not remember the names of all of them but they have a lot of different places to choose from. I love to go to Neomond and Aladdin’s when I am there to pick up all my Lebanese/Mediterranean items. Raleigh also has great Italian and Asian/Asian fusion type places like cow fish sushi bar and burger, chopstix, the sake house, and the Thai house. They also have a good Italian place called Maggiano’s. Kind of pricey but so worth it And of course Raleigh also has your chain restaurants to! Sorry I am not able to provide more information but if you ever head down to Wilmington I can give you a wealth of information about the restaurants there We have a lot of good ones!