OldAgePensioner said:are you sure her food is not worth going over for anymore. Cause I just called my a friend in Cary goes by the name of Fat Duck on a couple of UNC boards and he said he still feels like the food is great.
Was the meal you guys had bad enough to write her place off as just a tourist trap?
Mama Dips was very average. Similar to the quality of cafeteria food or Golden Corral type food. When you get done eating, you're full. But you don't reflect on how great the meal was. The service was bad too.
Many reviewers at the CitySearch website agree with me:
http://triangle.citysearch.com/review/6158343
I have also noticed a trend in Chapel Hill. There are "Chapel Hill People" that like "Chapel Hill food".
To summarize "Chapel Hill food" and the typical Chapel Hill restaurant, the quality is low to average and the prices are high with a fu-fu atmosphere. Chapel Hill consumers seem to decide on a restaurant based on the name and reputation more so than the quality of food and service.
In general, if I'm able to identify a "Chapel Hill person" in advance, I just ask them for good restaurant recommendations, and that way I know which places to avoid like the plague. Maybe your buddy from Cary is a "Chapel Hill person". If he lives in Cary he's probably not from around here.
I would give you the names of some dives in Cary (I grew up there), but nothing was there 10 years ago, so nothing has acquired the "dive" title yet. Ask your buddy what local (Cary/Raleigh) dives he likes. Then I can tell you if he's a "Chapel Hill person". Not that there's anything wrong with that.