22 UCW SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 5, 2021
Best of Fayetteville
Best Seafood Restaurant
316 Oyster Bar & Seafood Grill
316 Owen Drive
910-481-0530 or www.316oysterbar.com
Local owners Wayne,
Joyce and Rodney Horne
have been in business
since 1995, serving up
fresh seafood that arrives
from the coast daily. One
way they like to engage
customers is by challeng-
ing them. Buy three roost-
ers (raw oyster, saltine
cracker, jalapeno pepper
slice, horseradish, black
pepper and hot sauce) and
eat them all to win a free
T-shirt. Drink a rooster
shooter (raw oyster, beer,
horseradish) in one gulp
and the shot glass is yours
to take home.
For those not interested
in this spicy challenge, the
oyster bar offers steamed
and raw oysters by the
peck. Of course, there's
more than oysters —
shrimp, snow crab legs, lobster tail and filet mignon, to name a few other menu
items. Combine several favorites like mussels, clams, oysters, shrimp and sau-
sage in a steam pot. For land-lubbers, options include ribs, chicken, sirloin and
fried pickle chips. 316 Oyster Bar is open Tuesday through Thursday 5-9 p.m.
and Friday and Saturday 4:30-10 p.m.
Best Southern Style Restaurant
Fred Chason's Grandsons Buffet
5339 Marracco Drive
910-860-4899 or www.grandsonsbuffet.com
To say Fred Chason's Grandsons has dominated this category in the Best of
Fayetteville competition is an understatement. Year after year since the business
was founded, it has taken home the top prize.
The reasons are simple. Grandsons offers the comforts of home cooking and
is a place where everyone is welcome to sit at the table and enjoy a variety of
offerings. Everybody is a part of the family, and the recipes taste like they came
straight out of your Southern grandma's cookbook.
That is exactly the atmosphere owners Sheryl and Todd Warga are hoping
for. "Our customers are the best because they are family,'' they said. "We are a
family-owned business, and we want our customers to feel that when they walk
through the door.'' Todd is one of the two grandsons of Fred Chason, who gave
the establishment its name, the other being Matt Warga.
Classics like mashed potatoes, black-eyed peas, pulled pork and more keep
customers returning. It's no wonder our readers make Grandsons the choice for
Best Southern Style Restaurant.
