Just past the Zebulon Community Center, I turned into the Community Park. There was a children’s play area in the woods. Then there were walking paths, and a couple of ball fields.
Wake County Public Library Zebulon Branch
One of the librarians was friendly enough. I told her that there were two places that revealed alot about a town: their library and their grocery stores. She added “their restaurants.” This led me to ask if “McLean’s” was a good place to eat. She said, in the past, she had eaten there regularly, and it was good for “country cooking”. My impression from her wording, was that she didn’t eat there much currently, but I don’t know if that meant she ate at other restaurants or that she cooked at home.
I sat in one of the blue chairs at the back, where the window are located. I think I pulled out my cellphone, but I don’t recall exactly what I searched for.
I was planning to eat about 4pm in Zebulon at McLean’s Cafe, but about 3:30 pm, I decided to go in and eat dinner. I think I saw the last few lunch diners leaving as I pulled into a parking space. This was an odd time to be eating, and it appeared that this was their daily “down” time. I did get seated however, way in the back and next to the salad bar.
There was nothing special about the salad bar. The best item, I think, was the raw strawberries. Everything else was “normal”. Didn’t enjoy either of their soups: Broccoli/Cheese and Vegetable. Lots of veggies in the soup, but I didn’t see or taste any meat, and it therefore was relatively flavorless.
I don’t know how many of these were made, but I know I have seen one like this in the past (many years ago).
I had visited Louisburg, NC in the morning, and had lunch at a Mexican restaurant while there. By the time I got to Zebulon, I was a little tired. I had taken a great number of photos in Louisburg, but took relatively few in Zebulon. Later I googled for the populations of both towns and Zebulon was almost twice the size in population.
I thought I had missed a lot in Zebulon, but when I got home, I used Google Maps, and see that I didn’t miss much. There was a shopping center, with Food Lion, Belk & Roses and several fast food restaurants on one side of Hwy. 64. On the other side of Hwy. 64 there was the Public Library.
I also looked at my Timeline route around Zebulon and see that I pretty much hit all the hot spots.
Bill Gibson, II 