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It had been a while since I had eaten at Pier 41 in Lumberton, NC. This is a classic Southern Fried seafood restaurant. The hush puppies are slightly sweet and it is easy to eat far more of them than you should.

I ordered the fried Trout & Shrimp special and asked for a baked potato with that. It comes with slaw. This was sweet and the cabbage was finely chopped. The waitress also brought cocktail and tartar sauce and a plastic tube of Daisy sour cream.

You can probably tell that the dining area stretches the width of the building, and I realized that my waitress having waited on me against one wall, was later waiting on a table at the other end. Not sure a waitress should be called to walk that much. Perhaps would have been better to section off the restaurant and assign waitresses to a specific area. *Not sure I received as good attention because I was close to being “out of sight, out of mind”.

You pay your bill, up at the counter. The clerk was friendly and I saw a small “Einkaufswagen” on the counter. I said that there was a place where I shopped that had childrens’ sized shopping carts and I had thought about getting one of those because I could afford what I could put in that size of cart.

I did leave with a “to go” water. *Interesting to me that I often have some of the Lime flavored packets for water. I’m tired of this lime flavored drink at home, but like it after a meal when I am out.

NOTE: There is a seafood restaurant in Yadkinville, NC (Yadkin Valley Seafood Restaurant) that I would like to go back to.

I think I’ve eaten at this restaurant a couple of times. Hwy. 421 goes past the front of this establishment. One of the hardest rains occurred when I was attempting to run inside. I finally got in, but I was really wet.

The seafood was good here, but I actually remember an attractive young blond waitress. I’m an old man, but a good looking young woman is still interesting.