Best restaurants worth a trip to Fayetteville

But you can find some of the best restaurants right here in Fayetteville. More than 12,700 Fayetteville residents work in the food industry. This statistic scratches the surface of the incredible diversity and skill of Fayetteville restaurants.

Where should you go for some great barbecue? What are the best restaurants for Asian food? What are some good casual and upscale restaurants?

Answer these questions and you can make your trip to Fayetteville a trip through world cuisine. Here is your quick guide.

If you're up for some classic North Carolina BBQ, you should head to Fowler's. It is located at 723 W. Rowan St. in Fayetteville. The restaurant is only open for lunch between Wednesdays and Saturdays.

You can buy classic dishes like pulled pork, pulled chicken and burnt ends. The fries are crispy and salty, perfectly complementing the tangy barbecue sauce and spicy meat.

You can give a few different sandwiches a try. Their jerk tacos contain pork and jalapenos with their special jerk barbecue sauce. The Commander in Cheese combines brisket with spicy pimento cheese and salty pickles.

The staff is friendly and the atmosphere is casual. Feel free to ask the chefs for their steps for preparing BBQ ribs.

Gohan Bistro is a sushi and ramen restaurant located at 524 S. Reilly Road. The restaurant offers dozens of different sushi dishes, appealing to all sorts of eaters.

You can try classic sushi rolls like salmon and avocado rolls and California rolls. You can sample rolls with roasted pork and fried kimchi as well as ones with mango salsa.

If you're not a fan of fish, the ramen is incredible. You can sample pork belly ramen with a range of ingredients, including minced garlic and chilis. Vegetarians can try shiitake mushroom ramen as well as tofu and bean sprout ramen.

You can also order poke, a Hawaiian dish with raw fish. Chefs chop the fish into cubes and serve them with different sauces. You can sample fish with ginger juice, sriracha mayo and chili paste.

E Tae Won specializes in soups, stews and barbecue dishes. Many of their dishes are spicy, including their vegetarian options like tofu stew. If you need to avoid spicy food, you can try their fried chicken with a sweet and sour sauce.

When you want Mexican food on your trip to Fayetteville, you can stop by Rookies. You can find Rookies at 6290 Yadkin Road, but the restaurant also runs a food truck. You can visit the restaurant's website and figure out where the truck will be appearing in the city.

Rookies specializes in popular Mexican street dishes. As you might imagine, you can find plenty of tacos. Tacos Locos contain meat with a special red sauce and pico de gallo.

But you can also find burritos, quesadillas and taquitos. French fry lovers can eat carne asada fries with steak and nacho cheese.

If you want to try a food challenge in Fayetteville, you can try out the wet burrito. You have to eat a giant burrito stuffed with chicken, French fries and beans in under eight minutes. The burrito is also topped with nacho cheese and salsa, so make sure you have plenty of napkins while you're racing against the clock.

You can go the traditional route and order a turkey club or a turkey provolone sandwich. But if you truly love Thanksgiving, you should give the Turkey Day Sandwich a try. The sandwich is turkey with bread stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce perched on top of Texas toast.

You can also try Turkey Bites. They are breaded pieces of turkey breast deep-fried and served with various sauces. You can dip them in gravy, honey mustard and sweet chili sauce.

You can find most classic Italian dishes at Antonella's. You can start with tomato bruschetta and Caprese salad.

You can then order chicken parmesan, lasagna and tortellini. If you're trying to stay healthy, Antonella's offers salmon with garlic sauce and spinach. But when you want to indulge, you can order cheesecake and tiramisu.

When you want a romantic night out, you can visit Antonella's during nights when they offer a prix fixe menu. In years past, Antonella's has offered special menus for Valentine's Day. You can sample dishes like osso buco at low prices.

Fayetteville's best restaurants have so much to offer. You can head to Fowler's for ribs and pulled pork.

Gohan Bistro and E Tae Won are two of Fayetteville's finest restaurants for Asian cuisine. If you want to go south of the border, you can try the tacos at Rookies.

When you're in a hurry, you can order sandwiches from The Fried Turkey Shop. When you're looking to settle in, you can head to Antonella's.