The Classic Mac

About

Relish Craft Kitchen and Bourbon Bar are located in Raleigh, North Carolina. They are famous for their mac n’ cheese and their Southern Comfort food. This restaurant is quite different and odd compared to other restaurants. The Relish’s restaurant is between a fancy dining look and a normal restaurant look-half of the restaurant is a bar and the other half is large and small wooden tables that can seat 2-4 people, they have a small gift shop up front and a ton of relishes and peanut butter samples to try at the register. Each table has a small lit candle and the restaurant has a small “stage”; a raised area with more tables to sit at. All of the mac n’ cheeses and made-to-order and they are served on a small hot skillet, which is what they used to cook it in. The mac n’ cheese comes with a side that you can choose from their long list of side.

The Mac n’ Cheese

Relish has 7 different mac n’ cheeses: The Classic, Alfredo Mac, Italian Mac, Mexican Mac, Cajun Mac, French Mac, and Southern Mac. I had The Classic, The Classic is made of Cavatappi pasta smothered in their creamy Béchamel Sauce and sharp cheddar and comes with a salsa-like relish for $9.50. The noodles are pre-boiled then once you order the mac n’ cheese they take the noodles, add the cheese, then bake it and put it on a super hot skillet to be served in. The mac n’ cheese comes out too cheesy (for my taste), it has a thick layer of really stringy cheddar cheese that is super chewy, almost as chewy as gum. Once you get below that thick layer, the cheese becomes soft and soupy like a cream. This cheese is a little gritty but tastes really good, I’d prefer a little more of this kind of cheese rather than the think layer of sharp cheddar in this mac n’ cheese.

Worth It?

Overall, I think that this mac n’ cheese is worth it because of the yummy flavor that the cheese makes and the perfectly cooked large Cavatappi pasta even though it is a little expensive.

Did You Know?

Last year, Relish Craft Kitchen and Bourbon Bar won the Mac n’ Cheese Throwdown for Hope.

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Go to: https://www.relishraleigh.com/ to order online!

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