George's Garage

The service here can be a bit slow, but the food here is the best in Durham! Try any one of the outstanding seafood, steak, or pasta dishes, and you will not be disappointed. They have a great raw bar, too, if you want a dozen oysters to start off. One of their best features is their sushi bar, which offers the biggest and best maki (rolls) in town. One note of warning, though, when the restaurant gets busy (pretty much every weekend), the sushi chef sometimes won't take orders from the main restaurant - so you eat an entire meal of sushi at the bar or none at all. Still, this restaurant is one of the best in Durham - it's as nice as it gets while remaining completely casual.