Buca di Beppo - Hearty, family style Southern Italian food. www.bucadibeppo.com
Burger King - veggie burgers!
Circle L Restaurant
Eustaquio & Eustaquio
Hardees
Inn of the Red Thread
JB's Pizza and Subs
KFC
Mountain Hearth Lodge
Riverside Cafe & Gourmet Deli
Sarah's Kitchen
Senator's House
Ship's Wheel
Southside Restaurant
Taco Bell
Mt. Airy Restaurants:
Barbeque: Aunt Bea's, Double B, Porky's
Cafeteria: Gauce's Cafeteria
Casual Dining: Goober's (wide variety of salads, sandwiches and signature Salad dressings. Outside patio), Michael's, Midkiff's, Pandowdy's
Chinese: China King Buffet, Hunan Chinese Kitchen, Panda West
Coffee Shops: The Good Life Cafe
Country Cookin': Brintle's Restaurant, Derby Restaurant, Dianna's, Mount Airy Diner, Ocie's Restaurant, Olympia Family Restaurant, Wagon Wheel Restaurant
Don't limit yourself to walking distance! CNC provides shuttle buses (free) in every town. The shuttles will drive by areas that have a number of restaurants and the recommended hotels - then back to the campground. Get out and see and enjoy!
During CNC 2001, my partner and I dined at Pan Dowdy's (Pandoudy's?) in Downtown Mount Airy and it was excellent. Good food and cheap. It was on the shuttle route and was almost within walking distance of the campsite.