"It's a Southern Thing" Restaurant -- AND
Homewood Suites Hotel by Hilton
5400 Homewood Banks Drive, Raleigh NC
September 6, 2025
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Lee and Karen Duquette thought the food here was ok.

It's a Southern Thing Restaurant
funny sign outside of the restauratn

Below: View while driving over a short bridge

Crabtree Creek sign
View while driving over a short bridge

Below: A funny key sign

A funny key sign

Below: Lee Duquette chose to stay at Homewood Suites by Hilton in Raleigh, NC. They stayed in room 106.

Homewood Suites by Hilton in Raleigh, NC Homewood Suites by Hilton in Raleigh, NC

Below: The lobby area and dining area was very nice - as was the lady working at the front desk.

lobby at Homewood Suites buy Hilton lobby at Homewood Suites buy Hilton

Below: Patio as seen from the dining area

Patio as seen from the dining area

Below: Inside of the hotel room 106. A small kitchen area which Lee and Karen Duquette did not use.

kitchen

Below: Near the kitchen area (shown above) there was a couch. It was not very comfortable and it probably makes down into a bed. The couch faced a TV. Outside was a patio with people relaxing, so the curtains stayed closed.

couch TV and dresser

Below: Walking though a set of doors in the hotel room, was the bedroom. It had another window looking outside and a regular closet with an iron and ironing board

closer and bed two beds and the window

Below: A full dresser, another TV, part of the bed and closet, the bathroom sink (also shown a bit below), and the set of doors mentioned above that go back to the living room area.

bedroom doors back to the living room and kitche area

Below: The bathroom was to the right of the sink area which also had a full-length mirror. There was not any room on the sink area for toiletries, etc.

sink and mirrors bathroom tub

If you have not seen all of the Raleigh, NC sites, choose from the below menu.

bullet "It's a Southern Thing Restaurant and Homewood Suites Hotel by Hilton
bullet Shangri-La Stone Village in Prospect Hill - very unique and amazing
bullet NC State Fairgrounds MUSEUM in North Carolina with some interesting art. Lee was not up to walking the outside area, which they had done previously, but a link to that amazing area is included under the art museum photos.
bullet JC Raulston Arboretum
bullet Raleigh Monster Jam and the Bike Wars - 3 pages

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