WILL DRIVE FOR FOOD!....especially to this hidden gem about 45 minutes from Charlotte in the small town of Stanley, NC. To begin your experience, ask for Phyllis. She is a sweet, grandmotherly type and is just exceptional! Starting with the shrimp cocktail, Phyllis brought us out some "hot" and "buried in x-hot" homemade cocktail sauce ("Hot" was sinus opening plenty hot). Excited to see that the Woodshed now offers a SMALL PORTION MENU (which includes one-trip salad, potato, and bread) we ordered the 5 oz of filet tips. Phyllis brought them out cooked to perfection (of course), along with some homemade mushroom gravy AND homemade horseradish sauce. OMG!!! We also had one of the best baked sweet potatos that I have ever experienced. But do not stop there...dessert is a must! The strawberry cake and the chocolate cake that has white icing and has some type of special name(?!?) are both to die for....
One side note: It's a "Brown Bagging" type of place so don't forget your bottle of red wine to complete your what I call "little piece of heaven" experience!