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"In down-to-earth Durham I join loyalists who line up before noon at Ideal's, where owners Ian Bracken and Paul Chirico channel Northeast sub obsession with Southern touches like Duke’s Mayo and summer tomatoes; the housemade bread — sesame hoagie or rosemary focaccia — is a pride-and-joy, and while the shop keeps a steadfast hot-and-cold lineup, I always trust whatever special is running that week, from a saucy chicken cacciatore sandwich to an over-the-top Turducken (cured, confited, breaded, then fried duck)." - Kayleigh Ruller