I remember a number of years ago there was a restaurant in N. Creek called Wally's (I think), a quant small place with excellent food, not bar food - but a nice meal. IMHO, that is what NC needs, not another bar. Andy's was different when it was opened, some nice German food, their jaeger schnitzel was as good as you would find in the old country and their spaetzle was also good. These were two places I always stopped by on my way too and from our wilderness home. Now the only place worth stopping in at is B&W and most days I just keep on going.
Don't ski the trees, ski the spaces between the trees.