Porchetta Restaurant, Durham

Porchetta Restaurant assembles its menu around local ingredients—mainly, and most importantly, pork. The locally-owned operation anchors its savory spread with a porchetta roast, which consists of a pork loin wrapped in pork belly stuffed with herbs and spices. Chefs shave that roast and parlay it into several different sandwiches, adding tantalizing extras such as house-pickled jalapenos and balsamic-glazed onions or southern-style apple horseradish slaw. Guests can pig out on the pig-centric eats inside the Brick and Mortar location at Streets at Southpoint, or catch the food truck as it cruises around town.