South Fork Deli Cafe & Market

This little gem is tucked away in Cramerton. Good wine and beer selection, terrific food, and great atmosphere. Try the vegetable spaghetti with any of their amazing sandwiches. Salads are also wonderful. I’ve never had a bad selection at South Fork.

This hidden gem. I tell I’m glad I found it. Great food & live music on weekends. what more can u ask for.

Absolutely fabulous! We had the shaved prime rib sandwich, the Greek chicken, the Fig & goat cheese sandwich and the «special» of the night-​grass fed beef burger.
Every single sandwich was amazing.
The prime rib was tender and delicious. It had just the right amount of horseradish.
The burger was tasty & tender. You could taste the freshness.
The potato salad was delicious!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this place

If my Dad likes a place, you know it has to have good service and not too expensive. We had 6 in our party and everyone was super happy with there sandwiches. The sesame soy kale is an excellent side dish for 2 bucks! And they didn’t charge extra for more sauce. The seasoning is why the chef hits the mark on all dishes! Art is cool too!

Great place to eat but don’t ask for and extra table spoon of dressing for your salad. It will cost you .80 cent. That’s just wrong.

Stopped in tonight for my first visit. I didn’t have high expectations before walking in, just assumed average deli style food. I ordered the ribeye sandwich, and it was without a doubt the best I’ve ever had. My girlfriend had the white bean veggie burger, and she was speechless. It was her favorite veggie style burger she’s ever had, and she has a lot of them! (Vegetarian)
The environment is nice and laid back, with some good art work and great beer selections.
Bravo to a deli style restaurant done right.

I came here explicitly because this place was rated five-​stars. FIVE! And any Unilocaler worth their weight in a single mayorship knows that five stars is dang near impossible.
So while I was parked in front of another local hot spot, when I saw this place had five red stars staring me in the face, I put my car in reverse and proceeded straight here.
That was an unfortunate mistake. This joint has a great atmosphere and good tunes, but that’s about where the positives end. The food was subpar (I had the Goat Cheese Salad with Chicken Salad) and all of the drinks are kept in a refrigerator behind the counter much like how a pirate keeps his treasure. That means if you like anything but water where you have to hand scoop your own ice into a bar glass nestled in a rack beside the water can, you’re sorely out of luck. As was I after completing my meal which cost me $ 16 for some insane reason — $ 8 salad, $ 4 chicken salad X 2.
There are a lot of great reviews on this place, so maybe I just wandered far too far from home for lunch today. And in that, I’ll leave the five-​starers to keep this place afloat, because this is one mayorship I know the weight off. About that of a goose.

Completely delicious! The chicken dumpling soup was up to par with grandmas recipe. The kale and black eyed pea sides were fresh and perfectly light. I’m so pleasantly surprised with this place! Everything was quality, really tasty and made with love. I also like that they use biodegradable take out boxes. 5 stars plus!

A friend recommended to go try South Fork for lunch — it is great! We had the Reuben sandwich and Quiche of the day — both very delicious. And we can’t wait to return for more another time. It’s a casual relaxed deli /​café with a good selection of daily soups and a range of sandwiches to suit any palate. Plus there’s a good selection of beers available too! Highly recommend

Awesome food and more kinds of beer than I want to choose from. We had the «Goat Greens» salad, egg salad BLT, black-​eyed pea salad, veggie spaghetti, and the quiche of the day. Very nice atmosphere and music.

I love the atmosphere of this place. I do wish they had a soda fountain because I’m not really into beer, but I’m sure for beer people and the business’s revenue stream, it was a good decision. The menu is crazy awesome and I’m dying to try more things! I’ve only sampled 3 so far. The hero, my bf got which he was impressed with. The shaved prime rib with au jus I got was pretty good but the BEST was the buttermilk chicken sandwich. Zomg. It was sooooo good. I got the low country seafood bisque as my side and wished I had ordered a gallon of it. It was incredible. My friend tried the Isle of Greek chicken sandwich and loved it, and that’s my plan for next time!

Amazing Fig and Goat cheese BLT. The slow cooked BBQ was good. The zucchini spaghetti looks tempting but its pretty bland, it’s missing spice or peppers or something.

The location is perfect if you want to walk your dog at the park and stop by for a beer and a sandwich. They always have an excellent selection of craft beer, wine, and sake. And the food is cooked to perfection with cast iron skillets; my french dip featured ribeye steak with a horseradish aioli, melted cheese and au jus on a roll from Nova’s Bakery.
They even have live music on the patio weekly.

The food was here was very good. Or was a little hipstery but they played Bob Marley so that added to the atmosphere. I ordered the shaved steak sandwich with the potato salad. The potato salad want that great but the sandwich was great. Wife ordered the fried chicken sandwich which I think was the best one they had

Surprisingly awesome little joint in a quiet, Southern, sort of run down area (I don’t live ’round these here parts). Very cool ambiance and menu. They’ve even got a wide selection of great single beers for sale in the cooler. Felt like it should be in Plaza Midwood in Charlotte.
The lemon poppyseed cake with fresh strawberries has a light, fluffy frosting that even frosting-​haters will enjoy. Seriously good.
Only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was my underwhelming Isle of Greek chicken. I don’t get the flatbread thing because you can’t wrap up and secure the bottom with flatbread and all the juices and guts fall out. I don’t love when tzatziki sauce gets hot like it did with the chicken in this wrap either. However, fresh ingredients and it was definitely REAL chicken which was nice and flavorful.
Definitely check it out.

What’s not to like?
My fig, goat cheese, BLT sandwich was wonderful.
My veggie spaghetti side was great.
They stock Zapp’s potato chips… my favorite.
Great selection of draft beers, and an even better selection in the chiller. Lagunitas IPA… yum!
Prompt, friendly service.
Clean. Open. Airy. High ceiling. Restaurant with outdoor seating, and GREAT MUSIC!!!
Good desserts, although a little pricey at nearly $ 6 per slice of cake.
They have SEVERAL of my favorite foods on the menu: quiche, muffalettas, pulled pork sandwiches, rib-​eye sandwiches, fancy pimento cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches, etc.
I’ll be back, soon, and often…

Thank you Unilocal for an excellent recommendation! My BF works in Gastonia and we have lunch on Friday if I can get out that way. We’ve run the gambit of Gastonia food (sorry G, it’s a lot of chains or just Yuck buffets). This place is fantastic, fresh is the word. I had the tandoori chicken wrap with potato salad. Still full and that was 4 hours ago, no seriously I had to come home and take a nap. They have a nice selection of wine, beer and oddly enough Sake. Only had 2 issues and they were minor. Entrance is confusing, no indication that you go up to the counter and order and salt. Good grief, what is the deal with the fear of salting the food? Other than that, top notch and cheap!
Tip: There’s a cute little 4 top table in the wine room in back.

I agree with Candace, that the BLT-​Egg Salad sandwich has killer-​sized bread. I prefer to eat «bun-​less» options, but I really wanted to try this item, just this once, as it was intended. Thanks to other Unilocaler’s photos, I knew what I was in for.
The whole sandwich, top-​to-​bottom, is first-​and-​foremost, fresh and high quality food! The egg salad was perfection. It was simply perfectly-​cooked eggs and a generous quality and quantity mayonnaise. So it was nice and moist.
It was not nastied-​up with chopped pickles or other items to try an distract from a lesser quality mayo, or less fresh preparation.
Toward the later part of eating the sandwich, I opted to open it up, and just eat the egg salad and bacon, to trim a few calories, and spare my filling stomach. It was at that point that a truly appreciated the jalapeño bacon. Prior to that, I could not get as much flavor, or heat off it, since the egg salad tones it down (actually buries the flavor).
The chef-​owner is quite impressive, with a full restaurant, he was cranking out the food from his grill, with the help of a sous chef, plating, a cashier, a couple of server/​bussers. We had to wait close to 30 minutes for our food, after the order, pay and sit process. No doubt, you will get fresh and hot food. If you are really hungry, as I was, and asked to have my side salad ahead of time… too bad. They serve it all, at once.
A final impression… the meal was so substantial that it lasted me from lunchtime, until a later evening dinner. That’s hearty!
So, long story short (LOL) plan ahead, but it’s a quality of food that’s worth the wait.

Believe the hype! I have to agree that this place is somewhat reminiscent of an over the top common market. Although, they have a much stronger focus on food, while still having a pretty solid beer selection.
Buttermilk skillet fried chicken sandwich with a free side of veggie pasta and pesto. The veggies weren’t all separated perfectly, but that is literally my only complaint. An absolutely great sandwich and side for under $ 10.
I normally don’t brag about my service so much, but feel this just needs to be mentioned. The young girl behind the counter was straight up running this place. If she wasn’t taking order with a smile she was busing tables. Then she rewrote the specials board, then started sweeping. Just straight up on point the whole time, without anybody telling her what to do. I’d love to say that she had to know I was a Unilocal elite and was just showing off, but I didn’t check in till I was walking out the door.

Unilocal you are always right… Thank you for sending me to another wonderful 5 star food meca! Sure it’s out of the way a bit and the stupid one way roads around the place are a pain, but the South Fork is worth the battle.
We got three sandwich plates and everyone of them was super amazing. The portions were just right and the flavors were so fresh. I wish I was a local so I could try them all! But since I’m not I will make sure every time I come to the area this place is going to be at the top of my list. See you soon Sough Fork!