Famed food critic Guy Fieri might be making his way to Franklin Street.
The popular downtown sandwich joint Top This! has applied to be featured on Fieri’s Food Network television show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”
On the show, Fieri visits restaurants around the nation to find the perfect combination of flavorful food and unwavering customer service.
“Top This! definitely stacks up to other restaurants that have been on the show,” said Tom Scheidler, principal partner of the restaurant.
“When Guy bites into something, he closes his eyes, and you can tell that he tastes every flavor. I know he would experience that here.”
Scheidler said if the show comes to Top This!, Fieri will try the restaurant’s top-selling Tar Heel roast beef sandwich, which has provolone cheese, mushrooms, caramelized onions, horseradish mayo and peppercorn sauce.
Even though Scheidler would love the spike in business that usually comes with being featured on national television, he said he also wants to use this opportunity to benefit the Pretty In Pink Foundation.
The foundation, which offers financing and support to North Carolina breast cancer victims, is close to Scheidler’s heart.
“The Pretty In Pink Foundation is important to me because my mother, mother-in-law and brother died of cancer,” he said. “We even give all the proceeds from our most popular dessert, Grandma Madge’s Ice Cream Pie, to the foundation, so it’d be great to contribute to their awareness.”
