Cheesecake comes in an amazing variety of flavors depending on what you use for the crust, the cake, and the toppings. With so many variations it’s never quite the same in different places, and in Gastonia, North Carolina, you can find plenty of spots that make their own. But if you want the best cheesecake the city offers, you should check out one of these locations.
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Webb Custom Kitchen
The Webb Custom Kitchen is a new American restaurant with a lovely dining room just off Franklin Boulevard and South Street. Each menu offers a list of culinary experiences made with fresh ingredients and an eye for details, and that includes a list of wines imported from all around the world. After the main course you can choose from a fine list of desserts and nightcaps, and that includes a tall New York-style cheesecake. Webb makes their cheesecake with a particularly smooth cream cheese, and they take their time mixing it to give you the best texture you’ll ever have.
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Old Stone Steakhouse
The Old Stone Steakhouse is over in Belmont, just across the street from Stowe Park on South Main Street. Old Stone sits in the old Belmont police department building, and you can still find the Old Belmont Jailhouse just behind the building. It’s a surf ‘n turf restaurant, so it has a solid list of steak cuts, chicken dinners, and fresh seafood like Atlantic salmon and Maryland-style crab cakes. Their list of desserts is always changing, but there’s a good chance you’ll find a New York-style cheesecake with a classic Southern topping like pecans and caramel.
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Lotus Bar and Eatery
You’ll find the Lotus Bar and Eatery in the southeast end of town just off Hoffman Road. It’s an upscale new American place that takes influences from across the country, plus it has a full sushi bar with plenty of special house rolls and classics like tuna, salmon, and yellowtail. They have a big list of desserts and other after-dinner specials, and that includes a turtle cheesecake. They make it with swirls of salted bourbon caramel, a brown-sugar cream, a spiced-rum caramel sauce, and candied pecans.
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Sprouts Cafe
Sprouts Cafe is a vegan restaurant and bakery. They have a few meat options on their dinner menu, but everything from their bakery contains zero animal products. This includes their berry and key lime cheesecakes, which are both delicious despite using zero cheese. While you’re there you should also check out their gluten-free cakes, their coconut cream pie, or get a half-dozen of their vegan chocolate chip muffins.
Cheesecake is an absolutely decadent dessert, and that’s true whether you get a plain New York-style slice or a Southern-style cheesecake with bourbon caramel swirls and a layer of pecans on top. Between the bakeries and fine restaurants in Gastonia, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to find a nice cheesecake when you’re in town.
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