Now for our final story, we're not going to visit a bookstore.

We're going to feature a book.

Our friend D.G.

Martin has crisscrossed the state, and along his journeys, he loves to stop at places where the locals enjoy eating.

This is his latest book, "North Carolina's Roadside Eateries," and in this book are over 100 restaurants featured.

We caught up with D.G.

in Chapel Hill, having breakfast at one of his favorite spots, Sutton's Drug Store.

- Well, we're here in Chapel Hill on the legendary Franklin Street.

Things are quiet out here, but inside Sutton's, things are booming.

[charming upbeat music] [charming upbeat music] - Well, what's great is that there's still places like this left in Chapel Hill and across North Carolina.

You know, in an era where we're so used to the quick place off the interstate, it's nice to be at a place where things haven't changed all that much over the years.

They're still serving great food at reasonable prices, and the community loves to gather.

- Well, Don Pinney, I've got you on page- - 53.

- 53 of the book.

[laughs] - I'm familiar with that page.

We appreciate you doin' a- - Well tell us the, tell us the story of Sutton's Drug Store.

You've been here a long time, and you're the owner now.

- Yes, I've been here too long, 47 years now, but I grew up here, you know.

But Mr. James and Lucy Sutton started Sutton's Drug Store back in 1923.

John Woodard bought it in '77.

- Now he was the pharmacist.

- He was the pharmacist.

He retired and gave me everything in 2014.

So that's kinda the history of Sutton's.

My history here is, of course, my mother and father worked here in 1959 and got married and then I came along in '64.

My dad worked at the soda fountain, and my mother worked in cosmetics, you know.

- [D.G.]

But Sutton's remains connected to what's going on in the rest of Chapel Hill.

- Well, we try to.

- Well, how do you, what do you do to make that happen?

- [Don] I think it's still the big melting pot of Chapel Hill.

The community still tries to come in, and we blend the old with the new, and that's just what we've been doing for years and years.

It seems to work.

- You, I mean, no argument that you've got the most wonderful set of employees, who take care of us when we come in.

How do you manage that?

How do you keep them, how do you recruit them?

- Well, the best way with employees is understanding that they're in back to order, you know, and I don't have anybody fill out an application.

Everybody's hired based upon personality.

Can they blend with others?

And they're my first line of offense with my customers.

Generally, if they get here, it's, "The customers are fun, the job is fun," and you know, and that's what you have to make.

- [D.G.]

How do you make the job fun for your employees?

- I mean, it just, we, I don't know.

We just have a good time.

- That's my family.

I work here now for 26 years.

Remember the first time when you come in here, you had a chili cheese fries, and a little jalapeno, hmm?

Yeah.

- Well, I've forgotten.

That's right.

- Yeah, I remember that.

I never forget the first time that I knew you.

[lively upbeat music] - Sutton's Drug Store is at 159 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, and they're open for breakfast and lunch daily.

To find out more, give them a call at 919-942-5161, or go online to suttonsdrugstore.com.

And you can find D.G.

Martin's book, "North Carolina's Roadside Eateries," at Sutton's Drug Store and most bookstores around the state.