Frankie B’s

Frankie B’s makes pimento cheese from a recipe that is a hundred years old, updated with better ingredients. The company is on South Academy Street in Cary, and it sells its cheese through its own online shop. Pimento cheese is the whole business.

There are three versions: classic, spicy and spicy bacon. The company’s claim is that this is the best pimento cheese you have tasted, which is a bold thing to say in North Carolina. The old recipe is the starting point, with higher-quality ingredients doing the rest.

What to know

• Classic and spicy pimento cheese both come in eight-ounce tubs for ten dollars.
• Spicy bacon pimento cheese is twelve dollars for the same eight-ounce size.
• All three flavors are listed among the shop’s best sellers.
• Orders are added to a basket and checked out through the site.