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It was business as usual during Monday's lunch at The Undercurrent (327 Battleground Ave.) in downtown Greensboro except for the group of folks meeting in the restaurant's private conference room. Among those folks were philanthropist and former mayor Jim Melvin, community leader Shirley Frye and North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue. Gov. Perdue was in town to kick off a statewide push to get high school seniors to apply for college.

It's not unusual for The Undercurrent owner Ben Roberts to host high profile groups in his "very insulated" conference room with a nice view of downtown Greensboro's Lincoln Financial building. But it was the first time he'd had Perdue in for lunch - at least as governor. Roberts says she ate at his restaurant once before when she was North Carolinas' lieutenant governor.

"I enjoyed meeting everyone and talking to our governor," Roberts said. "She is a very sweet lady."

And what does the governor of North Carolina eat when she's in town on business?

"She had a grilled chicken sandwich," Roberts said.