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Food festival TerraVita will end in 2019. But it’s lined up quite a finale.
North Carolina food festival TerraVita will end after 10 years. The Chapel Hill food event brings together some of the top Southern chefs and bartenders, including Vivian Howard and James Beard winners. → Read More
World Cup brunch anyone? Here are the Triangle’s best soccer bars to watch the final.
Sunday July 7 is the final of the Women’s World Cup. The United States Women’s National Team plays the Netherlands in Lyon, France. Where to watch (Raleigh, Durham bars, restaurants) USWNT in the title game. → Read More
Crack open an Old Tuffy: New Belgium made a beer just for Wolfpack fans
New Belgium Brewery partnered with NC State Wolfpack to make Old Tuffy Lager. The beer will be available across North Carolina starting in August 2019. Sales will benefit NC State’s brewing program. → Read More
Durham restaurant Watt’s Grocery closes amid bankruptcy
Durham restaurant Watts Grocery filed for bankruptcy early in 2019. The restaurant’s owner, Amy Tornquist closed the restaurant after one last brunch service. Catering company Sage & Swift Gourmet will continue. → Read More
Krispy Kreme is now offering doughnut delivery in NC. But it doesn’t come cheap.
Krispy Kreme doughnuts can now be ordered on your smartphone and delivered to your doorstep. Lovers of the North Carolina doughnut giant can now place orders on the Krispy Kreme mobile app. → Read More
Give us an Al’s Burger Shack or else: Public demand forces a change to pub concept
Al’s Burger Shack is home to America’s best burger, according to Trip Advisor ratings. The Chapel Hill owners opened Al’s Pub Shack in Governors Village this spring, but will rebrand as Al’s Burger Shack. → Read More
Future Durham Food Hall taqueria Ex-Voto puts its faith in a very special tortilla
The Durham Food Hall will open near the downtown Central Park farmer’s market. The owner of Centro Mexican restaurant will open Ex-Voto Cocina Nixtamal and will make tortillas and tamales from fresh ground masa. → Read More
Supergroups and hall of famers headline this year’s Raleigh bluegrass festival
The International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual Wide Open Bluegrass festival will be held in downtown Raleigh for the seventh year. The 2019 festival headliners include Del McCoury and I’m With Her. → Read More
Fire at Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen in Chapel Hill under control within half an hour
Iconic Chapel Hill restaurant Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen caught fire Friday afternoon on Franklin Street. Power outages from strong thunderstorms Thursday night are suspected for causing the fire. → Read More
With M Pocha, Durham chef Michael Lee offers his riff on Korean street food
Chef Michael Lee owns M Sushi, M Kokko and M Tempura. He is opening his fourth restaurant M Pocha in downtown Durham’s former Cupcake Bar. Lee, known for his sushi, will serve his take on Korean cuisine. → Read More
With M Pocha, Durham chef Michael Lee offers his riff on Korean street food
Chef Michael Lee owns M Sushi, M Kokko and M Tempura. He is opening his fourth restaurant M Pocha in downtown Durham’s former Cupcake Bar. Lee, known for his sushi, will serve his take on Korean cuisine. → Read More
Former Standard Foods will see new life as a brewery, thanks to beloved local brewers
Standard Beer and Food will open in the former Standard Foods space. The co-owners of North Carolina beer favorites Bond Brothers and Ancillary Fermentation will take over the space off Person Street. → Read More
Bu.ku’s new Cary location will be a little different than we thought. Meet ko.an.
Global street food restaurant bu.ku closed in downtown Raleigh in 2018 and planned to open in Cary’s former An Cuisines. Instead, Sean Degnan and chef Drew Smith will open ko.an with Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. → Read More
Two of NC’s best pitmasters reveal the secrets of the smoke in new cookbooks
North Carolina barbecue pitmasters Sam Jones of Sam Jones BBQ and the Skylight Inn and and Matthew Register of Southern Smoke make their cookbook debuts. The books are the perfect Father’s Day gifts. → Read More
Downtown Apex’s Peak City Grill & Bar closed by court order
Peak City Grill and Bar in downtown Apex, NC filed for bankruptcy in August. A judge permanently closed the restaurant and forced it to liquidate, alleging financial mismanagement. → Read More
Downtown Apex’s Peak City Grill & Bar closed by court order
Peak City Grill and Bar in downtown Apex, NC filed for bankruptcy in August. A judge permanently closed the restaurant and forced it to liquidate, alleging financial mismanagement. → Read More
Smashed Waffles closes Raleigh location on Hillsborough Street
Greenville’s Smashed Waffles Co. has closed its Raleigh location on Hillsborough Street near North Carolina State University. The company sold handheld sweet and savory waffles. → Read More
Smashed Waffles closes Raleigh location on Hillsborough Street
Greenville’s Smashed Waffles Co. has closed its Raleigh location on Hillsborough Street near North Carolina State University. The company sold handheld sweet and savory waffles. → Read More
Summer beer garden will replace Tyler’s Taproom at Durham’s American Tobacco Campus
Tyler’s Taproom closed this year in Durham’s American Tobacco Campus. Rocky Mount breweries like Hopfly and Tarboro Brewing Co. will open a beer garden in its place this summer. → Read More
Wilmington seafood restaurant is coming inland for its first Triangle restaurant
Wilmington seafood restaurant Cape Fear Seafood Co. will open its North Raleigh location June 17. The 11-year-old restaurant company started in 2008 and has four locations. → Read More