“I think I went underwater in November 2014,” Jon Seelbinder says. “It felt like somebody was dunking my head in a pool.” He’s talking about the feeling of the exponential growth of what is now Local Icon Hospitality, the restaurant group that includes the Architect Bar, Greenlight, relative newcomers Level Up and Linus & Pepper’s, […]
Curt Fields
Bio: Curt Fields is the Associate Editor at INDY Week. He lives in Raleigh.Email: [email protected]
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Restaurant Review: Want a Sandwich in Downtown Raleigh? Skip Subway for Linus & Pepper’s
Linus & Pepper’s 126 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh Cookbook author, gourmand idol, and culinary award icon James Beard put it best: “Too few people understand a really good sandwich.” Add Raleigh’s Linus & Pepper’s to the ranks of those who do. What began as a pop-up shop last August beneath the arcade and bar Level […]
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Cary’s Bond Brothers Beer Is Now Open in Cary (Kind Of), So We Went
The grand opening of Bond Brothers Beer Company in Cary arrives April 2, with a performance by Chatham County Line. But if you don’t mind a little construction detritus, you can enjoy some of its beer now. Joining the increasingly crowded Triangle beer-making scene, the new brewery has launched with a soft opening. Based on […]
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Want Interesting Bar Food on East Franklin Street? Imbibe Has You.
Imbibe & Zog’s 108 Henderson St., Chapel Hill If you visit the new Chapel Hill restaurant Imbibe and don’t order the chickpea sticks, re-evaluate your life and your choices. Trust me: you need these chickpea sticks. They arrive looking like a Jenga game already in progress. About the size of really thick steak fries, they’re […]
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Raleigh’s New The Blind BARbour Opens Friday Night
New Raleigh cocktail bar The Blind BARbour wants to be the place where everyone—or at least the bartender—knows your name. It’s the passion project of Joey Barbour and Michelle Palacios. Barbour says the place draws inspiration from the speakeasies and watering holes of old. The name, which Barbour credits Palacios’s brother for suggesting, stems in […]
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Raleigh’s Clouds Brewing will launch its own beer on St. Patrick’s Day, expand to Durham in June
Clouds are growing on the Triangle horizon, but expect downpours of new beer, not rain and snow. That’s because I’m talking about Clouds Brewing, the Raleigh restaurant on the corner of Jones and West. Clouds is awaiting a few signatures on permits so that it can finally begin brewing its own beer, which you can […]
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In Imbibe, Chapel Hill Favorite Zog’s Gets a Sister Bar and Restaurant
Thanks to the arrival of Imbibe, Chapel Hill has a new restaurant, bar and bottle shop. The joint project of Mandey Brown and Jedd Tyler has taken over the old Rec Room space below local fave Zog’s, which Brown also owns. “I’ve been saying for a while that if the space ever opened up, I […]
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Try This Beer: Dogfish Head’s Surprisingly Strong Immort
Yesterday, Facebook informed me that a pal was “interested” in attending a tapping of Dogfish Head’s Immort Ale at Raleigh’s Tasty Beverage Co. I hadn’t seen him in a couple of months, so swinging by seemed like a good idea. He never showed, but I barely noticed—sipping Immort was the real reason I came. Immort […]
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Five Durham Breweries Collaborate to Help Habitat for Humanity Build a Home
One notable trait of the Triangle craft-brewing community is how often its members pitch in to help one another out. Turns out, they don’t limit their generosity to the beer community, as a new collaboration between several Durham brewers and Habitat for Humanity demonstrates. Each year, Bull City Burger and Brewery presents an Oktoberfest celebration […]
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Joule’s new family-style series takes you on a geographical dining tour
It may be a long way from high-end pour-overs to red sauce, but Joule’s chef de cuisine, Sunny Gerhart, says he is “looking forward to sharing something new each month with the community”—yes, including red sauce for meatballs. This week marks the beginning of a dinner series at Joule, Ashley Christensen’s popular coffee shop and […]