Posted up in a corner of Durham’s Fullsteam brewery, Paula de Pano sips a beer, her long dark hair tucked into a teal knit cap. “This is who I am,” she says, motioning to the hat and an oversize sweater she wears, implying that she’s more relaxed than her role as a sommelier at Fearrington […]
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Wine Finds
Be it near a gas station or grocery, there’s likely a little wine shop around the corner from you in the Triangleor, at least, a store that stocks really great grapes. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a range of places to fit your wine needs and perhaps some other essentials, toofrom a cart full […]
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You don’t grow behemoths that reach 800 pounds just by waiting for them to appear
The NC State Fair begins Oct. 16. Entrants in the pumpkin weigh-off will be on display in the Expo Building. www.ncstatefair.org In a typical Clayton subdivision, a common fall display finds two round pumpkins the size of basketballs atop a stack of hay bales. Next door, things get interesting. There, in a 2,000-square-foot plot, Jack […]
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Loaded for (Gummy) bear
Popalops Candy Shop 4325 Glenwood Ave. Crabtree Valley Mall Raleigh 919-787-3186 A lot of children dream of nabbing the golden ticket and running a quirky candy factory a la Willy Wonka. But that was never Derek Lawson, who admits, “Truth be known, I don’t really eat candy.” Still, he has the tall brown squire hat […]
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The Crunkleton’s barrel-aged cocktails raise the bar
The Crunkleton 320 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill 919-969-1125 On a recent Thursday evening, Gary Crunkleton sat at the edge of his Chapel Hill bar, electric drill in hand, oblivious to the quiet conversations taking place nearby. Peering over the top of his thick-rimmed glasses, he cut a hole in a charred, 5-gallon barrel to […]
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A beloved diner, Honey’s closes for good
Susan Perry shoved a tray of several breakfast plates across the edge of a well-worn counter at Honey’s Restaurant and Catering in Durham. “Wait, wait, wait,” she yelled, running to join Lauren Emery, a server who had also abandoned a tray of breakfast specials. The two servers hugged several customers and posed for a picture […]
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Sweet Cheeks Bakery in Apex turns 1
Sweet Cheeks Bakery 803 E. Williams St. Apex 919-303-9305 Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m.–6 p.m. After being laid off three times from manufacturing management jobs, Jackie Green prayed about what to do next. “I said, I have to go back to what I know best, and that was baking,” she recalls. Green started […]
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Do the RAFI crop hop
A popular opening barn dance call from the early 20th century instructed “Partners to your places, like the horses to their traces.” On. Aug. 8, the place for partners in sustainable farming (and dancing) is The Barn in Fearrington Village. There, RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA) will host the Crop Hop, a square dance and […]
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The butcher and the baker: Rose’s Meat Market & Sweet Shop
Rose’s Meat Market & Sweet Shop 121 N. Gregson St. Durham 919-797-2233 Tuesday–Saturday 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Rolled tightly in wax paper, a caramel made with lard reveals the unlikely pairing that is Rose’s Meat Market & Sweet Shop, which opened last month in Durham. Unfurled, the combination makes sense, both in […]