Spotting local food just got a lot easier. Earlier this week, Piedmont Grown launched a label that identifies farm fresh foods and artisan products that have been grown and produced within the 37 counties that constitute the North Carolina Piedmont. Noah Ranells, a project manager for Piedmont Grown, as well as a farmer and the […]
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A brief history of pimento cheese
Pimento in the Triangle Person Street Pharmacy 702 N. Person St. Raleigh 919-832-6432 Lightly buttered, lightly toasted and light on pimento cheese, Person Street’s sandwich is humble perfection. Wilmoore Cafe 223 S. Wilmington St. Raleigh 919-424-7422 One of the Triangle’s newest pimento cheese sandwiches is also one of its best: a salty smear of cheese […]
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Jim Anile to open L’Uva at American Tobacco
Jim Anile, chef and owner of Durham’s Revolution, has a new venture planned for the former space of Cafe Zen (410 Blackwell St., Durham) at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham. L’Uva, an Italian restaurant and wine bar, is set to open in July, after Independence Day. “I don’t want to be there before July […]
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Patty Wagon; Meat House; Cackalacky Cookout; canning classes
Last week Facebook and Twitter lit up when Seth Gross, owner of Bull City Burger and Brewery (107 E. Parrish St., Durham, www.bullcityburgerandbrewery.com, 919-680-2333), announced that the restaurant would be “jumping on the bandwagon with a four-wheeled mobile vehicle.” Fans were eager for another Triangle food truck. But it turns out that Gross used the […]
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Bull City Burger and Brewery introduces the Patty Wagon
Last week Facebook and Twitter lit up when Seth Gross, owner of Bull City Burger and Brewery (107 E. Parrish St., Durham, 919-680-2333), announced that the restaurant would be “jumping on the bandwagon with a four-wheeled mobile vehicle.” Fans were eager for another Triangle food truck. But it turns out that Gross intended his use […]
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Hillsborough Hog Day; Geer Street Garden; Draft Carolina Burgers and Beers
When it comes to burgers and brats, the Triangle is stocked with new options. Geer Street Garden (644 Foster St., Durham, www.geerstreetgarden.com, 919-688-2900) moved into the former Geer Street filling station on May 5 and touts a menu of simple American fare including a local, pasture-raised burger ($9), a fried chicken plate with potato salad […]
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Canned brews, farmers markets, Indian cooking classes
Carolina Brewery‘s Sky Blue Golden Ale is light, easy-sipping stuff made for summer. But until recently the beer was available in kegs and 64-ounce growlers only, rendering it unfit for beaches or boats. As of the end of April, however, the Kolsch style ale is ready to pack up and go in six-packs of 12-ounce […]
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Wilmoore Cafe; Capital Club’s Kentucky Derby party and hat contest; Central Park’s annual Strawberry Festival
Recently I set out to buy a chalkboard. After coming up empty-handed after hitting four or five stores, I grumbled, thinking chalkboards had gone the way of the slide rule. And while there is, in fact, a chalkboard app for the iPhone, the real culprit, I’ve happily come to realize, is the locally minded restaurant […]
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Dillard’s Bar-B-Q: Back in Moderation
There is a way back into Dillard’s Bar-B-Q: host an event. The Durham restaurant, which closed in March after nearly 60 years in business, recently announced that it will open its doors for special occasions. “If someone wants to hold an event in the restaurant, we’ll rent the restaurant out,” says Wilma Dillard, who ran […]
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Reflecting on 50 years of Dillard’s Bar-B-Q
Barbecue did more than save Samuel Dillard’s grocery business in the 1950s. For more than five decades, it sustained a family, employed friends and neighbors, and gave folks in South Durham a common table. Sam Dillard, a Mississippi native and Tuskegee University graduate, started with a grocery store in 1953. In those days, customers expected […]