You may not expect ice cream from the teller window, but at Fresh (6033 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh), that’s what you get. Owner Chris McCracken has renovated the former First Citizens Bank building in the Oak Park Shopping Center to be Raleigh’s newest outlet for Maple View Farm ice cream and milk. Maple View makes its […]
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Area farmers markets kick off
The most surprising sign of spring I have encountered this season is a new patio at Merritt’s Store and Grill (1009 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, 942-4897, www.merrittsstoreandgrill.com), the long-standing hub of takeout food. This outside seating means two things: Lunch patrons who exit the grill smelling of bacon, which is unavoidable at the home […]
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Get lectured at The Crunkleton
The mirror-backed bookshelves at The Crunkleton (320 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, 969-1125, www.thecrunkleton.com) hold more than 300 bottles of distilled spirits, but the bar still makes room for a book or two, not to mention a lecture series. At 7 p.m. on April 7, bring your notebook to the bar and follow Dale DeGroff […]
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The birth of Carrboro’s Bowbarr
I am not a parent, but I can imagine how the crying of a baby might prompt the desire for a drink. A bar inspired by the impending birth of a child is another story, and it’s one that John Bowman and Amanda Barr can tell. A few months ago, upon learning that they were […]
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The final day of Girl Scout Cookie season looms
Here’s an investment property you never guessed would pay off: Billy Bass. It sang, “Take Me to the River.” Ever heard of it? Unfortunately, I had. And just like that, Dan Ferguson, owner of the Original Q Shack in Durham, pushed the Play button on one of those plastic, battery-operated, trophy-mounted largemouths that permeated popular […]
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An open barn, a community dinner, a film ‘feast’ival
Last week at Celebrity Dairy I stood in a puddle of mud and cursed the winter that’s stretched so long it had seeped into my shoe. Then Doublestuff fell off a bucket. Perhaps it’s a cheap shot to laugh at the folly of a one-day-old goat named for his resemblance to an Oreo cookie, but […]