buku 110 E. Davie St. Raleigh 834-6963 Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a new occasional feature that will look at a restaurant generating a lot of buzz. First Bite is not a restaurant review in the traditional sense, but rather a first impression of a place based on an initial encounter. Two […]
Jane Hobson Snyder
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Sharpen your sweet tooth
Waiting for my car last week at the mechanic’s, I was compelled to endure Martha Stewart teaching Rachael Ray how to make a piecrust. “You can make a piecrust in 16 seconds!” Martha exclaims and pulses her food processor with 2 1/2 cups of flour; 2 sticks of cold, unsalted butter in half-inch chunks; 1 […]
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Three local experts devour the new book Just Food
One recent Monday, Amy Tornquist unlocked the doors of her Durham restaurant, Watts Grocery. She flipped on the lights, pulled four chairs off a tabletop, set out some pint glasses and primed the taps for today’s event, a roundtable book discussion organized by the Indy. On the chopping block was the peevishly titled Just Food: […]
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Restaurant options near RDU, from quick and cheap to leisurely and upscale
Read more Eating and drinking options inside the airport: Terminal 2 serves up Southern hospitality Beer lovers find some refuge from Bud Light RTP dining map Our picks for this article intentionally focus on a selection of locally owned and operated restaurants. We’ve chosen 40 within close proximity to RDU and profiled a few of […]
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Alternatives to the R-Line
Four new transportation franchises are betting the bank on the allure of downtown Raleigh. If you are already near downtown, consider hiring a rickshaw, a two-person open carriage pulled by bicycle, to wheel you home or on to your next destination. Founded two years ago by Donald Mertrud, a native of Charleston (where rickshaws are […]
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R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor
Stacey Carless of the City of Raleigh says the birth of the R-Line had less to do with public safety, tourism or restaurants, and more to do with traffic control. It was brought to the table about a year and a half ago by the City of Raleigh, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance and the Greater […]
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Downtown Raleigh’s new R-Line bus will drive you to drink—and eat
If the slide show does not load, try using Firefox. Mapping the scene The numbers in parentheses next to each venue note the nearest R-Line stop, with alternate stops for R16, which ceases at 6:30 p.m. This article and the map below detail a selection of bars and restaurants downtown, but they are not intended […]
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R-Line user’s guide
The R-Line makes 15 downtown stops during the workday and 19 after 6:30 p.m. To plot your restaurant visits in advance, go to www.godowntownraleigh.com/at-ease/dining, then mouse over the dots on the map until you get to the restaurant or bar you want. (Be sure to take into account that the bus travels only counter-clockwise; you […]
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A food lovers’ guide to the Outer Banks
If you haven’t been to the Outer Banks recently, here’s what you’ve missed: the successful return of sweet bay scallops to Carolina aquaculture; the launching of a cooking school in Manteo; the rise of a top-notch gourmet fish market; the locavore overhaul of the islands’ most luxe resort; neighborhood bistros and funky bars focusing on […]
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Sanderling chef brings locavore approach to the beach
As far as a first 100 days goes, President Obama has nothing on Joshua Hollinger. Like the new president, Hollinger was hired in mid-November. And like Obama, he was brought in as a turnaround guy. Consider, as proof, his atypical all-black chef’s duds. And also as proofthis, one of his first executive orders: After arriving […]