The week after I moved from the Triangle to Manhattan, I made a special trip from my Lower East Side apartment to an East Village coffee shop advertising something I wanted. But they were out, the barista informed me as she twitched her tattooed shoulders. I hadn’t yet grown my city skin; my bottom lip […]
Jennifer Strom
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Lawyer charged in James Webb’s real estate scheme
After unwitting investors have been duped out of five- and six-figure sums for nearly a decade, federal investigators are finally moving to criminally prosecute the perpetrators of a real estate swindle that began in Raleigh and spread across the nation. In the scam, which has been labeled a Ponzi scheme, self-proclaimed “entrepreneur” James Thomas Webb […]
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Chatham activist Margie Ellison dies
Long-time Chatham County progressive activist and 2006 Independent Citizen Award winner Margie Ellison died of a heart attack last night. Ellison, a Chatham native who fought tirelessly on multiple fronts advocating for populations who couldn’t stand up for themselves, will be sorely missed in the grassroots citizen landscape. Read our 2006 profile here.
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Local tomatoes hit the scene
Singer/ songwriter Guy Clark swears there’s only two things money can’t buy: true love and homegrown tomatoes. He may well be right about the former, but this time of year, as the Cherokee Purples and the German Johnsons grow heavy on their vines, with a few dollars in your pocket you can come darn close […]
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Long-standing local favorites
The year 2009 has not been kind to the Triangle’s independent restaurants. In the last few weeks, Durham’s George’s Garage, a Ninth Street mainstay for 15 years, and Evoo, a neighborhood eatery in Raleigh’s Five Points, closed. However, several beloved local joints have stood the test of time: Raleigh’s Peddler Steakhouse (6005 Glenwood Ave., 787-6980, […]
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Durham’s George’s Garage closes
After 15 years of feeding big lunchtime crowds at its popular hot and cold buffet bar and offering sit-down fine dining featuring seafood and sushi, Ninth Street institution George’s Garage closed its doors last week. A spokesman for owner Giorgios Bakatsias says the lease has expired on the building, and that Bakatsias is pursuing “new […]
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Illness at Evoo explained
Food safety inspectors have pinpointed the problem that sickened patrons at Raleigh’s Evoo restaurant last month: Anchovies used in a Caesar salad dressing. At least 17 diners fell ill at the restaurant and in a nearby home, summoning multiple emergency medical teams to the scene. Test results by federal Food and Drug Administration (PDF, 228 […]
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The anchovies did it: Evoo illness explained
Food safety inspectors have pinpointed the problem that sickened patrons at Raleigh’s Evoo restaurant last month: Anchovies used in a Caesar salad dressing. At least 17 diners fell ill at the restaurant and in a nearby home, summoning multiple emergency medical teams to the scene. Test results by federal Food and Drug Administration (PDF, 226 […]
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Break out the jiggers in Chatham
Chatham County voters just said yes to mixed drinks this week. With 19 percent turnout, a referendum that was the only issue in a special countywide election passed 65 percent to 35 percent, according to complete but unofficial results from the Chatham County Board of Election. The change, which takes effect immediately, means that restaurants […]
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Illness at Evoo restaurant remains a mystery
Wake County health officials are still investigating the cause of a sudden outbreak of sickness at Evoo, a Mediterranean restaurant in Raleigh’s Five Points. At least 18 diners were struck with symptoms that included nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in a very quick onset of symptoms shortly before 10 p.m. April 17, prompting frantic calls to […]