Open Farm Day Saturday, Sept. 27 Noon – 5 p.m. Free Goat Lady Dairy 3531 Jess Hackett Road, Climax 336-824-2153www.goatladydairy.com Steve Tate explains that there are three kinds of farms.
Jill Warren Lucas
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PieBird, Raleigh’s pie-only institution, closes, at least for now
PieBird, a leader in the revitalization of downtown Raleigh’s North Person district, quietly closed its doors Sept. 8. Owner Sheilagh Sabol Cassidy says the business is in the process of restructuring and she hopes to reopen soon. Named for the gadget that allows steam to vent from a baking pie, the all-pie eatery launched in […]
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Nello’s Biodynamic Marinara will hit Whole Foods’ shelves soon
Neal McTighe has had a lot of good news lately. The producer of Raleigh-made Nello’s Sauce and his wife, Heather, welcomed a son, Henry, in late August. Two days later, a New York Times story about successful small food business entrepreneurs included McTighe. Proving that good things come in threes, Whole Foods has announced the […]
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On Labor Day, chefs unite to celebrate Bill Smith’s new Crab & Oysters
Bill Smith is one of the most-loved chefs in the Triangle. Night after night, there’s plenty of evidence with the lines for a table at Crook’s Corner, the James Beard Award-winning culinary institution in Chapel Hill. On Monday, Sept. 7, at Durham’s Alley Twenty Six. fellow chefs will get to show Smith love, too. Five […]
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The community flavor of Raleigh’s Two Roosters Ice Cream
TWO ROOSTERS ICE CREAM At First Friday Birthday Bash for BREW Coffee Bar Friday, Sept. 4 6–9 p.m. 111 Seaboard Ave., Raleigh At Durham Food Truck Rodeo Sunday Sept. 6 noon–4 p.m. Central Park 401 Foster St., Durham
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Triangle bars explore mezcal culture, but keep it neat
Dos Perros Agave With Arturo, a tequila and mezcal pairings dinner 7pm Sept. 15 $68 per person, not including tax and gratuity 919-956-2750 200 N. Mangum St., Durham In his four years of tending bar at Durham’s Dos Perros, Arturo Sanchez has watched his share of fools slam tequila and throw back tear-inducing shots of […]
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Fall Guide: The renovated Nasher Museum invites you to choose your own adventure
THE NEW GALLERIES: A COLLECTION COME TO LIGHT Aug. 27, 2015–Sept. 18, 2016 The Nasher Museum of Art 2001 Campus Drive, Durham 919-684-5135 www.nasher.duke.edu Just days before it reopens to the public, the Nasher Museum of Art‘s Wilson Pavilion looks little like a world-class museum. Closed for renovation since April, the unfinished galleries seem more […]
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Pittsboro’s Fair Game takes three medals at Asheville contest
Not surprisingly, the annual wine competition at the Asheville Wine and Food Festival is dominated by established producers, stretching from the Yadkin Valley to the western mountains. It was something of a surprise, then, when Pittsboro’s Fair Game Beverage Co. scored a trifecta on Saturday, taking home gold, silver and bronze medals for its fortified […]
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Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week returns, and Standard Foods gets ready
Stop talking about dining at all those Raleigh restaurants your friends have been praising and do it. DOWNTOWN RALEIGH RESTAURANT WEEK, which continues through Sunday, makes it easy, with more than 55 eateries offering bargain-priced, multi-course meals meant to turn you into a regular. There are $5 and $10 lunch options and loads of $20 […]
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Raleigh celebrates a milestone at Sassool
SASSOOL CAFE, BAKERY AND MARKET 9650 Strickland Road, Raleigh 919-847-2700, www.sassool.com Daily 10 a.m.– 9 p.m. Cecilia Saleh is sitting at a table in Sassool, the North Raleigh restaurant and market named in her honor. She is thinking about the daylong flight that will, for the first time in nearly five years, take her from […]
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