ICYMI, April is Beer Month, and all around the Triangle breweries are hosting tap takeovers and beer dinners, launching new brews and generally geeking out over all things craft beer. We’ve got a wealth of local talent (who we’ll be highlighting throughout the month), but first, one of the most legendary names in the craft […]
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Chef, Restaurateur, and All-Around “Boss Lady” Coleen Speaks Cultivates Good Vibes at Raleigh’s Hummingbird
HUMMINGBIRD 1053 East Whitaker Mill Road, Raleigh 919-301-8900 www.hummingbirdraleigh.com I’m perched on a bright yellow stool, cupping a mug of coffee and admiring the sunlight spilling onto the white marble bar, when I hear a voice behind me. “Are you hungry?” asks Coleen Speaks, the chef and owner of Hummingbird, a café and cocktail bar […]
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Amuse-bouche: Tonbo Ramen Dedicates Its Menu to Ramen and Izakaya Fare in Downtown Raleigh
Tonbo Ramen 211 S. Wilmington Street, Raleigh www.tonboramen.com Tonbo Ramen, open for lunch and dinner, is a dedicated ramen shop in downtown Raleigh offering seven composed ramen bowls, where the broths—several purported to take up twenty hours to make—vie for equal billing with the noodles. There’s also an upstairs izakaya lounge next door where you […]
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After Seven Years at Farmers Markets and Grocery Stores, Melina’s Fresh Pasta Opens a Storefront
Carmello Alvaro opened Melina’s Fresh Pasta in 2010. She started by delivering a few coolers of ravioli and gnocchi to Triangle-area farmers markets, then expanded to retail distribution. Now she has a brick-and-mortar location in Durham’s Lakewood neighborhood.
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After Seven Years in Business, Melina’s Fresh Pasta Finally Opens a Storefront in Durham
Melina’s Fresh Pasta 2717 Chapel Hill Road, Durham www.melinaspasta.com Instead of a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Carmella Alvaro fittingly snipped a long strand of fettuccine to officially commemorate the opening of Melina’s Fresh Pasta in Durham on Saturday, December 2. For the last seven years, devotees of Alvaro’s artisanal fresh pasta have snapped up specialties like lemon […]
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Amuse-bouche: Hummingbird
“Amuse-bouche” is the INDY’s new, sporadic series where we give you our hot take on a recent restaurant opening. It’s not a critique or a review, just a taste of what to expect. Hummingbird 1053 East Whitaker Mill Road, Raleigh www.hummingbirdraleigh.com In her restaurant debut, chef Coleen Speaks serves whimsical cocktails and small plates in […]