Jewish-Southern fare will be a menu pillar at Max Jr’s, a sausage bar and biergarten slated to open in the Brightleaf District.
Lena Geller
Lena Geller is a reporter for INDY, covering food, housing, and politics. She joined the staff in 2018 and previously ran a custom cake business.
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At Durham’s Code Wiz, Students Build Tech Skills for the Future
Code Wiz, located at 7001 Fayetteville Road in South Durham, will host an open house on Saturday, January 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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J. Lights Closes in Durham’s Golden Belt
Customers learned of the abrupt closing on the cafe’s Instagram page. Employees were told the day of.
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C&H Cafeteria, a Beloved After-Church Gathering Spot for Regulars, Closes Permanently
The restaurant’s other location in Kernersville remains open.
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A Tale of Woe Inside Durham Food Hall
Are legal and financial troubles, poor upkeep, and an allegedly hostile work environment at Durham Food Hall getting in the way of its vision?
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Riverside High Students Fear the Loss of Innovative Lunch Model
With its hour-long collective SMART Lunch break, Riverside High School’s students have more time to devote to clubs, socializing, or catching up on schoolwork. But could SMART Lunch be on the chopping block for the school’s 1,600-plus students?
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Eight Things to do in the Triangle on New Year’s Eve
If you don’t plan on tuning in to NBC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special to watch split-screen footage of the Raleigh acorn and the Times Square ball drops—the balls, nuts, and Dick show, as I like to call it—check out our NYE picks.
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Talking with Eliza McLamb About Farming, TikTok Fame, and Playing a Hometown Show
There is perhaps no better way to sum up Eliza McLamb than by peeking back at her life during the summer of 2020, when she was working as a farmhand in Kansas while simultaneously going viral on TikTok for a song she wrote called “Porn Star Tits.”
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With Brodeto, Raleigh Chef Scott Crawford Is Stripping His Product Down to the Essentials
“You’re just having this incredible fresh fish, cooked over coals with a simple herb sauce or fresh lemon and a beautiful olive oil,” Crawford says. “When you eat that food, there’s magic to that simplicity.”
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Barrel Culture Brewing and Blending, Known for Imaginative Fruit-Forward Beers, Closes Its Doors
“We have had our shares of ups and downs, and have continued to navigate through them to keep our doors open and taps flowing. We have reached a point where we can no longer do that.”