On Raleigh’s Glenwood South, where pricey cocktails and loud music reign, Café Helios (413 Glenwood Ave., 838-5177, cafehelios.com) has quietly unveiled a beautiful new menu. Chef Rob Bland, formerly of Coquette, the North Hills French brasserie, brings handmade charcuterie, seared prawns and braised pork to a menu formerly laden with store-bought hummus and spruced up […]
Victoria Bouloubasis
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Original glazed lovers rejoice
Last week, through a steady drizzle and just before dawn, a glaring neon sign beckoned original glazed lovers back to “Hot Krispy Kreme Now” for the first time in 45 days. After closing for remodeling, downtown Raleigh’s original Krispy Kreme (549 N. Person St., 833-3682, krispykreme.com) reopened at 6 a.m. last Tuesday to a crowd […]
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Food Truck Festival Hits Sam’s on Sunday
Expect a traffic jam this Sunday on Erwin Road in Durham as six of the Triangle’s food trucks hit the Sam’s Quik Shop parking lot for a festival of mobile food delights, dubbed the Bull City Food Truck Fiesta. Brightly colored trucks with food-obsessed owners from Durham, Carrboro and Raleigh will park from 11:30 a.m […]
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Appetites for cool treats are strong
Sticky summer air has seeped into our lives. Our gardens are flourishing and our appetites for cool treats are strong. Locopops (128 E. Franklin St. and 231 S. Elliott Road, Chapel Hill; 2600 Hillsborough Road, Durham; 1908 Hillsborough St., Raleigh; www.ilovelocopops.com) makes the most of these two seasonal phenomena by creating handcrafted popsicles using local […]
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An oasis in a food desert
TROSA Grocery 2104 Angier Ave. Tuesday–Saturday 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Food for thought • About 13 percent of North Carolina households are classified as food-insecure, which means they lack dependable access to adequate food. • A significant and contributing factor is the state’s poverty rate—14.5 percent, compared to 13 percent nationally. • […]
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Carrboro Farmers’ Market launches new SNAP program
Beginning May 1, the Carrboro Farmers’ Market will accept benefits from SNAP, the federal assistance program that helps low-income households buy food. It is one of the few farmers’ markets in the country that does. “Our whole goal is just to make it an easier way for everyone to come to the market, so it […]
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The air is thick with thoughts of biscuits
The air is thick with thoughts of biscuits these days, and not just because The New York Times discovered Neal’s Deli this month. Anyone who has stopped in at Neal’s in Carrboro for a fluffy breakfast sandwich made with all-local ingredients can attest that the national press is warranted. The Times featured the deli twice […]
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15th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour
After a girls’ night out, I usually find myself the next morning stretched out on a futon in my friend’s apartment above Johnny’s store in Carrboro (901 W. Main St., 969-0031, www.johnnyscarrboro.com). Owner Brian Plaster has found a niche selling local artisan foods. One particular summer Sunday memory stays with me. “Want breakfast?” my friend […]
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The Rockford, plus events for a greater cause
After The Rockford (320-1/2 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh) announced its closing last week, A “Save the Rockford” Facebook group popped up within hours. Within a day, the group had accumulated more than a thousand fans. (See related story about its closing and that of Jackpot.) All week, regulars have been mourning favorites like the “ABC,” a […]
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Taste Carolina’s R-Line Gourmet Food Tour
While chomping on an egg biscuit at Mecca Restaurant downtown on a lazy Saturday morning, I overheard “Small Paul,” owner Paul Dombalis’ 1-year-old grandson, tell his mother that the R-Line is “blue and takes you all around downtown.” Even baby scenesters know how cool the hybrid electric R-Line is, circulating to all the Raleigh hot […]