Determined to stock your home bar like a pro? It may seem like a dauntingand expensivetask, but the rules are pretty simple, and the mission is pretty affordable. Jeff Johnson, a bartender at Criterion in Durham, compares stocking a bar to the way you’d begin a shopping trip to furnish your home. “You’re not going […]
Victoria Bouloubasis
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Make The Rounds
Curating a complete list of where to indulge in bacchanal is close to impossible.. Instead, we’ve compiled one with our favorite local watering holes, from the fanciful to the more modest. They offer amazing libations, of course, with a few pleasant surprisesfrom gourmet menus and hard-to-find liquors to campy games and nostalgic snacks. Victoria Bouloubasis […]
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Golden Grains
Boasting camaraderie and community, our breweries are at the heart of Triangle-area drinking. Iza Wojciechowska dives into the world of home brewing with pro tips to get you started. Curt Fields reminds us to load up on carbs at the top places in the Triangle to score a solid meal over brews . Corbie Hill […]
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Booze Hounding
One of the greatest of life’s indulgences is an afternoon cocktail. With so many bars to choose from, we’ve distilled (sorry) our favorites into a behind-the-scenes look at what makes the world of craft cocktails so special. In this section, we decipher some of the trendier ingredients on local menus and explore classic riffs from […]
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Full Frame: All Skate, Everybody Skate Peeks Inside a Post-Office-Slash-Skating-Rink with a Five-Decade History on Topsail Island
We first meet Doris Jenkins onscreen at the Topsail Beach Skating Rink, standing behind a counter, flanked by a shelf of roller skates and an old record player. She wears a loose white T-shirt with her name airbrushed on the front in neon colors. You know, the kind of souvenir you get at the fair—or […]
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Spirits Of The South
From 1909–35, North Carolina was a dry statemeaning the only alcohol we could imbibe was what someone’s papa concocted on the sly, by the light of the moon, savored out of a mason jar. (You know the stuff.) Now, despite North Carolina’s history of teetotal laws and bootlegging outlaws, only one dry county remains. (Solidarity […]
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Wildin Acosta’s Detention Sparked a Community Into Action, But He’s Still Not Free
On a bright Sunday morning in September, the elusive east Durham cowboys are parading two ponies down a concrete pathway that separates the pupusa trucks at the Green Flea Market. A puppy scurries by before a woman in an oversize pink T-shirt scoops it up and clasps it to her chest. Wildin Acosta laughs as […]
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The Restaurant Industry Depends on Immigrants. What Happens If We Lose Them?
Seventeen years ago, I enrolled at the oldest public university in the nation to pursue my childhood dream of becoming a journalist. Just down the road from my classes at UNC-Chapel Hill, Luis Ortega was cutting his teeth as a line cook at Crook’s Corner, the Southern landmark that gave North Carolina a coveted spot […]
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Old Havana Sandwich Shop Unearths the Culinary Gems of Cuba’s Past in a Revelatory Dinner Series
Old Havana Sandwich Shop 310 East Main Street, Durham www.oldhavanaeats.com Roberto Copa Matos has a one-line explanation for his style of cooking: mise en place begins in the soil. Chefs employ the French culinary term at the prep table, where every ingredient is chopped, diced, and neatly piled into its assigned ramekin or measuring cup, […]
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Triangle Restaurants to Close on “A Day Without Immigrants”
A Day Without Immigrants, referred to as “Un Día Sin Inmigrantes” on social media, is a grassroots campaign to stage a one-day work stoppage. The campaign aims to highlight immigrants’ contributions to the economy in response to rising anxiety over deportation threats. This stands to affect restaurants in particular. According to the Pew Research Center, […]