Food & Drink
At a New North Durham Farmers’ Market, a Diverse, Close-Knit Community Is Key
The North Durham Farmers’ Market, which operates on the first and third Saturday of every month, is a lively new space for local purveyors.
The INDY’s 2024 Guide to Triangle Bars and Drink Spots
The best spots across the Triangle to plot a game night with friends, impress your date, find an exciting mocktail or extravagant cocktail, or steal away to read a book.
In Raleigh, a Hot New Bar Comes With a Twist
Umbrella Dry Bar has a fully nonalcoholic menu. It also wants to show you a good time.
Old Hillside Bourbon Company Serves Up History With Its Spirits
The company’s name is an homage to Durham’s Hillside High School, the alma mater of two of its co-founders.
Behind the Bar With Bruce Kenyon
Kenyon, a veteran bartender in the Durham nightlife scene, slings up style and shots for customers at Rubies on Five Points.
Four Triangle Chefs, Restaurants Land James Beard Semifinalist Noms
Preeti Waas, a Best Chef Southeast semifinalist for the second year in a row, says that the nomination “feels just as surreal as the first time.”
Sam’s Bottle Shop to Shutter In February
Owner John Boy Jr. says that he’s ready to retire. Customers, meanwhile, have until February 11 to buy a craft beer—and then pour one out—for the family-owned specialty shop.
2023: The Year in Pictures
A look back at the INDY’s photojournalism.
A Youth Program at Dame’s Chicken & Waffles Offers a Primer on Running a Restaurant
Communiversity Youth Program (CYP) participants learn culinary, customer service, and management skills under the guidance of Michael Newell, co-owner of Dame’s Chicken and Waffles.
Linda’s Bar & Grill, Chapel Hill Watering Hole for Decades, Closes Its Doors
“Linda’s means everything to me and I’ve given everything back to it that I can,” Owner Christopher Carini says. “At this point, my only play is to take care of my people and try and find someone who might love it in the future.”
Scott Crawford’s First Cocktail Bar Comes With a Key
Sous Terre, which means subterranean in French, will open in February. Secrecy as an atmosphere, not a practice, makes sense for a bar that comes right out and tells you that it’s underground.
Workers at Durham Starbucks Land Union Victory
The Renaissance Parkway store is the first unionized Starbucks in the Triangle and the third in the state.
Poole’side Pies Is Set to Close But Ashley Christensen Has Plans for New Concept
“I certainly don’t feel ‘done’ with pizza,” Christensen says. “And, like a lot of the wildly fun ideas in food that are always running around in my mind, I don’t think pizza is done with me yet either.”
With the Closure of Pompieri Pizza, Durham Will Lose Bastion of the Neapolitan Style and Downtown History
In a Monday release, owner Seth Gross wrote that the restaurant’s landlord is primed to up the rent by more than 100 percent come January.
Eat Well, a Durham Program Fighting Food Insecurity, Receives $10 Million Investment
The investment from the North Carolina’s 2023 state budget is the largest ever made into a “produce prescription” initiative in the country.
At East Durham Market, Ketchup, Cabbage, and a Community Mission
The new market is a “community-accountable” grocery store, according to County Food Security Coordinator Mary Oxendine.
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