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.
Kingfisher
Preeti Waas, Kingfisher Land Spots On James Beard Award Semifinalist List
In total, North Carolina scored 11 semifinalist nods. Finalists will be announced on March 29 and the awards ceremony will be held on June 5 in Chicago.
Brian Horton’s Last Song
Horton was a consummate reedman who gave it his all, always intent on blowing breaths of love and life, heaven, and hell, into his instrument.
QueenBurger Opens in Durham This Week
The owners of Queeny’s and Kingfisher Cocktail Bar will complete their triple crown of Durham’s restaurant scene with a Thursday, September 15 opening.
Lone Diners and Full Tables Alike All Find a Place at Inclusive Durham Restaurant Queeny’s
More often than not, you’ll spot one or two solo diners at the bar, nursing a drink or chatting with the bartender, “Nighthawks” style, or burying themselves in a book from Rubyfruit’s selection.
Durham’s QueenBurger Pop-up Gets a Brick and Mortar
The burger joint is expected to open in early 2022 in the American Tobacco Campus.
Want to See a Show or Dine Out This Fall? Get Vaccinated.
Cat’s Cradle, the Haw River Ballroom, and Kingfisher join a growing list of local businesses requiring proof of vaccination.
Kingfisher Owners Announce Opening of Neighborhood Bar and Restaurant Queeny’s
The 319 East Chapel Hill Street space will include a bookshop, drip coffee bar, and podcast studio.
Is the New Cocktail-To-Go Allowance Helping Bar Owners?
Depends on who you ask.
A Cocktail Bar Flips to Burgers
“To me, a burger also resembles a classic cocktail,” says Sean Umstead of the craft cocktail bar Kingfisher.

