Fiction Kitchen to Relocate to Gateway Plaza, Joined by Mala Pata/Peyote
New Latin American bar and restaurant Mala Pata/Peyote is a collaboration from the teams behind Ex Voto, Locals Seafood, and Centro.
INDY Supper Club: Ricky Moore, Saltbox Seafood Joint
Here’s what local chefs are eating at home.
Funguys Brewing Owners Wed at Their Brewery and Salt & Smoke Fest is Tomorrow
And more news from this week’s Friday Night Bites, plus our Bite of the Week.
Maggie Kane named N.C. State’s Outstanding Young Alumna and True Flavors Moves into Old Lakewood Spot
And more news from this week’s Friday Night Bites, including our weekend event picks and Bite of the Week.
Friday Night Bites: Transfer Co. Food Hall Unveils Vendors, Triangle Chefs Take Home NCRLA Showdown Wins, and Guglhupf Launches New Menu
Welcome to Friday Night Bites, your weekly roundup of local food and drink news and events. Have a tip for us? Email [email protected]. Editor’s Note: We’re gearing up for our annual Finder and Fall Guide issues, so this week’s round-up is just news. Stay tuned next week for more news, events, and our bite of…
Friday Night Bites: The Lakewood Nominated for BA’s Hot 10, Durham Distillery’s Canned Cocktails, a Batalá Durham-Inspired Beer, and More
Welcome to Friday Night Bites, your weekly roundup of local food and drink news and events. Have a tip for us? Email [email protected]. NEWS The Lakewood Nominated for Bon Appétit’s Hot 10 ListThis week, Bon Appétit magazine revealed the fifty nominees in contention for its annual Hot 10, a list of the ten best new…
Local Chefs Get Creative with Fish Eyes, Stems, and Other Scraps to Take on the Food-Waste Epidemic
“I’ve had about a twenty percent success rate with the fish eyeballs.”
More Locals Seafood Coverage
A Smoked Oyster Stout from The Cortez and Crank Arm Brewing is 100% Made in North Carolina
With the popularity of local seafood on the rise, chef Oscar Diaz couldn’t help but think about a very weird way to celebrate the oyster. Diaz, who co-owns The Cortez Seafood + Cocktail in Raleigh with Charlie Ibarra, decided to start experimenting with ideas for beer and seafood. More specifically, to brew beer with oysters.…
Sick of Salmon? There Are Plenty More Fish in the Sea.
I was having déjà vu while sitting at a relatively new restaurant in Raleigh, slurping oysters. A couple of months earlier, this was at St. Roch, Sunny Gerhart’s debut restaurant. This time, I was at The Cortez (see the full review on page 14). In Durham, meanwhile, someone is having a similar meal at St.…
One Fish, Two Fish, Local Fish, Ugly Fish
Over the last ten years, 40 percent of North Carolina fish houses have closed because of heightened demand for imported, familiar kinds of seafood. But the provenance of these cheaper, prettier fish can be sketchy: it’s often not clear what boats the fish came from, how and where they were caught, or if they followed…