The Best Restaurants and Bars in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel Hill
Durham restaurant and bar reviews on NC Triangle Dining
Over in Durham, the new restaurant and bar activity has picked up of late! Welcome to the Velvet Hippo, the newest bar in the Bull City and it’s a fun and interesting option. Part cocktail bar, lounge, and rooftop patio, I managed to drop in on their soft opening on July 29th and was pretty …
Given the new Durham Food Hall opened up during the pandemic, it’s great to see its development over the past three years.! The space is very light, airy, and sunny, a more upscale approach to food halls in the area. There’s plenty of seating in this food hall along with a second-floor bar and lounge …
If you’ve ever explored the American Tobacco Campus, you may feel the same way I do: intrigued and confused! Between the playground basketball court, rushing water feature, pavilion area, and the Lucky Strike water tower, there’s so much to look at. But also some confusion because whenever a new restaurant opens at ATC I’m trying …
When it comes to Japanese food and ramen, my best dining experiences have come in NYC in a place like Ippudo NYC. But finding authentic ramen in the Triangle is no guarantee so of course, Dashi (Japanese stock-broth) was a welcome addition. A two-floor restaurant specializing in ramen on the first floor and an izakaya …
When it comes to pizza, I can never get enough! And it’s always great to see food trucks take the next step and move to a bricks and mortar location. So I was wondering what Pie Pushers had up their sleeve when they added a storefront to their food truck. Pie Pushers is one of …
Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen more restaurant activity in the Bull City as we slowly pull out of the pandemic. And was once old is new again! Take, for example, Lucky’s Delicatessen on W. Chapel Hill Street. A victim of the pandemic, the deli closed but the space ended up transitioning to Alimentari …
