Category Archives: Restaurants
Gonna Party Like It’s 2012
by Laura We had a great start to 2012 with a New Year’s Eve dinner at the Pit (some of the best BBQ around) and an evening of entertainment at First Night Raleigh. For $9, we saw not one but … Continue reading
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Food Truck Mania
by Laura I just love how the food truck craze has exploded in the Triangle! Although Raleigh & Chapel Hill have been hesitant to fully embrace these culinary entrepreneurs on wheels, Durham and Carrboro have welcomed them with open arms … Continue reading
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About Town (Almost Fall Edition)
Tracked down the Chirba Chirba truck. So happy that people in the South know what soup dumplings are now! This is major progress. Also glad to see them hanging ’round these parts at the Carrboro Music Festival. Got to love … Continue reading
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Geer Street Garden
by Laura We’d heard about Geer Street Garden from a couple of different friends and decided to check it out last week after the Durham Blues Festival. It’s near Fullsteam Brewery & Motorco – a.k.a. hipster heaven – and it … Continue reading
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If the New York Times Says So…
by Laura Although we are happily entrenched in the Triangle, there are certain things we miss that remain unique to NYC. Durham’s gourmet ice cream truck suddenly seems less exciting when your copy of New York magazine (which we still … Continue reading
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Best of…
by Laura (& Harold, sort of) Yesterday we stopped by Indy Weekly’s Best of the Triangle party, which featured samples and booths from some of the winners. It was a great way to check out new places that we had … Continue reading
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The Parlour
by Laura The newest addition to the Durham food truck scene deserves its own post, mainly because The Parlour takes Mr. Softee to a whole new level with homemade gourmet flavors like salted caramel and toppings like crushed waffle cone. … Continue reading
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Three Days in the Triangle
by Laura We’ve been lucky enough to have a bunch of visitors come down to enjoy the Triangle with us over the past couple of years. When we’ve got just a weekend to take them around, here’s what we hit … Continue reading
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Lantern Redux
by Laura Lantern is probably the most buzz-worthy restaurant in the Triangle, especially after chef Andrea Reusing nabbed this year’s James Beard award for the Southeast. Plus, exotic cocktails and creative Asian fusion provide a welcome break from your traditional, … Continue reading
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This Summer
by Laura This summer will have a bit of research and transcriptions and data and meetings and teaching and planning and proposals and manuscripts and grad student grunt work. But! But! This summer will also have beaches and hiking…and road … Continue reading
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Royal Wedding
by Laura Who hasn’t been drawn in by the fairy tale romance of Wills & Kate? It’s a classic tale of boy meets girl, boy realizes he can bag anyone he wants, boy gets bored of random chicks on yachts, … Continue reading
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