Dining
Friendly barbecue rivalry to start soon in Durham
The Bull City will soon be in hog heaven. Ed Mitchell, the famous barbecue pit master, and Greg Hatem, Raleigh restaurateur and developer, are each opening up new barbecue restaurants in Durham later this year.
Dining
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DINING
HaRu's dual menu doubles the enjoyable meals
The Morrisville restaurant bills itself primarily as a Japanese restaurant, and backs up the claim with an extensive menu that dwarfs the Korean offering.
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ORANGE COUNTY
Chapel Hill cuts food truck fees, adds locations
The Town Council cut the cost of operating a food truck by more than half Monday and voted to allow them at more events and locations.
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LOCAL/STATE
Downtown Food Truck Rodeo wrangles up thousands of customers
Thousands packed five city blocks on Fayetteville Street for the first of four Food Truck Rodeos, as Raleigh hitched onto a trend started in Durham in 2010.
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FOOD & DRINK
Raleigh politicians, patrons come around to idea of food trucks
The city will host the Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo on Sunday, the first of four downtown rodeos planned for this year. About 40 mobile food vendors and as many as 6,000 people are expected to attend.
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DINING
New café coming to downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District
There’s a new café coming to downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District. Café de los Muertos, an online coffee retailer and roaster, is opening a brick and mortar coffee house that will serve locally roasted coffee and pre-made food.
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DINING
Execution puts An among the Triangle’s creme de la creme
Among the spring entrees: Lamb three ways (loin, tenderloin and belly); and barely-seared ahi tuna whose delicate, maple-soy-glazed flesh played maritime yin to the earthy yang of roasted maitake mushrooms
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DINING
Fire damages sushi restaurant in Raleigh’s Cameron Village
Fire severely damaged Sushi Gami restaurant in Cameron Village early Wednesday morning.
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DINING
Euro Café now open in Wake Forest
Mohamad Kahlout, owner of Petra Grill in North Raleigh, has opened Euro Café (2101 S. Main St.; 919-761-5002) in Wake Forest. His new restaurant is a departure from the kebabs and pita wraps that have made Petra Grill a popular lunch spot.
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DINING
Restaurant News: Shiki Sushi relocates to larger space
After more than a decade at the same address in Durham's Homestead Market, Shiki Sushi (219 NC Hwy. 54, Durham; 919-484-4108; shikinc.com ) has moved a few doors down into a larger space in the same shopping center.
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CONSUMER NEWS
Chapel Hill getting Irish pub
Fitzgerald’s Irish Pub opens May 10 on Franklin Street. It’s the second NC location for the owners.






