LaGrone::To paraphrase the classic Louis Jordan song, Raleigh has way more than five joints named Moe. Try six.

LaGrone::Ed Perfetto, former IT pro- turned-retail food seller has set his sights on the North Raleigh car-bound coffee consumer clique. Rana Capelli Cafe is a drive-through-only coffee joint in Oak Park shopping center at 6001 Glenwood Avenue.

LaGrone::A bistro that sits on a pizza-and-burrito strip on Hillsborough Street might soon be expanding into a neighborhood with more appropriate neighbors - in North Hills.

LaGrone::Nona Manchester's shop is closing, but she is not consigned to remain idle. Nona's Place, a women's consignment store on Creedmoor Road, will be clearing out its inventory until the beginning of July.

LaGrone::The $20 fix is in. ReTails, a thrift store that forks over its profits to an organization that helps low-income families spay or neuter pets, is holding its grand opening this weekend.

LaGrone::A certain snappy little alligator will be making its second North Carolina appearance at Crabtree Valley Mall.

LaGrone::Customers of a local chain of dry cleaners can now handle their business on the Web.

LaGrone::If you feel like you've been walking on pins and needles lately, you can move from metaphor to reality and visit Remedy Clinic on Six Forks Road.

LaGrone::The long-vacant Winn-Dixie site at Townridge Shopping Center on Glenwood Avenue will be the home of Big Lots, a discount retail store. The store will be the second in the City of Oaks and the first north of the Beltline.