8 restaurants & coffee shops are opening in the Triangle. What to know
Multiple new restaurants are expected to come online in the Triangle in just a few months.
Serving Korean food, Japanese cuisine, sandwiches, coffee, pizza and pasta, the new dining spots are from established chefs and local teams in Raleigh, Durham and Cary.
Here’s a roundup of some recent food headlines you may have missed.
3 new restaurants opening in Triangle shopping centers
- Chef Michael Lee of M Restaurants is launching a new concept, the Korean restaurant M Hansik. Expected to open in May in the former Plum at Durham’s Wye Junction (501 Washington St.), M Hansik will offer a fine dining menu of modern takes on dishes from Lee’s home country.
- Shinmai Moku, a Japanese izakaya centered on grilled skewers with a full bar, plans to open this summer at Quail Corners in Raleigh. The team behind the forthcoming restaurant operates two other concepts in Cary, Shinmai Shokudo and Shinmai Kumo.
- Eastcut Sandwich Bar is expanding to Cary’s Waverly Place shopping center in late summer or fall, one of the owners told The News & Observer. This will be the chain’s third location, joining the original shop in Durham and a second at Raleigh Iron Works.
2 new coffee shops in the Triangle
- Bean Traders Coffee soft opened a location March 13 in the former Fare&Fellow at Park Point at Research Triangle Park. This is the second shop for Bean Traders, which has been in its current location in South Durham since 2000.
- Unhinged Coffee & Co. expects to open in early April as Knightdale’s first locally owned brick-and-mortar coffee shop. The business has a mission to raise awareness of mental health and wellness, in addition to serving coffee, food and other beverages.
Raleigh Italian concepts expand to new Triangle locations
- Vic’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria is moving into a former KFC and Taco Bell in North Raleigh. Expected to open in a few months at 5434 Six Forks Road, the restaurant will offer an indoor dining room and a drive-thru for pickup orders.
- Vic’s Pizzeria is expanding to Wendell, its first location outside of Raleigh. The pizzeria, expected to open in January 2027 at 2241 Big Falls Drive, will serve pasta dishes, pizza and drinks from the full bar.
The News & Observer’s Drew Jackson contributed reporting.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full stories in the links above were reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.
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