2 Triangle restaurants closing, including one planning to re-open. What to know
Key Takeaways
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- Two Triangle restaurants recently announced they would close in May.
- Little Barb’s Bakery will leave the Durham Food Hall and plans to move to a new space.
- Bass Lake Draft House closed after 23 years due to costs and declining sales.
Two Triangle restaurants announced they’re closing their doors this month, including a beloved Durham bakery that’s on the move and a Wake County taproom that served customers for more than two decades. We’re sharing a roundup of the closures we reported in the past week.
Here are key takeaways:
- Little Barb’s Bakery will leave the Durham Food Hall at the end of May, wrapping up a three-year run as one of the city’s most popular sweet shops. Owner Barbara Nigro said she’s close to inking a new brick-and-mortar deal and hopes to have the bakery up and running in its new location by September. Little Barb’s gained wider attention last October for making cookie-cake protests condemning ICE after a recruitment ad aired on TVs at the food hall, a controversy Nigro said played a role in her decision to move on.
- Bass Lake Draft House in Holly Springs closed after 23 years in business, with owner Charles Miller saying May 11 was the taproom’s final day. Miller blamed the closure on declining sales since COVID and sharply rising costs since 2024, adding that he was unable to work out a new lease. He continues to operate Village Draft House in Raleigh’s Village District, though several popular Triangle taprooms have closed in the last six months, including Funguys in Raleigh.
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Simone Jasper
The News & Observer
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The News & Observer