7 new restaurants joining North Hills, American Tobacco, Crabtree Mall and Cary
Key Takeaways
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- Popular steakhouse Fogo de Chão will come to Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh.
- Restaurants Lutra Cafe & Bakery and M Hansik started welcoming customers in Durham.
- Openings also are planned for Chapel Hill, downtown Cary and Raleigh’s North Hills.
The Triangle’s food scene keeps expanding, with announcements about seven new places to eat. From a Korean spot in downtown Durham to a popular steakhouse at a Raleigh shopping center, we’ve created a roundup of the latest restaurant openings we’ve covered.
- Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chão plans to open a new location at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh. It will replace the closed Uncle Julio’s and is expected to debut by the end of the year.
- Lutra Cafe & Bakery, which grew from a weekend window pop-up into one of the Triangle’s most anticipated bakeshops, opened at Durham’s American Tobacco Campus. Offerings include sweet buns, biscuits and an espresso bar.
- Chef Michael Lee unveiled M Hansik, his seventh Triangle restaurant. It serves Korean dishes in the former Plum space near Durham’s Geer Street district.
- Khalovera Mexican Bar & Grill is opening a second Chapel Hill location on July 13. The launch will mark the third physical spot for the restaurant, which got its start as a food truck and ranked in the top eight in the News & Observer’s best taco poll.
- New York Bagel Brothers hosted a soft launch from its trailer at 1601 New Bern Ave. in Raleigh. It serves bagels baked daily using ingredients sourced from New York.
- Lloyd’s Full Service will open in downtown Cary in August, giving new life to a historic 1951 service station. It will be the first stand-alone restaurant from the Early Bird Night Owl hospitality group, which also owns The Durham and The Mayton boutique hotels.
- Açaí and smoothie bar South Block is opening its first Triangle location at North Hills in early 2027. The restaurant will be next to bartaco in the main district of the Raleigh shopping area.
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Drew Jackson
The News & Observer