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The Kelce family matriarch dined at North Hills restaurant with her entourage

Donna Kelce, better known as Mama Kelce pictured in the green wig, stopped in to North Hills with her entourage this week, dining at French restaurant Coquette.
Donna Kelce, better known as Mama Kelce pictured in the green wig, stopped in to North Hills with her entourage this week, dining at French restaurant Coquette.
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  • Donna Kelce dined at Coquette, a French restaurant in Raleigh’s North Hills.
  • Coquette thanked Mama Kelce and her fabulous group of friends' on Instagram.
  • Donna Kelce commented 'Great food and service!!!' with two heart emojis.

Less than two weeks removed from the wedding of the century, a world-famous mom brought her entourage to Raleigh for dinner.

Celebrity matriarch Donna Kelce dined in Raleigh this week, stopping in at the North Hills French restaurant Coquette for dinner with friends.

The restaurant posted a group photo of Kelce and her dining companions to the Coquette Instagram page.

“Looks like the real MVP made a stop at Coquette,” the restaurant wrote on Instagram. “We had the pleasure of welcoming Mama Kelce and her fabulous group of friends for a night of delicious French cuisine and lots of laughter. Thanks for making Coquette part of your girls’ night, we loved having you!”

Donna Kelce is best known as the mother of NFL star Travis Kelce, but she picked up a new title recently: Taylor Swift’s Mother-in-Law, following the pop superstar’s wedding earlier this month. Swift and Travis Kelce were famously married in Madison Square Garden on July 3.

As the mother of one of the NFL’s most visible stars and the MIL of one of the most famous people on the planet, Donna Kelce has developed her own celebrity, cultivated an Instagram page with 737,000 followers and appearing in the most recent season of the reality TV show “Traitors.”

The mother of the groom previously made news in North Carolina last year when she brought a group through the Biltmore Estate in Asheville.

For her latest Carolina stop, Kelce commented on Coquette’s post that she enjoyed the restaurant.

“Great food and service!!!” Kelce wrote, followed by two heart emojis.

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This story was originally published July 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM.

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Drew Jackson writes about restaurants and dining for The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun, covering the food scene in the Triangle and North Carolina.
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