Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler.  Featured Restaurant News Over in Morrisville, reader Kevin Coletta shared with me that Milo’s Cafe, a European-style, all-day cafe, has opened at 10119 Chapel Hill Road in a stand-alone building just down from Neomonde. The cafe is a harmonious blend of Columbian and French-Algerian cultures where there is a shared love for coffee and delectable cuisine. They are open Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. (7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday). They had their grand ope ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler.  Featured Restaurant News We start out this week in downtown Durham. The folks over at Ex-Voto, Angela Salamanca and Marshall Davis, are bringing a “lil’ Americana concept” called Patty Boy to the Durham Food Hall. There will be burgers, chicken tends, tater tots and other Easter NC-inspired eats from their own chef Dallas Howard. They’ll even have big-gulp fountain drinks for all the soda freaks out there! They are shooting for a mid-summer opening. Follow along on Ins ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler.  Featured Restaurant News Yesterday, chef/owner Scott Crawford announced the opening of Brodeto, his fourth addition to the Crawford Hospitality brand. Located in the Raleigh Iron Works development (at the intersection of Whitaker Mill Road and Atlantic Avenue), Crawford pays homage to the seafood-rich dishes and smoky, wood-grilled flavors of the cuisine found along the Adriatic Coast in the Mediterranean. The restaurant itself is Crawford’s largest and the space is ab ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler.  Featured Restaurant News Just a week after St. Patrick’s Day, we are learning that Doherty’s Irish Pub and Restaurant is now in soft-open mode at 56 Sanford Road just off the circle in downtown Pittsboro. They become the newest tenant of the SoCo Project spearheaded by Greg and Paula Stafford which has truly transformed the circle in downtown Pittsboro. SoCo features multiple restaurants and a brewery with a large continuous outdoor patio – a great gathering spot for t ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler.  Featured Restaurant News The News & Observer shared the news this week that popular Wilmington-area coffee shop Drift Coffee & Kitchen is coming to the Triangle with one location in Raleigh’s Ridgewood Shopping Center on Wade Avenue and a second in Chapel Hill’s Village Plaza Shopping Center. Look for the first to open this spring, with the second to follow a couple months later. All Drift locations brew coffee beans from Wake Forest roaster Black & White a ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler.  Featured Restaurant News LM Restaurants announced this week that construction is underway for Birdie’s Barroom & Kitchen, located on the first floor of the landmark 150 Fayetteville Street building in Downtown Raleigh. The planned 150-seat restaurant will serve guests from sunrise to moonrise and feature a morning barista-led café, as well as a private event room for business meetings and special events. The restaurant will feature a central bar-in-the-round with a ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler. Featured Restaurant News Chef Zweli Williams opened the evolved concept of the new enhanced Zweli’s Kitchen in Durham’s Brightleaf Square this week. With the return of Zweli’s Kitchen, almost a year after closing the original location, they join the other two concepts under the Zweli’s umbrella – Zweli’s Ekhaya (at American Tobacco Campus) and Zweli’s Cafe (at Duke Divinity). Make it a priority to get over to enjoy the rich flavors of Zimbabwean cuisine. They are open daily ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler. Featured Restaurant News Chef David Ellis (former chef de cuisine at Ashley Christensen’s Poole’s Diner) has opened his pasta-centric restaurant Figulina in downtown Raleigh’s warehouse district at 317 S. Harrington St. in the space that was home to Humble Pie for 33 years. The menu features several small plates and pasta dishes, including one or two classic pasta options and a handful of custom creations on a rotating basis. Dashes of Southern, English and French influences ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler. Featured Restaurant News WRAL shared the news this week that a new food hall is coming to Raleigh in a spot where folks are used to getting good food. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced this week that a new two-story food hall, The Midway Event Center, would replace the 70-year-old Lunch Stand building (or Church Row as I’ve always called it) at the NC State Fairgrounds. The new food hall will be open year-round and will serve “fair food” when the State Fair is ..read more

Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news…that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler. Featured Restaurant News Over in Durham, Durham Downtown shared on a Facebook post that Fonda Lupita has opened in downtown Durham’s Brightleaf Square at 905 W Main Street. As you will recall, Fonda Lupita (original location in Sanford) was named one of Eater’s best new restaurants in the United States. Expect the exact same quality from the new location featuring homemade stews, gorditas, tacos, quesadillas, tortas, burritos and more alongside unique Mexican hot and cold be ..read more