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Featured Restaurant News

• The News & Observer reported this week that Delancey Tavern, the third restaurant from the homeowners of widespread downtown Durham staples Bull McCabes and the pizzeria Hutchins Garage, has opened within the former Weeks Motor Company constructing at 408 W. Geer Street in Durham. Taking its title from a New York City avenue within the Lower East Side, the menu options elevated American with burgers and fries, steak frites, rainbow trout with pomegranate-soy glaze and a throwback to a beloved Durham dish from way back, the “Chicken Cooked Under a Brick” from the previous downtown Mediterranean restaurant Pop’s in response to the paper. The area additionally options an upstairs lounge with velvet couches to get pleasure from drinks. They are open for walk-in enterprise Wednesday by way of Monday. Look for expanded hours and brunch service within the coming months. Visit them here. See some footage (it’s stunning!) and the menu on Instagram here.

Wake County Restaurant News

• Just a reminder that Velvet Taco, the nationally acclaimed taco restaurant identified for its imaginative, globally impressed tacos, can be opening its first Raleigh location at North Hills subsequent Monday, February sixteenth. The restaurant will occupy the previous World of Beer area on the base of Captrust Tower within the Park District. With fairly an eclectic menu, search for every little thing from Korean Fried Rice and Nashville Hot Tofu to Spicy Tikka Chicken and Fish N’ Chips. And don’t miss their signature Red Velvet Cake for dessert! Get familiar with them here.

• Over on Hillsborough Street, Roots Natural Kitchen, which additionally has a location on Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street, will “officially” open having its Grand Opening on Saturday, Feb. 21 (trace: 40% off all bowls and free Roots sweatshirts) throughout from NC State’s campus at 2712 Hillsborough Street (assume former Gumby’s spot). But should you simply occur to cease by subsequent week…their “Welcome Week”…you would possibly discover them in soft-open mode. If you aren’t conversant in Roots, they had been based in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2015 serving up pure meals in a fast-casual setting and now have simply over 20 areas, largely within the mid-Atlantic. Get to know them here.

• Raleigh Downtown shared that coastal North Carolina favourite Drift Coffee & Kitchen is opening a second Raleigh location (fourth within the Triangle) on the primary ground of the The Weld (1001 Hammell Drive) close to Dix Park. They will supply a full-service espresso and brunch expertise with an all-day menu that includes breakfast, brunch, and lunch favorites. Stay tuned for a gap date. Visit Drift here.

• In North Raleigh, Raleigh Magazine shared that UglyFish, serving up fashionable sushi and seasonal plates in a New York-style environment, has opened at 4701 Atlantic Ave, Suite 129. And let me simply say, from inside footage and meals pictures, this place is something however ugly. Get by and see for your self! Visit them on Instagram here.

• Also up in North Raleigh, the Triangle Business Journal reported that franchisees Harsh and Varsha Kandakur are opening Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken & Wings at 5011 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite E, within the Quail Corners Shopping Center. They plan to open in June or July within the former I Heart Mac & Cheese between Juicekeys and Swagger Boutique. This would be the chain’s first location within the Triangle. Start getting familiar with them here.

• Over in Holly Springs, my buddy David McCreary notified me that regionally owned Bricks ‘N Brews, a Lego-themed cafe, will open for enterprise THIS Saturday, Feb. 14, at 1118 Kentworth Drive in Holly Springs within the unique Thanks A Latte area. The cafe will serve espresso and beer and company can construct their very own minifigures or different Lego creations. The spot additionally will promote uncommon minifigures, Lego units and free bricks. Visit them here and comply with them on Instagram here.

• And down in Johnston County, the News & Observer shared that Eggs Up Grill, a South Carolina-based chain, simply opened its latest location in Benson. Located at 12524 NC Highway 210, it joins areas in Apex, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs and Raleigh. Check them out here.

Durham, Orange & Chatham Restaurant News

• It is official Chapel Hill! The long-awaited re-opening of Kipos Greek Tavern is only a week away now….with a re-opening date of Feb. 21. They will start with simply dinner service, and can launch plans to re-open for lunch and brunch after they get their doorways again open. You’ll keep in mind Kipos was devastated after the Tropical Storm Chantal flooding. Reservations are actually open so that you can get pleasure from the identical flavors, power, and hospitality you count on from the Kipos employees! Make your reservations here.

• Big information for sports activities followers over in Durham as Glenn Gillen shared with me this week that sports activities bar E.O.’s Athletic Club, from the oldsters behind Queenie’s, Kingfisher and Queenburger, opened at 341 W. Main Street (former Beyu’s) this previous weekend. Check them out on Instagram here.

• Also in Durham, reader Holly Deng shared that she noticed that there’s a new Asian-fusion and sushi restaurant known as Tang that has opened at 4015 University Drive. It seems to be to be within the former Neo-China area (however a minimum of in the identical buying heart). Visit them here.

• We first advised you about this in June of final 12 months, however we’re inching nearer to a June opening in response to an replace within the News & Observer. Red Phone Booth, an unique Prohibition-esque cocktail and cigar lounge, is now hiring and can quickly open at 125 Orange St. They will ship their famend 400+ premium spirits, a curated choice of 200+ cigars, and Italian-inspired small plates and pizzas—plus a complicated intimate environment and speakeasy-style entry by way of a restored London pink telephone sales space. It would be the seventh location within the nation and first in North Carolina. Check out the other locations here.

• Down in Pittsboro we seen this week that The Place To Be Bar goes into the previous Red Moose Brewing Company at 90 East Street, simply off the circle in downtown. They posted a picture of their non permanent allow from ABC…so they’re very shut! Follow along on Instagram here.

Closings

• A closing isn’t the right time period….maybe rebirth? At any fee, one thing new that has been within the works for months is coming to Giorgios Epicurean Market (GEM) in Raleigh. The Giorgios Hospitality Group idea has briefly closed in anticipation of the upcoming transformation. Stay tuned for positive.

• We additionally discovered that PLUS Dueling Piano Bar, situated simply off Glenwood within the Glenwood South district, will shut in March.

Food Trucks

• Alright Philly followers, maybe your Eagles didn’t ship the season you had hoped for, however this truck undoubtedly is. Check out the most recent meals truck rolling across the streets of the Triangle – George’s Authentic South Philly Steaks. Check this out – they hand-shave prime ribeye every day (for actual), import aged provolone cheese and use Cooper Sharp model cheese, have a proprietary recipe from a South Philadelphia bakery that LaFarm makes use of to make their bread contemporary, and so they use beef tallow fries. Alright Tim and Tina CoyneSmith, I want you to weigh in. Track down their truck here.

• Looking to seek out your favourite meals truck (or stalking them and easily don’t need to must admit it)? We perceive. Find them on Street Food Finder here.

Events

• Rocky Top Catering introduced new dates for the eighth annual Cooking for the Kids, a multi-night culinary competitors uniting the Triangle’s vibrant chef group in help of  an impactful native nonprofit, Overflowing Hands. Overflowing Hands is a 100% volunteer-led 501c3 group serving essentially the most susceptible youngsters in our neighborhoods, throughout the United States and world wide. Hosted on the elegant Millbrook Manor (situated at 1705 E. Millbrook Road in Raleigh), Cooking for the Kids presents company an immersive eating expertise the place philanthropy and culinary creativity take heart stage. The finale is now scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 24. Check out who the winners had been in week 1 and see what the following spherical entails. Get all the details, including competing chefs as well as tickets, here.

Food Bank Corner

• The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina is in search of caring mates to develop into Monthly Sustainers of the Food Bank to assist reply to the ever-increasing demand for meals help. When you accomplice with them month-to-month, you assist be certain that wholesome, nutritious meals can attain individuals in want all 12 months lengthy. In truth, your month-to-month reward of: $25 can present 75 meals monthly; $35 can present 105 meals monthly; $50 can present 150 meals monthly; $100 can present 300 meals monthly. Plus, along with your month-to-month dedication of $25 or extra, they’ll ship a particular tote bag your manner. And whenever you carry it, you’re reminded of all you make doable in your neighbors by way of your constant generosity! Become a Monthly Sustainer here.

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