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Featured Restaurant News

The Triangle Business Journal reported this week that months after the restaurant Mandolin closed alongside the sting of the Hayes Barton neighborhood (2519 Fairview Rd.), La Victoria Cocina Mexicana, with a location in Cary, will open their second location in that spot. La Victoria is a sister restaurant to La Buena Vida, Fonda Lupita and Tacos Number Juan, all a part of the fast-growing native JalMex Hospitality Group. Look for them to open this fall. Get familiar with them here.

Wake County Restaurant News

Looking for hand crafted cocktails, curated whiskeys, tremendous wine,
champagne, craft beer or artisanal mocktails? Well, your spot simply
opened within the coronary heart of Apex. Aqua Vitae is in delicate open mode at 2701 Lawnview Lane. No meals simply but, so strictly a liquid eating regimen. Thanks to reader Brad Borges for this tip. Visit them here.

Over in Cary, Mike DePersia of DePersia & Associates tipped me off to the truth that the previous Dame’s Chicken and Waffles area within the Bass Pro Shop Shopping middle on Harrison Avenue will quickly be dwelling to a full serve Indian idea known as Spice Trail. They will transform and plan to open in a couple of months. Stay tuned.

Just when one cookie place closes (see under), one other rising, not less than that’s what David McCreary shared with me with the announcement that Insomnia Cookies
is formally increasing to Cary! The fashionable late-night bakery is
opening a location at 107 Edinburgh South Dr, Suite 141 in MacGregor
Village procuring middle. No phrase on an open date. Visit Insomnia here.

Over in Holly Springs, David McCreary shared with me that Flying Biscuit Cafe will open on June 1 in Oakview Commons procuring middle
at 161 Oakview Commons Drive, Suite 105. They’ll be serving up
breakfast, brunch and lunch with a Southern twist. This would be the sixth
Triangle-area location for the chain out of Georgia. Visit Flying Biscuit here.

Durham, Orange & Chatham Restaurant News

You might have heard that the Triangle’s location of Andretti Indoor Karting & Games
opened lately. You might now be asking why I point out it right here. Well in
addition to their tremendous quick karts and arcade video games, they’ve a fairly
spectacular food and drinks menu. I’m speaking rooster & rice bowls,
flatbreads, tacos, burgers and a full menu of shareables. Finish it off
with cocktails and craft beer (after you end driving after all and
earlier than you soar in your Uber). Check out the menus here.

Closings

Chapelboro reported this week that Crumbl Cookies has closed its Franklin Street location after simply over three years in enterprise.

More information that our dessert choices are dwindling – Mike DePersia shared that after a 13-year run, Dairy Queen in Morrisville has closed.

Food Trucks

The Durham Central Park Food Truck Rodeo continues in 2026 on these remaining dates from midday to 4 p.m. – May 31 and Sept. 27.
At every occasion, you’ll discover food and drinks at over 30 meals vehicles as
properly as inflatables and household enjoyable for all ages. The rodeos are hosted
at Durham Central Park (500 Foster Street, Durham). Go forward and mark your calendar for them. Get all the details here.

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

Events

NC Sugar Rush, a dessert-only occasion, is going down this Sunday, May 24, at downtown Raleigh’s City Plaza
from midday till 6 p.m. Come out and revel in six hours of sugar like no
different with an occasion devoted solely to your candy tooth.

Italian Ice,
Pineapple Smoothies, Funnel Cakes, Ice Cream, Popsicles, Cookies,
Cupcakes, Cookie Dough, Vegan Treats, Beignets, Mini Donuts, Belgian
Waffles and far more (even treats for pets). Get all the sweet details here.

The Downtown Cary Park together with the Cary Farmers Market is internet hosting a high-end dinner on the park on Sunday, May 24 known as Gather: A Seasonal Supper. Tickets are $150 and visitors will take pleasure in hors d’oeuvres and cocktails from Flour & Barrel and Side Door Cocktail Bar, a wood-fired important course by Jake Wood of Lawrence Barbecue, and breads and desserts by Christopher McLaurin of Lutra Bakery. All of that is set inside the attractive Gathering House contained in the park. Dietary restrictions and allergy symptoms will be accommodated. Get tickets and all the details here.

Boatman Spirits Co. has partnered with a number of Raleigh eating places and bars to launch the Local Spirit Cocktail Competition,
a collection of pleasant cocktail contests throughout downtown Raleigh designed
to spotlight North Carolina spirits. The subsequent one might be at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 24 at Longleaf Swine. Beyond Boatman, the collaborating companies embody Mala Pata, William & Company, Transfer Co. Food Hall, Foundation and Longleaf Swine.

The guidelines are easy: whoever is internet hosting the competition doesn’t compete
however will get to decide on an area spirit that have to be used within the cocktails and
a novel home rule for that occasion. Five bartenders will compete,
together with Aaron Lambert of Boatman Spirits Co., Hope Levinson of Mala Pata, Doug Wheeler of Transfer Co Food Hall, Patrick Dunmire of Foundation and Nolan Ruhmke from William & Company. Visit Boatman here.

On Sunday, May 31, chef Saif Rahman will welcome Aaron Salita and Conor Delaney of Crawford & Son to Peregrine for a Kamayan Dinner.
If you aren’t acquainted, it’s a Filipino custom the place meals is laid
straight on banana leaves, shared with out utensils, eaten collectively. This
night honors Salita’s Filipino heritage and the bond he shares with Rahman;
two immigrants who’ve spent their lives in kitchens, who each communicate
the language of reside fireplace and the enjoyment of feeding folks properly. In the
spirit of Kamayan, they’ve reimagined a convention — the whole-roasted
pig turns into a complete lamb on the spit, a bridge between Filipino communal
feasting and Saif’s Muslim and South Asian roots. The $175 payment consists of the feast in addition to three beer/cocktails. Visit Peregrine here.

Tickets are on sale for Raisin’ The Roof, the opening occasion on this yr’s Chefs for Change fundraising collection benefiting Families Moving Forward, Durham’s main emergency shelter for households with kids. The 2026 mixer will happen on June 4 at 6 p.m. at ReCity Network
in Durham (112 Broadway St.).

This energetic neighborhood gathering may have
a retro block get together really feel and have small plates ready by
celebrated native cooks, together with Seth Gross and CeCe Lopez of Bull City Burger and Brewery; Aaron Louv of NanaSteak; Serena and Toriano of Boricua Soul; Rahul Nikam of Viceroy; and introducing Riche and Perry of Flaming Hills Hot Pot. Dessert might be offered by The Parlour.
Guests will take pleasure in a night of unbelievable meals, interactive video games and
actions, and a reside DJ set by DJ NABS. Tickets are simply $60 and can be purchased here.

Tickets are on sale now for the 2026 Dinner within the Meadow occasion on September 13 for a fundraiser that helps the Leonard-Mobley Small Farm Fund, a non-profit group that helps small farms in North Carolina. Get tickets and all the details here.

Food Bank Corner

For 1000’s of children in central and japanese North Carolina, the
final day of faculty gained’t be the completely happy occasion you and I keep in mind. There’s a
quiet wrestle happening of their properties.

Their dad and mom are attempting to
navigate low wages, excessive housing and medical prices, and rising meals
costs — amid cutbacks to federal meals help. 

The finish of faculty breakfast and lunch applications for the summer season may carry them to a disaster level. More of our neighbors have already been turning to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina and
our accomplice companies currently. We anticipate these numbers to develop as soon as
college is out. Summer could be a powerful time for youths going through meals
insecurity … however it doesn’t must be, once we work collectively. Thank you
for serving to youngsters spend their trip enjoying and rising! Make This a Hunger-Free Summer.