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Featured Restaurant News

• With nationwide dialog surrounding Standard Time, we’re extra right here within the Triangle-area in regards to the opening of Standard Beer + Food. The independently owned restaurant group behind the longtime Person Street spot, opened a second location this week, Standard NHID, at 560 St Albans Drive in North Hills. A shift from Person Street’s QR-service, no-reservations mannequin, the North Hills location is full service and reservation-friendly. The menu, developed by Executive Chef Andrea Cardella, builds on Standard’s fan favorites whereas introducing wood-fired cooking and a uncooked bar. The smash burger carries over from Person Street, alongside new NHID dishes together with the Standard Tavern Burger, Swordfish Schnitzel, and Bar Steak. The kitchen works with native companions together with Raleigh City Farms, Joyce Farms, and Fox Farm & Forage. The bar program at Standard NHID options six slushies on faucet (together with an Espresso Martini, Strawberry Daiquiri, and Painkiller), together with home and visitor beer, a low-intervention wine record, and a craft cocktail menu. Get by today!

Wake County Restaurant News

• We first informed you about this again in June, however discovered this week that Clouds Brewing has now opened within the former location of Tobacco Road Sports Café situated at 505 Jones St. They are celebrating their first weekend (Friday and Saturday) and you might be invited to hitch them from 4-10 p.m. each days for excellent drinks, tasty bites, and good vibes. They are beginning with a restricted menu because the group perfects the Clouds method, however every part on provide is crafted to impress. Swing by the primary bar, seize a beer, and be among the many first to expertise Clouds of their latest location! Visit Clouds here.

• On a latest drive down Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, I seen that Beignets & Brew has opened on the bottom ground of the Stanhope constructing (3001 Hillsborough Street). They serve sizzling, fresh-made beignets with numerous toppings (like strawberry cheesecake and caramel) together with specialty coffees, teas, and breakfast croissants. With places everywhere in the Eastern United States, that is their first enterprise into North Carolina. Visit them here.

• Over on Western Boulevard, buddy Hugh Autry reached out to me to let me know that we’ll quickly have a brand new Pizza Hut location, nestled between Wendy’s and Dunkin’. No phrase but on an open date. Visit Pizza Hut here.

• And just some months after opening their first Triangle-area location in Durham, Bubbakoo’s Burritos, a Mexican-fusion idea, opened its latest location in Cary in keeping with Triangle Business Journal. Located at 337 Sembler Lane within the Ambery Place Shopping heart, they serve up greater than 12 varieties, together with Papi Hibachi steak and shrimp burrito, the crispy buffalo rooster quesadilla, Nashville sizzling crispy rooster burrito and the California steakhouse burrito. They have places throughout 14 states. Pick your burrito here.

• Got phrase this week that the oldsters behind Shinmai Shokudo and Shinmai Kumo in Cary are on the brink of open their third idea, Shinmai Moku, within the new part of Quail Corners procuring heart later this July (nook of Millbrook and Falls of the Neuse roads). Moku is an intimate Japanese yakitori and izakaya impressed by the evenings discovered all through Japan, the place individuals collect round charcoal grills to share skewers, small plates, and drinks with pals. Their objective isn’t simply to open one other restaurant, however to convey a extra genuine yakitori expertise to North Carolina via craftsmanship, ambiance, and hospitality. Best to follow along on Instagram here.

• And we discovered this week that Sully’s Misfits Kitchen at 213 Fayetteville Street in Fuquay-Varina is now open and serving up good eats and drinks. Self-described as a Massachusetts-inspired dive bar kitchen serving North Shore roast beef, South Shore bar pies, wings, and luxury meals from in every single place. Best to get to know them on their Facebook page here.

Durham, Orange & Chatham Restaurant News

• Thanks to a tip from Glenn Gillen, we discovered that Kristine Suh and her companion Andrew Mehring have formally opened Dosirak Outpost, a Korean-style comfort retailer at 307 W Main Street within the coronary heart of downtown Durham. The retailer is stocked with Korean snacks, cabinets of noodles, Asian stationery, drinks, kimchi from native vendor Spicy Hermit, gochujang, and quite a lot of different objects. Grab-and-go choices stocked with kimbap, rice bowls, soups, and different scrumptious eats are coming quickly, simply ready on metropolis allowing. Get by and see for yourself.

• Also in Durham, the News & Observer reported that Ideal’s Sandwich & Grocery, one in all the Triangle’s finest eating places, has been open solely three hours a day, Thursday via Monday. It generally sells out far sooner than that. That has all modified, because the Durham restaurant has doubled its hours and is now open from midday to six p.m. And in keeping with the N&O reporting, breakfast is on the way in which. Visit them here.

• At the tip of final month over in Durham, Woody’s Bar-B-Q opened their tenth location and their first in North Carolina at 3500 N Roxboro Street. Founded in Jacksonville, Florida in 1980, they’re most well-known for his or her slow-smoked child again ribs, pulled pork, and signature burgers. Thanks to reader Ian Fetterolf for bringing this to our consideration. Visit them here.

• Also in Durham, reader Tim Decker tipped us off to the truth that we are going to quickly have our fourth Triangle-area location of LongHorn Steakhouse. It is transferring into the previous Chili’s location on the Renaissance Center shopping center close to The Streets at Southpoint (6917 Fayetteville Rd.). Visit LongHorn here.

• Just throughout the county line from Chapel Hill in Chatham County, espresso gem SaBean’s Coffee has moved to a brand new location, simply a few miles from their former location adjoining to Captain John’s Dockside. She is now situated alongside 15-501 on the former fuel station on the nook with Andrews Store Road. Please check in on Instagram here earlier than going as a result of eventually test Sabine was nonetheless ready on energy to be attached.

, Closings

• David McCreary shared the unhappy information that La Grassa Pastificio, an Italian bistro situated at 908 Northeast Maynard Road in Cary’s Reedy Creek Square procuring heart, has closed resulting from “overwhelming health issues.” Chef/Owner Robert Reynaud has battled critical kidney illness for a lot of months. Please hold him and the employees affected by the closure in your ideas and prayers.

• In Raleigh, reader Rebekka Mastin noticed an indication on the door of Stromboli’s Express on Spring Forest Road indicating they’d closed after 21+ years.

• My “everything Durham” man Glenn Gillen, shared with me that Afters Dessert Bar in Brightleaf Square is closing on the finish of this week.

• Also in Durham, we discovered that after 10 years, Durty Bull Brewing Co. might be closing their doorways in Durham on the finish of September.

• And the Herald-Sun reported that Annexe, subterranean lounge and cocktail bar, would shut on the finish of the week after a 6-year run.

Food Trucks

• The last Durham Central Park Food Truck Rodeo might be held from midday to 4 p.m. on September 27. You’ll discover foods and drinks at over 30 meals vehicles in addition to inflatables and household enjoyable for all ages. It might be hosted at Durham Central Park (500 Foster Street, Durham). Go forward and mark your calendar. Get all the details 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

• This is type of enjoyable! Wednesday, aka hump day, is named that for a purpose. You want a little bit further to get to the second half of the week – and so Eastcut Sandwich Bar, with places in Durham (3211 Old Chapel Hill Road) and Raleigh (1101 E. Whitaker Mill Road, Suite 126), is throwing you a little bit assist. Stop by any Wednesday morning for Wired Wednesday the place you will get a free sizzling or iced Black & White Roasters espresso with a breakfast meals buy. Consider this an indication to spend Hump Days at The Cut, making an attempt out our new-ish egg sammies and zeppole. Visit them on Instagram here.

• Yesterday kicked off Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week – July sixteenth via July twenty sixth. From skyline cocktails to neighborhood favorites and thrilling new discoveries, you’ll discover unique prix fixe menus, chef-crafted specials, and limited-time affords all through Downtown Raleigh throughout this celebration. Next week, they’ll begin unveiling collaborating eating places, together with The Willard Rooftop Lounge, with many extra to return. Stay tuned to see who’s joining this year’s list!

• Join the oldsters at Figulina in downtown Raleigh on Wednesday, July 22 for a night celebrating the launch of “On the Road in Piemonte”, a two-volume labor of affection written by our very personal Wine Director, Jeff Bramwell, with Jay Murrie. Inspired by the meals, wine, landscapes, and folks of one in all Italy’s most fascinating and numerous areas, the night’s à la carte menu will characteristic a mixture of dishes featured within the e book alongside basic Piemontese preparations and some playful interpretations from Chef David Ellis and Guest Chef Nate Garyantes. There are nonetheless a handful of reservations accessible for dinner from 6 to 10 p.m. Come increase a glass, have fun an unbelievable accomplishment, and spend a night exploring the flavors of Piemonte. Get all the details on Instagram here.

• On Sunday, July 26 at 7 p.m. on the Southern Village Green in Chapel Hill, Porch might be jamming out and amassing meals donations to help the greater than 800 households they serve. This summer season they’re offering further meals out there to assist households make ends meet till children are again in colleges receiving free and diminished meals within the fall. If you may, please assist children have all of the nourishment they should have a cheerful summer season? Here are our most-needed objects: Hearty snacks; Pasta sauce (plastic jars please); Maseca; Condiments (ketchup, mayo, salad dressing); Cooking oil, and Nutella. Reach Porch here.

• The Left Hook Coffee store is holding their grand opening at its Hargett Street cafe with a circus on Saturday, August 1. Located at 912 E Hargett Street, on the nook of Hargett and State, you’ll take pleasure in native distributors/artists/makers, stay music, native meals distributors, stay display screen printing, “circus” actions, wrestling, and extra. An enormous congratulations to Kristin and Nick! Follow along on Instagram here.

• Tickets are on sale now for the 2026 Dinner within the Meadow occasion on September thirteenth 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

• Stop Summer Hunger when your present doubles! The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina at present has a $100,000 match till July 31! For children, summer season ought to be a time of play and relaxation. But for too many native households, it’s a time of fear as an alternative. When faculty breakfasts and lunches cease for the summer season, mother and father on an already-stretched finances are challenged to fill the hole. Thanks to some beneficiant pals, each greenback of your present right now will double, as much as $100,000, to fund our summer season meal packages so that children might be children. Because of our purchasing energy and relationships with native meals suppliers, each present, of any measurement, will go a good distance. Every $30 can feed one baby two youngsters for a month! Every $90 can feed one baby two youngsters all summer season! Consider a donation today!

Featured Restaurant News

• Next month will convey us the opening of one of the anticipated additions to downtown Cary, Lloyd’s Full Service. The neighborhood eatery is about inside a restored Fifties service station at downtown Cary’s most vibrant nook: Chatham and Academy streets. It is being delivered to us by the native hospitality group Early Bird Night Owl, the working group behind The Durham and The Mayton boutique lodges in addition to upcoming The Gables. Lloyd’s kitchen might be helmed by chef Dennis Bernard and can provide a menu that includes linguine with clams, a sizzling canine in honor of the now-closed Ashworth Drugs, a fried fish plate and an all-day breakfast plate. The restaurant will initially open with restricted dinner service. The plan is to increase to lunch and weekend brunch this fall. The restaurant may have area to seat 75 company in its eating room and as much as 100 on its coated outside patio. The patio may also have a vintage-style van that has been retrofitted to serve meals and drinks. Start getting familiar with Lloyd’s here.

Wake County Restaurant News

• Next door in Apex, issues simply bought much more groovy within the “Peak of Good Living.” The coronary heart of downtown Apex is now dwelling to the most recent location of Groovy Duck Bakery which opened this week to a protracted line of shoppers at 101 North Salem Street. While they’re well-known for his or her muffins, their expert bakers additionally create scrumptious muffins, chunky cookies, cupcakes, bars, pies, and pastries—all made in small batches all through the day. Stop by for a scrumptious pastry and occasional. They even have a location in Raleigh on Edwards Mill Road. Get Groovy today.

• In Downtown Raleigh, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance knowledgeable us that Kokoro Ramen & Izakaya is now open in City Market on the nook of nook of Blount and Martin streets. The Japanese restaurant and pub is now serving up distinctive shareable plates and ramen bowls. Follow along on Instagram.

• We first informed you about this again in May, however Michael Longo posted on his social media that his latest enterprise – Mikey’s Pizza – will maintain their grand opening this Saturday, July eleventh. Longo of Vic’s fame is opening the store within the former Pizza & Pints spot subsequent to Chido Taco and close to Mami Nora’s at 2320 Bale Street on the intersection with Wake Forest Road. Expect this to be the primary one, however definitely not the final. The focus might be very child pleasant the place children (and adults too) could make their very own pizza and eat it proper there. Visit Mikey’s here.

• Over at North Hills, we bought phrase this week that South Block, the fast-growing acai bowl, smoothie, and juice idea, will open a brand new location within the Main District of North Hills. The new location might be situated subsequent door to bartaco and is predicted to open within the first quarter of subsequent 12 months. Founded in Arlington, V.A., South Block has constructed a loyal following for its handcrafted acai bowls, recent smoothies, and cold-pressed juices made out of actual, high-quality elements. Since its founding in 2011, the model has expanded throughout the Mid-Atlantic and into North Carolina. With two places in Charlotte and a 3rd on the way in which, that is their first enterprise into the Triangle. Get to know them here.

• Up in North Raleigh, reader Kathy Powell seen signage up for Koi Sushi & Hibachi within the Celebration at Six Forks procuring heart. Looks like their authentic location is over in Durham and no phrase but on an open date for the Raleigh location. Visit their Durham location here.

• With the World Cup capturing everybody’s consideration, and following up on France’s convincing win over Morocco yesterday, The Cary Report shared extra excellent news this week for followers of all issues French. They reported that La Pause Parisienne is establishing store at 160 NE Maynard Road, bringing an genuine French bakery and café to city. The bakery says its croissants and pastries are made on website by French-trained artisans! No phrase on an open date. Get to know them here.

• Got phrase this week that the oldsters behind Shinmai Shokudo and Shinmai Kumo in Cary are on the brink of open their third idea, Shinmai Moku, within the new part of Quail Corners procuring heart later this July (nook of Millbrook and Falls of the Neuse roads). Moku is an intimate Japanese yakitori and izakaya impressed by the evenings discovered all through Japan, the place individuals collect round charcoal grills to share skewers, small plates, and drinks with pals. Their objective isn’t simply to open one other restaurant, however to convey a extra genuine yakitori expertise to North Carolina via craftsmanship, ambiance, and hospitality. Best to follow along on Instagram here.

• We first informed you about this final week, however I discovered from my buddy Sachin Patel that Super Chix is now open in Morrisville at 1125 Hatches Pond Lane (proper subsequent to Wegmans). Based out of Texas, they’ve a pair different places in North Carolina, however that is the primary within the Triangle. Go in and ask for Anesh and inform him that Coach Sean despatched you. Go ahead and get familiar with them here.

• Up in Wake Forest, reader Jan Delory knowledgeable us that Bruma Brunch & Social Taco, that includes fashionable Mexican taste, is now open at 1898 S Franklin Street within the coronary heart of downtown. Visit them here.

• Down at 213 Fayetteville Street in Fuquay-Varina, signage is now up on the constructing for Sully’s Misfits Kitchen which can quickly (any day now) be serving up good eats and drinks. Self-described as a Massachusetts-inspired dive bar kitchen serving North Shore roast beef, South Shore bar pies, wings, and luxury meals from in every single place. Best to maintain up with their progress and the pending announcement on their Facebook page here.

Durham, Orange & Chatham Restaurant News

• We first informed you about this again in January, however they only introduced on Instagram that they may open subsequent month! Winston-Salem-based restaurant East of Texas, celebrated for its Tex-Mex house-smoked BBQ and outside eating expertise, will open at American Tobacco Campus within the historic Reed Building, it can characteristic a non-public occasion space, storage doorways opening to outside seating close to the Lucky Strike water tower, and a market with grab-and-go meals and retail choices. Get familiar with them here. Congrats and welcome to the Triangle to founder Claire Calvin.

• Staying at American Tobacco campus, very thrilling information popping out of the oldsters at Fullsteam (which can open someday in 2026, maybe round Labor Day). They shared that Phoebe Lawless might be their new director of hospitality. Many of you realize Phoebe from her beloved Durham ventures through the years: Scratch, Baby Scratch, The Lakewood, and Snack Service. She will assist construct and execute what they’re calling an “American South Public House” and its occasion area, Stoker Club. Menu-wise, count on a mix of tavern classics (together with the return of some Rigsbee favorites) and a ton of Southern sides and loads of vegan choices. Keep up on Instagram here.

• Little Bull will open of their new location on Monday, August 3 finishing a year-long renovation of a historic constructing relationship to the 1910s in downtown Durham’s National Register historic district (301 East Chapel Hill Street). The work preserves plenty of the constructing’s historical past with wooden from the unique inside partitions and repurposed the salvaged beams right into a staircase that now connects the primary eating room to the upstairs bar. Little Bull will serve dinner nightly starting at 5 pm, with weekend brunch persevering with on Saturdays and Sundays. The group plans to introduce weekday lunch service this fall, marking the restaurant’s first lunch providing. Congrats to Oscar Diaz and Juan Camilo Espada and your complete Mezcalito Group. Follow along on Instagram here.

• On a latest go to to Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street, I seen new signage on the previous Ay Pro Dios after which Ram’s Corner spot – it can quickly by the most recent dwelling of Kahlovera Mexican Bar & Grill, which along with its Chapel Hill places, has places in Durham and Cary. No phrase but on an open date. Visit Kahlovera here.

• A little bit additional down on Franklin Street, Chapelboro reported {that a} mixture Jimmy John’s and Baskin-Robbins retailer will quickly open at 143 West Franklin Street, in the identical constructing which homes Target. Both eating places are owned by Inspire Brands LLC. who additionally personal Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, and Sonic Drive-In. No open date has been launched simply but, however work is underway. Visit Jimmy John’s right here and Baskin-Robbins here.

• Chapelboro additionally shared extra Franklin Street information – Hibachi & Company at 153 East Franklin Street has closed at its present location and has moved down the road to 163 East Franklin Street. Both The Daily Tar Heel and Business Debut report the restaurant’s outdated storefront will quickly be occupied by Yeti Bowl and Shakes. Business Debut notes the Franklin Street location would be the first for the “bowl-focused concept.” Visit Hibachi & Company here.

• We discovered this week that Raleigh-based restaurateur Anthony Rapillo and Katsuji Tanabe will quickly open KatSushi at Boxyard RTP, introducing a vibrant new hand-rolled sushi restaurant to the beloved Durham outside meals corridor. Born of the creativity of Tanabe and rooted in his Japanese lineage, it can characteristic a menu targeted on made-to-order hand rolls and rice bowls. They may have walk-up ordering, an out of doors bar with seating, and a handful of excessive prime seating choices close to the restaurant, which might be on the second degree of Boxyard. Visit Boxyard here.

• Absence makes the guts develop fonder. And so it’s as we remind you that Fiesta Grill in Chapel Hill (5 miles west of Carrboro) might be closed for his or her annual trip via July 14. reopening on July 15. Please plan accordingly. Hang in there! Visit them here.

, Closings

• None to report. Keep consuming native, of us!

Food Trucks

• The last Durham Central Park Food Truck Rodeo might be held from midday to 4 p.m. on September 27. You’ll discover foods and drinks at over 30 meals vehicles in addition to inflatables and household enjoyable for all ages. It might be hosted at Durham Central Park (500 Foster Street, Durham). Go forward and mark your calendar. Get all the details 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

• July sixteenth via July twenty sixth is Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week. From skyline cocktails to neighborhood favorites and thrilling new discoveries, you’ll discover unique prix fixe menus, chef-crafted specials, and limited-time affords all through Downtown Raleigh throughout this celebration. Next week, they’ll begin unveiling collaborating eating places, together with The Willard Rooftop Lounge, with many extra to return. Stay tuned to see who’s joining this year’s list!

• On Sunday, July 26 at 7 p.m. on the Southern Village Green in Chapel Hill, Porch might be jamming out and amassing meals donations to help the greater than 800 households they serve. This summer season they’re offering further meals out there to assist households make ends meet till children are again in colleges receiving free and diminished meals within the fall. If you may, please assist children have all of the nourishment they should have a cheerful summer season? Here are our most-needed objects: Hearty snacks; Pasta sauce (plastic jars please); Maseca; Condiments (ketchup, mayo, salad dressing); Cooking oil, and Nutella. Reach Porch here.

• The Left Hook Coffee store is holding their grand opening at its Hargett Street cafe with a circus on Saturday, August 1. Located at 912 E Hargett Street, on the nook of Hargett and State, you’ll take pleasure in native distributors/artists/makers, stay music, native meals distributors, stay display screen printing, “circus” actions, wrestling, and extra. An enormous congratulations to Kristin and Nick! Follow along on Instagram here.

• Tickets are on sale now for the 2026 Dinner within the Meadow occasion on September thirteenth 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

• Stop Summer Hunger when your present doubles! The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina at present has a $100,000 match till July 31! For children, summer season ought to be a time of play and relaxation. But for too many native households, it’s a time of fear as an alternative. When faculty breakfasts and lunches cease for the summer season, mother and father on an already-stretched finances are challenged to fill the hole. Thanks to some beneficiant pals, each greenback of your present right now will double, as much as $100,000, to fund our summer season meal packages so that children might be children. Because of our purchasing energy and relationships with native meals suppliers, each present, of any measurement, will go a good distance. Every $30 can feed one baby two youngsters for a month! Every $90 can feed one baby two youngsters all summer season! Consider a donation today!