Carolina Coffee Shop Ranks As Area’s Oldest Eatery

IN THE NEWS: The News & Observer’s Greg Cox gives one and a half stars to Cuban spot Havana Grill (404 W. Chatham St., Cary, 460-8662) and notes the new Watts Grocery (1116 Broad Street, Durham, 919.416.5040, wattsgrocery.com). … Cox also reflects on the area’s longest-running restaurants, noting every restaurant pre-1986, a watershed year locally: [...]

‘Gourmet’ Lauds Crook’s Corner, Lantern, Fearrington House

Gourmet magazine’s October 2007 issue features a guide to “America’s Best Farm-to-Table Restaurants.” gourmet.com:
RESTAURANTS WITH FARM CONNECTIONS: 2nd Street Bistro, Livingston, MT; Amherst Chinese Food, Amherst, MA; Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN; Crook’s Corner, Chapel Hill, NC; Eve, Alexandria, VA; La Provence, Lacombe, LA; Lantern, Chapel Hill, NC; Pacific’O and I’o, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Tree House [...]

Raleigh’s Mizu, Cary’s Vines Bistro Open

IN THE NEWS: The News and Observer’s Greg Cox awards four stars to Fins (110 E. Davie St., Raleigh, 834-6963, www.myspace.com/finsrestaurant) and notes the opening of sushi-go-round spot Mizu, in North Raleigh’s Wakefield Commons, as well as Italian restaurant Vines Bistro in the old Frankie & Dino’s spot at Maynard Crossing in Cary. Mizu is [...]

Selma German Joint Edelweiss Cafe Opens

IN THE NEWS: The News & Observer’s Greg Cox gives two and a half stars to Bistro 64 (103 S. Edinburgh Drive, Cary, 380-1322, www.bistro64.com) and notes: the opening of German restaurant Edelweiss Cafe & Bakery in Selma (www.edelweiss-bakery.com). … Clayton Cajun takeout joint Louise’s has relocated to the Raleigh Crabtree Inn and changed its [...]

Herons Chef Set for James Beard House

IN THE NEWS: The News & Observer’s Greg Cox gives two stars to Thai restaurant Twisted Noodles (4201-112 University Drive, Durham, 489-9888, www.twistednoodles.com) and notes that chef Phil Evans at Herons, the restaurant in the posh new Umstead Hotel in Cary, has been invited to cook a dinner at the James Beard House in New [...]

‘Gourmet’ Spotlights Local Mexican Scene

IN THE NEWS: Gourmet magazine’s September 2007 edition includes the Triangle’s growing traditional Mexican restaurant scene, including: Los Comales (2103 N. Roxboro Road, Durham, 919-220-1614), Fiesta Grill (3307 Highway 54W, Chapel Hill, 919-928-902), El Paraiso (111 S. Alston St., Durham, 919-680-4728), Super Taqueria (2842 N. Roxboro Road, Durham, 919-220-9884), Taqueria Lopez (3438 Hillsborough Road, Durham, [...]

Carolina Brewery Opens 2nd Location

IN THE NEWS: The News & Observer’s Greg Cox gives two stars to The Grape (403 Daniels St., in Cameron Village, Raleigh, 833-2669, www.yourgrape.com) and reports that Chapel Hill’s Carolina Brewery has opened a second location at the U.S. 15-501 exit of the U.S. 64 bypass in Pittsboro (120-100 Lowe’s Drive). Cox also notes the [...]

Dining Is Thriving at Durham’s Five Points

IN THE NEWS: The News & Observer’s Greg Cox gives two and a half stars to Dream Catcher Cafe (1129-O Weaver Dairy Road, in Timberlyne Shopping Center, Chapel Hill) and notes the new restaurants arriving in the burgeoning Five Points area of Durham, including: Guajillo’s Mexican Grill, in the space vacated by Latin Grill and [...]

‘Bon Appetit’ Spotlights Bonne Soiree

Bon Appetit magazine’s September 2007 Restaurant issue features three finalists in a list of quintessential versions of six American classics: pizza, steak, tacos, hamburgers, fried chicken, and ribs. Winner will be announced on the Food Network on Aug. 18 (Good Eats with Alton Brown, 6 and 10 pm CDT). The finalists:
PIZZA: Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix; DiFara [...]

For the Undecided: Combo Indian-Pizza

IN THE NEWS: The News & Observer’s Greg Cox reviews the Thai-Japanese eatery Kin (7713-39 Lead Mine Road, in Greystone Village, Raleigh) and reports on: the opening of the combo Indian-Pizza place Spice & Curry’s Pizza & Snack Bar in the old Buffalo Brothers spot at 590 E. Chatham St. in Cary. Owner Nagi Reddy [...]