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At the vigil for Kabab & Curry owner Mohammed Arfan Sundal

Jeremy M. Lange — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:39:00 -0500

A candlelight vigil was held Thursday, Dec. 13, for Mohammed Arfan Sundal, the owner of Kabab & Curry House at 2016 Guess Road, Durham.…

Former Frazier's chef joins Piedmont

Mechelle Hankerson — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:05:00 -0400

After a nationwide search, the Piedmont restaurant in Durham announced today it has hired Jeffrey Satterly of Frazier’s in Raleigh as the new Chef de Cuisine.

According to Jamie DeMent, one of the partners of Eno Hospitality Group, which owns the Piedmont, hiring a new chef entailed not only interviews but also a “local Iron Chef-style” competition.…

Blend arrives at Durham's Golden Belt

Tiara Hodges — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:04:30 -0500

The newly opened Blend Cafe, 807 E. Main St., offers customers good coffee, pastries, breakfast and lunch in a convenient and growing location in Durham.

Courtney Smith, the manager and operator of Blend, says the cafe offers a diverse crowd and "a place for anyone from anywhere to come."…

Meet-and-Three: Durham's Current Cafeteria

Emily Wallace — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:40:00 -0500

Sook “Sue” Rha, a Korean native and former bookkeeper with no formal cooking experience, surveyed the sandwich stand she purchased with her husband, Bong Kya Rha, on North Roxboro Road. There was eight-month old food in the refrigerators and a menu she knew little about: hot dogs, hamburgers and biscuits.…

Bull Street Gourmet & Market opens in Durham

Lisa Sorg — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:33:12 -0500

Coming soon has finally arrived. For many months, an empty storefront in Durham's Hope Valley Square has promised that the Bull Street Gourmet & Market would open—and now the small, cozy shop is in business.…

Meet-and-Three: The Coffee Pot of Smithfield

Emily Wallace — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:05:00 -0500

When I set out to write a column on Southern plate lunch restaurants, I had one thing in mind: The Coffee Pot of Smithfield. Anchoring one end of a small strip of rotating shops (vacuum repair, tattoos, Internet sweepstakes) on a stretch of Highway 301 known as Brightleaf Boulevard, the meat-and-three is no more than a mile from the house where I grew up.…

Chefs share farm-to-table philosophy at CFSA Sustainable Agriculture Conference

Victoria Bouloubasis — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:57:00 -0500

A group of Southern agriculture enthusiasts—advocates, if you will—descended upon Durham this past weekend for Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s 26th annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The Pittsboro-based nonprofit advocates for and helps create sustainable food systems within the Carolinas.…

Meet-and-Three: Ye Old Country Kitchen of Snow Camp

Emily Wallace — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:47:00 -0500

Model John Deere tractors fill every shelf and display cabinet in the three dining rooms at Ye Old Country Kitchen in Snow Camp. And not just tractors.…

Capital 16 Club celebrates Game Week, as in wild game, not Twister

Lisa Sorg — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:13:00 -0500

After a long election season, nothing satisfies a politico's hunger like a big slab of wild boar and a napkin the size of a head sail.

Tonight Capital 16 Club in Raleigh launches Game Week, when the menu features food you hunt in the woods or fields—as opposed to raising on farms—including wild boar, rabbit, venison and pheasant.…

N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 10

Emily Wallace — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:11:00 -0400

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Meet-and-Three: St. Paul's State Fair Restaurant

Emily Wallace — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:12:00 -0400

Judy Caves has worked through 100 pounds of flour in two hours. “It’s been really busy,” she says.…

N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 9

Emily Wallace — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:45:00 -0400

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N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 8

Emily Wallace — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:02:00 -0400

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N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 6

Emily Wallace — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:41:00 -0400

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N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 5

Emily Wallace — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:12:00 -0400

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N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 4

Emily Wallace — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:18:01 -0400

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N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 3

Emily Wallace — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:31:00 -0400

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N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 2

Emily Wallace — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:32:00 -0400

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N.C. State Fair Illustrated: Day 1

Emily Wallace — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:44:00 -0400

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Meet-and-Three: Libby's Too of Durham

Emily Wallace — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0400

Libby Green pulls a chair up to my table, one of nine at her Durham restaurant, Libby’s Too. She eyes my plate.…

Meet-and-Three: Finch's of Raleigh

Emily Wallace — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:29:59 -0400

Finch’s Family Restaurant hasn’t changed its appearance much since 1945, when it opened on Peace Street. “Curb Service” remains stenciled in capital black letters on a front window, and the Raleigh institution still has a long covered walkway with diagonal parking spots from the days that it was a drive-in restaurant.…

Meet-and-Three: Campbell's Diner of Fuquay-Varina

Emily Wallace — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:48:10 -0400

Dora Campbell didn’t want a diner. As a child, she watched her father, Carl Powell, run one of the only two eateries in Fuquay, the aptly named Fuquay Restaurant.…

Meet-and-Three: Raleigh's Mecca

Emily Wallace — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:38:00 -0400

Mecca, Raleigh’s oldest family-owned restaurant, seems like a tattered, cardigan-wearing grandfather compared to the minimalist hip style of its new down-the-street neighbor, Beasley’s Chicken + Honey, a modern meat-and-three. It is. But well-worn cardigans are cool, and Mecca has managed to keep up with the times.…

Meet and Three: J.C.'s Kitchen in Durham

Emily Wallace — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:00:00 -0400

J.C. doesn’t cook. That’s no news to the slew of regulars at J.C.’s Kitchen, a home-style restaurant in a buttery yellow building on the corner of Main and Fayetteville streets in Durham.…

Meet-and-Three: Hillsborough's Riverside Restaurant

Emily Wallace — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:24:01 -0400

It’s easy to miss the Riverside. Hillsborough’s one-story meat-and-three-style restaurant sits on the edge of Exchange Park Lane, a curvy road that slims to one lane, making it difficult to accommodate traffic or walk-in business.…