Restaurant Spotlight: Smashed Burgers & Cocktails
In a downtown that already features Asian- and European-style cuisine, it’s only fitting that an American-centric restaurant would come along and join the growing…
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Picked at the Peak
As the summer growing season slowly fades, enjoy the bounty of sun-ripened stone fruits and gleaming red tomatoes in these produce-forward recipes, developed by…
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Dig In & Drink Up: Soda Your Way
Beat the heat with a refreshing stop at Fiiz Drinks soda shop in Fuquay-Varina, and treat yourself to one of the seemingly endless flavor…
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Dig In & Drink Up: Nightingale Rooftop Restaurant & Bar
Expected to open before the end of the year, Nightingale Rooftop Restaurant and Bar will bring a highly anticipated and welcome dining experience to…
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Dig In & Drink Up: Columbia West Coast IPA
It could be considered ironic for a brewery concept conceived during Covid to be based on global travel. Then again, the lack of travel…
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Restaurant Spotlight: El Cantarito Bar & Grill
Downtown Fuquay’s newest multistory building features an anchor tenant that’s drawing big crowds for lunch and dinner. El Cantarito Bar & Grill serves quality…
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Restaurant Spotlight: Nil’s Mediterranean Cuisine
Since becoming the owner of Nil’s Mediterranean Cuisine in the Varina business district more than a year ago, Tan Uckan has refreshed the café’s…
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Dig In & Drink Up: Drinking Vinegars
In Cary, The Umstead Hotel and Spa and its restaurant, Herons, off er one of the Triangle’s most luxurious drinking and dining experiences —…
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Restaurant Spotlight: Bellini Italian Cuisine
If Bellini Italian Cuisine in Holly Springs seems familiar, it’s because the restaurant originated in 2010 in Fuquay-Varina and then enjoyed a stint in…
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Restaurant Spotlight: Lovegrass Kitchen
Editor’s note: Since publication, Lovegrass Kitchen has closed. Locals are all smiles these days with the recent opening of Lovegrass Kitchen in downtown Holly…
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