Triangle Eats

Triangle Eats is a new (totally subjective!) insider's guide to the vast array of restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, markets, barbecue joints, taco trucks, local farms and more in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and beyond...

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Foodie Walking Tour: Chapel Hill

From popsicles to pita bread in the “Southern Part of Heaven”

Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. Photo by cc511/flickr.

The second in a five-part Foodie Walking Tour series. Previously: Carrboro. Coming soon: Durham, Raleigh and Cary.

Franklin Street, the most walkable part of Chapel Hill, is adjacent to UNC campus and therefore plagued with mediocre student-oriented burrito [...]

Foodie Walking Tour: Carrboro

Chocolate, tacos, pastrami biscuits and more in the “Paris of the Piedmont.”

Typical Weaver Street Market scene, Carrboro. Photo by Brian R/flickr.

The first in a five-part Foodie Walking Tour series. Coming soon: Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and Cary.

EVERYONE cares about food in Carrboro, the Triangle’s pint-sized hipster-hippie nexus. Just tap a local on the [...]

From chili ice cream to goat penis: Extreme eating in the Triangle

Nine local foods that stretch the definition of the word ‘edible’ to its very breaking point. Earn bragging rights in a single bite!

Goat 'pee pee' at Grand Asia in Cary. Photo by moi.

1. Salmiakki (salted licorice) at Parker and Otis. This quirky-cute cafe/grocery in downtown Durham stocks a dozen or so different kinds [...]

Third Date: Active Eating

Because if you two don’t start doing something other than eating, your 4th date’s gonna be to this place.

Art walkers on First Friday, Raleigh. Photo by Base10/flickr.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, the third part in a series on the best (totally non-cheesy, I promise!) Triangle date spots. Previously: Short and Sweet Triangle First [...]

Second Date: Dinner and a Movie

Seven of my favorite Triangle-area food+flick combos.

Durham's Carolina Theatre. Photo by Zophos/flickr.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, the second in a series on the best (totally non-cheesy, I promise!) Triangle date spots. Previously: Short & Sweet Triangle First Dates. Coming next: Third Date: Active Eating.

1. Nibble chaat (Indian street food) at Cool Breeze, a brightly painted [...]

Short & Sweet Triangle First Dates

Because you met on Match.com and don’t want to be stuck eating a four-course meal if he/she turns out to be a Nigerian email scammer/a survivalist/a Furry).

Two cups at Caffe Driade in Chapel Hill. Photo by Slazebni/flickr.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, the first part in a series on the best (totally non-cheesy, I promise!) [...]

Will Drive for Pork: 10 foodie day trips within two hours of the Triangle

Heading to Nahunta Pork Center, outside Goldsboro. You gotta see it to believe it. Photo by lissame/flickr.

1. Step back in time at Old Salem, a preserved 18th century Moravian settlement in downtown Winston-Salem. Costumed interpreters offer a peek into what life was like for the Moravians, a Protestant sect that immigrated from what’s now [...]

Late-night dining in the Triangle

Or, “Where to eat when it’s an ‘indecent hour’ and you’re staring down the last bag of pork rinds in the 24-hour Citgo.”

Cook-Out. For all your 3am burger & bible quote needs. Photo by Lauren Paulsen/flickr.

In Durham County…

If it’s midnight: Drive sloooowly down Hillsborough Road, eyes darting left and right [...]

100 Don't-Miss Triangle Eating Experiences

Deep fried goodness at the NC State Fair. Photo by swirlingthoughts/flickr

Just to get you started…

1. Sipping and spitting at Friday morning Counter Culture Coffee cuppings in RTP.

2. Goat burger and duck fat fries at the Saxapahaw General Store. Pick up a quart of motor oil while you’re there.

3. Gorging on Ashley Christensen’s sublime mac ‘n’ cheese [...]