Business: The Buzz

Jan. 15, 2013 @ 03:12 PM

Northgate Lane Bryant to close

Northgate Mall’s Lane Bryant is closing, according to a sign outside of the store. The chain sells plus-size women’s clothing.


Jan. 13, 2013 @ 04:03 PM

Triangle Restaurant Week coming up

Restaurants will offer special three-course menu options and fixed pricing during the upcoming Triangle Restaurant Week, which is scheduled for Jan. 21-27.


Jan. 11, 2013 @ 12:00 AM

Pepboys to replace Dickinson’s Garden Center

The owners of Dickinson’s Garden Center at 1510 E. Franklin St. in Chapel Hill have put their land up for sale, and a developer is looking to build an auto and tire center on the site.


Jan. 10, 2013 @ 07:13 PM

Business briefs

Digitalsmiths, a Durham-based company with technology that allows users to search for video content by title, actor or genre on their televisions, announced deals Thursday with Time Warner Cable and i.TV.


Jan. 08, 2013 @ 03:08 PM

Denny’s to open Durham location

A Denny’s restaurant location is planned to open in Durham in the Hope Valley Commons shopping center near the intersection of N.C. 54 and N.C. 751.


Jan. 05, 2013 @ 01:41 PM

Nostalgia led to bookstore opening

The used book and music store Circle City Books & Music that opened in Pittsboro has a connection to two book and music stores that once operated in Carrboro and Chapel Hill.


Dec. 30, 2012 @ 04:29 PM

Book sale at Northgate location

There will be additional cash-only liquidation sales held in January to sell off of the book inventory of the mall’s former independent book store.


Dec. 25, 2012 @ 03:48 PM

Rescue Mission thrift store to open Thursday

The opening of the Durham Rescue Mission’s new 35,000-square-foot thrift store at 3900 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. in Durham is now set for Thursday.


Dec. 23, 2012 @ 02:31 PM

Q Shack raising funds for NAMI

The owner of Durham’s Original Q Shack is donating 100 percent of proceeds on Jan. 2 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness in reaction to the deadly shooting in Newtown, Conn.


Dec. 22, 2012 @ 03:28 PM

Pizzeria to open on Churton Street

A couple is planning to open a new restaurant and bar called Radius Pizzeria in Hillsborough in March in a renovated, 3,300-square-foot space at 112 N. Churton St. that previously housed Hillsborough Savings and Loan.
Kate Carroll is opening the restaurant with her husband and chef Mick Carroll. She said they’re waiting on the building permits needed to begin the interior construction. The space previously was used as offices for the Orange County government, she said, and prior to that, it was used as a bank.


Dec. 18, 2012 @ 12:34 PM

Patterson's Mill store closing for a month

The Patterson’s Mill Country Store on Farrington Road, which is turning 40 years old next year, will close Dec. 29 to Feb. 3 to allow the owners to clean out the store and revamp the interior.


Dec. 16, 2012 @ 10:20 PM

Book store at Northgate closed

Northgate Books, the independent book store that opened in the old Waldenbooks space at Northgate Mall, has closed.


Dec. 15, 2012 @ 01:30 PM

Tobacco Road open at East 54

The Chapel Hill location of the Tobacco Road Sports Café has opened at East 54, which is the development of restaurants, apartments, off Raleigh Road in Chapel Hill.


Dec. 11, 2012 @ 01:15 PM

Little Dipper eyes Feb. opening

The timing depends on construction permitting, but the partners behind the plans for a new fondue restaurant in Brightleaf Square are now targeting to open the business before Valentine’s Day.


Dec. 09, 2012 @ 03:17 PM

Saké Bomb coming to shopping center

The Asian bistro and bar Saké Bomb is the restaurant that’s slated to open in the shopping center off University Drive that also houses Food Lion and AutoZone.