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From farm to food trucks
Two food trucks, Chirba Chirba Dumpling and Pie Pushers, are holding a two-part weekend lunch prepared using products from Hillsborough’s Coon Rock Farm.
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More news from Southpoint
Management at The Streets at Southpoint announced Friday that two stores selling Vera Bradley and Sperry Top-Sider products are opening at the mall.
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Plans in works for second farmers' market
New farmers’ market: Plans are firing up for a new farmers’ market in South Durham. The new market, called the Farmers Organization of Durham Market, is slated to open April 14, said Kathryn Spann, a market organizer, the owner of the goat dairy Prodigal Farm, and the chair of the Durham Farmland Protection Board. The group has signed a letter...
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Food trucks circling up for V-Day
our food trucks will gather in Carrboro on Tuesday for the First Annual Valentine’s Day Rodeo and Fundraiser.
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Menchie’s coming to Woodcroft center
The business is a franchised location of the Encino, Calif.-based frozen yogurt company Menchie’s. There are around 155 locations in the United States and Canada. In North Carolina, the shop will be the chain’s fourth location behind shops in Cary, Charlotte and Raleigh.
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Athletic wear retailer to open
A retailer of yoga clothing and other athletic wear, lululemon athletica, is planning to open a store at The Streets at Southpoint mall.
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Carolina Brewery turning 17
The Carolina Brewery location in Chapel Hill is celebrating its 17th anniversary with a series of events scheduled for Sunday through Feb. 11, including on Super Bowl Sunday.
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New Wild Wings set to open
The new Buffalo Wild Wings near The Streets at Southpoint mall is expected to open Feb. 6, said Randy Groover, regional marketing manager for the Southeast region for Buffalo Wild Wings.
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Chick-fil-A mall location closes
The Chick-fil-A restaurant at Northgate Mall is closing, ending more than 37 years of operations at the location.
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Coldwater Creek closing temporarily
The Coldwater Creek women’s clothing and accessories store at The Streets at Southpoint has closed for renovations. The store will re-open toward the end of March, said Bobbi Earle, a spokeswoman for the retailer, which has 365 stores located around the country.
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Eat out for a good cause
Triangle Restaurant Week begins Jan. 23 and will run through Jan. 29.
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Café to open at Golden Belt
Café at Golden Belt: A coffee and sandwich shop, Blend Café, is opening at Golden Belt in downtown Durham on Feb. 1. The café is slated to sell Counter Culture coffee and sandwiches as well as salads, Yogenfruz frozen yogurt, and baked goods from a 1,424-square-foot space in the Golden Belt complex.
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Chirba Chirba makes TV debut
Watch Chirba Chirba on TV: The food truck Chirba Chirba Dumpling will appear on Saturday’s season premiere of “My Family Recipe Rocks!”, a show on the Live Well Network hosted by Joey Fatone, a former member of the boy band ’N Sync.
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Aldi to open this week
In case you missed the story that ran in The Herald-Sun’s Friday edition, the grand opening for the new Aldi Inc. grocery store in Durham is now scheduled for Wednesday.
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Ben & Jerry's to re-open
Ben & Jerry’s in Chapel Hill: After closing Dec. 5 for renovations, the Ben & Jerry’s shop on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill will be re-opening in a celebration that is slated to include the ice cream brand’s co-founder. Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, is slated to be at the 102 W. Franklin St. shop’s grand re-opening event Jan...
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New pizza eateries open
A new Randy’s Pizza restaurant has opened at 2121 T.W. Alexander Drive in Durham County. It’s the sixth restaurant in a chain of pizza eateries started in Durham 17 years ago by Randy Smith.
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Longtime business Pachall's Cafe closes doors
The small restaurant Paschall’s Café that sold hot dogs and hamburgers in a diner-style setting on Holloway Street in Durham closed Friday.
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Hotel slated to open Jan. 6
The hotel, located at 1542 N. Gregon St., will have 137 rooms.
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Whiskey owner opens new bar
A new bar, the Kotuku Surf Club, has opened at 703 Rigsbee Ave. in downtown Durham in an area that has seen the rise of other entertainment, food and drink venues such as Fullsteam Brewery, Motorco Music Hall, and the nearby Geer Street Garden.
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Aldi set to open Jan. 12
The Aldi grocery store off N.C. 751 near The Streets at Southpoint Mall in Durham now has a new projected opening date of Jan. 12. The store is planned to be part of a future project called Westpoint at 751 that will include the grocery store as well as other commercial development.
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