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Q & A with Crook's Corner chef Bill Smith Jr.

By Ashley Peterson | November 1

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case in December about a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple's wedding because the service would ...

Weaver Street Market hosts fundraiser for students in Orange County Schools

By Claire Willmschen | October 31

Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough began a fundraiser at the end of this past summer with Orange County Schools to raise money to help feed children ...

Students practice chants in the quad before the protest Monday.

Why are students protesting Wendy's?

By Olivia Slagle | October 30

Carolina Advocating for Gender Equity and Students United for Immigrant Equality co-hosted the “Boot the Braids” Wendy's protest on campus Monday. ...

Review: Purple Bowl brings something new to Franklin Street eateries

By Samantha Yi | October 30

A new family owned eatery has popped up on Franklin Street offering a unique menu: acai bowls, toast and eclectic beverages. Staff writer Samantha Yi ...

Pizza places populate Franklin

By Maryam Mohamed | October 24

Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Small, large, circle, square, thin crust, stuffed crust or with extra toppings.

New delivery service UberEATS arrives in Chapel Hill

By Mattias Miller | October 16

UberEats, a delivery service platform powered by Uber, became available for Chapel Hill and the Triangle area last Wednesday.

NCPIRG relaunches antibiotic campaign in aim to flip the food marketplace

By Summer Epps | October 9

With a mission to deliver persistent, result-oriented public interest activism, UNC’s North Carolina Public Interest Research Group chapter actively ...

The Really Really Free Market, an anti-capitalist event, held its monthly gathering on Saturday, marking thirteen years in Carrboro.

Carrboro Market offers really really free community bonding and support

By Marin Wolf | October 8

The afternoon air was hot and humid as David Deming, a bus driver for the Town of Chapel Hill, tended to a pan of hot dogs set on top of an open flame. ...

Harvest moon casts light on food insecurities

By Marine Elia | October 5

As the bright Harvest moon fills the Carolina sky, the Forest Theatre reveals an impeccably earthy setting surrounded by stone and greens inviting UNC ...

Local seafood market supports coastal NC fishers every Wednesday

By Ashley Peterson | October 5

Walking into Tom Robinson’s Seafood shop is like being transported to an old-fashioned fish market. The sharp smell of fish fills the air and customers ...

Owner of Carrburritos, Rae Fairbanks Mosher, stops and smiles out on the patio of her restaurant.

Carrburritos still rolling forward 20 years later

By Maryam Mohamed | October 5

Rae Fairbanks Mosher, never thought she would be a business owner. But now, as the owner and manager of Carrburritos — a restaurant in Carrboro ...

It's a Coffee World at UNC, but where does that coffee come from?

By Simrann Wadhwa | October 4

UNC students have become accustomed to studying in the small coffee shops in the nooks and corners of Carrboro and Franklin Street. The many cafés in ...

Roderick Gladney (right), founder and chairman of Carolina Cupboard, an organization that provides free food to the UNC campus community, helps recruit new members in the Pit in October 2014. DTH file photo by Johanna Ferebee.

Rising numbers of college students experiencing basic needs insecurity

By Keely Hendricks | October 3

With the high prices of college tuition, a growing number of students are experiencing food and housing insecurity in both community colleges and four-year ...

Pizza places abound on Franklin Street

By Kari Larsen | October 3

MidiCi will join the eight pizza restaurants on Franklin Street. The California-based pizza chain is to open in the winter under Top of the Hill ...

The new Al's Burger Shack location in Southern Village had their first business day Monday.

Al takes a bite out of Chapel Hill business scene

By Erik Beene | September 21

From the moment he got behind a grill, Al Bowers knew he had a love for the food industry. Years after discovering his passion, Bowers is now the owner ...

Maple View community unites to aid hurricane victims

By Maria Elena Vizcaino | September 17

Orange County residents stopped at Maple View Farm Ice Cream this weekend to drop off relief items, which were loaded into 26-foot U-Haul trucks and are ...

Chapel Hill resident Richard Crump competes in the 2017 DSI Watermelon Eating Contest.

Chapel Hill holds watermelon eating contest

By Chantal Shine | July 6

Richard Crump slogged through watermelon guts to find glory as the winner of this year's DSI Watermelon Eating Contest, held in Kenan Memorial Stadium ...

Protest against Wendy's raises awareness for farmworker abuses

By Rebecca Ayers | July 1

UNC students, members of Student Action with Farmworkers and other local residents joined the farmworker leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers ...

Sun's out, buns out: a review on Chapel Hill burgers

By Natalie Short | June 13

Walking around town visiting some of the best local burger joints in 80 degree heat was no easy task, but it had to be done in the name of research. ...

Q&A with Fleming Fuller, general manager of Franklin Street bar "He's Not Here"

By Rachel Jones | June 13

Fleming Fuller began working at local bar "He's Not Here," while he was a student at UNC checking IDs. After moving up the ranks as a barback and bartender, ...