Food & Drink -

Chapel Hill, a town home to a number of restaurants with an international focus, offers cuisine from various corners of the world and new perspectives ...

The Library takes a trip back in time

By Zoe Hazerjian | January 28

Bring your best dance moves — may it be the moon walk, Cotton Eye Joe, Soulja Boy or Hitting the Quan — to The Library’s Time Machine Night on Saturday. ...

Local pickled produce take high honors in nationwide good food awards

By Benjamin Albano | January 20

Pickled veggies are a staple of Southern culture.

UNC dining hall hopes to fry NC State in culinary cookoff

By Jenni Ciesielski | January 14

UNC students are passionate about two things: beating N.C. State and Lenoir Dining Hall cookies. These two passions will come together tonight when Carolina ...

He’s Not Here signs offers in compromise

By Rachel Bridges | January 11

Representatives for the Chapel Hill bar He’s Not Here have signed offers in compromise for the establishment’s three pending violations.

Computer science professor opens tab for students during class at TOPO

By Katie Rice | November 18

Students in Ketan Mayer-Patel’s Computer Science 426 class were treated to a field trip to Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery during class Tuesday ...

Liz Lindsey prepares her hives for winter.

Honey, it's cold outside: Winter brings slower season for beekeeping

By Jane Little | November 18

Winter is coming, and the honeybees are hunkering down.

ABC Commission ratifies offer of suspension, fine for La Residence

By Erin Kolstad | November 18

The ABC Commission ratified the offer in compromise for La Residence at their November meeting today. In the offer, the ABC permits for La Residence ...

(From left) Sam Sockwell, a worker for Tom Robinson’s Sea Food, works behind the counter for Mark Pandick and Larry Logan.

Local seafood store is keeping it fresh

By Isabella Lupoli | November 16

The unassuming cinder block building in Carrboro, painted white with sea creatures adorning it, houses Tom Robinson’s Seafood.

Thomas and Mandy Bien, UNC alumni from Cary, NC, finish a meal at the Mellow Mushroom in Chapel Hill, one of the triangle restaurants participating in RSVVP Day.

RSVVP Day: Eating out while giving back

By Carolyn Paletta | November 10

Scott Boyd, a bartender at Mellow Mushroom on Franklin Street, said around half the customers who came into the restaurant Tuesday asked about RSVVP Day. ...

The Orange County Department on Aging invited local veterans to celebrate a Veterans' Music Fest on Nov. 9. Marie Vanderbeck sings for the crowd.

Seymour Center honors veterans

By Alexa Papadopoulos | November 9

While the rain may have stopped some from going to the Veterans’ Music Fest at the Seymour Center, those in attendance were excited to honor local veterans. ...

Jersey Mike's franchise co-owner Charlie Farris was presented with an award after participating in RSVVP for 10 years. "Food is our life. It's what we do. Helping people get food is really important to us, especially those who can't afford it," said Farris.

111 restaurants pledge support for RSVVP Day

By Brooke Fisher | November 8

If you eat out on Tuesday, a portion of the proceeds from your meal may be donated to support hunger-relief programs.

CIW farmer Santiago Perez holds signs in protest at the Cary Publix. The workers are fighting for fairer wages and produce prices.

Farmworkers protest comes to Cary

By Sierra Dunne | November 8

More than five years into a farmworkers’ campaign against Publix, a protest by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers lasted just one hour in Cary on Sunday ...