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Community kitchen coming to Rosemary Street

By Derrick Bills | November 17

Kathy Gunn knows better than most that no matter who someone is or where he or she comes from, everybody can agree on one thing: Food brings people together. ...

Michael Thornburg is a Senior and majoring Political Science. He started rapping after he graduated high school; he often finds motivation in emotional struggle. Dennis Farrell and David Deterding (right) enjoy a meal at Top of The Hill on Franklin Street during the Inter-Faith Council's annual Restaurant Sharing Ten Percent event Tuesday.

RSVVP has record number of participating restaurants

By Maggie Monsrud | November 12

More and more restaurants are taking one night a year to contribute to fighting food poverty in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

UNC, Duke join forces to push healthy eating

By Anica Midthun | November 7

As millions of families on food stamps nationwide struggle to eat healthily, UNC and Duke University have launched a collaborative effort to educate these ...

Dogs, owners show Halloween spirit at bar contest

By Shuyan Huang | October 27

At a costume contest Sunday, humans and animals alike were able to show their excitement for Halloween.

Student DJ holds second silent protest of Deep End's Country Night

By Gabriella Cirelli | October 22

Deep End Bar is beginning to grow another group of regulars on Tuesday nights. But these students aren't there for “Country Night.”A second silent ...

Joe Sunderland prepares some samples for patrons at the Chapel Hill Market which is located at University Mall. A farmer for 8 years, he works at Wild Dog Farm and hopes that the market will find a more organic location. "A permanent location would be wonderful. This location is good, it's not ideal, but it's good."

Local farmers markets preparing for fall

October 10

The leaves might not be red enough, but both Carrboro and Chapel Hill’s Farmers’ Markets are ready to celebrate fall.

The Heel shuts down temporarily, hopes to reopen

By Dree Deacon | October 6

The Heel, the student-run pub, shut down about 15 days ago due to building code violations and the need to refile liquor and alcohol permits with North ...

Bars that apply to be "private clubs" do not have to get sanitation inspections. Zog's Art Bar and Pool Hall is a private club on Henderson Street.

Skirting the health standard

By Joey DeVito | October 6

Deems Wilson was surprised when, shortly after starting his job as manager of West End Wine Bar, he was told the business didn’t get inspected by the ...

2014 Pepper Festival's best dish/beer winners receive a honorary shovel. Angela's Kitchen won best food and Regulator took the title for best pepper beer.7th annual Pepper Festival in Chapel Hill. 7th annual Pepper Festival in Chapel Hill.

Sweet and spicy peppers attract locals to Amazing Pepper Festival

By Christine Bang | October 6

The Seventh Annual Amazing Pepper Festival returned to Chapel Hill Sunday with local, organic, pepper-infused food and drinks.

Orange County proposes food council

By Meg Garner | October 2

As a county that prides itself on eating locally grown produce and foods, Orange County agreed this week to join the growing trend of municipalities with ...

Tailgating persists despite UNC rules

By Margaret Gilmore | October 2

The tents go up. The hotdogs are purchased and the George Foreman Grills are warmed. Fans decked in Carolina Blue flock to parking lots and grassy knolls ...

Top of the Hill owner drafts bill to sell liquor after distillery tours

By Breanna Kerr and Jordan Nash | October 1

A Chapel Hill business owner is challenging the massive power of the N.C. Alcohol Beverage Control Commission — a group that marks up the cost of ...

UNC's dining halls composted 539 tons of food waste in 2013-14 fiscal year

By Caroline Leland | October 1

Every day in Top of Lenoir, hundreds of students line up at the conveyor belt to drop off plates piled high with unwanted pizza crusts, rejected pot roast ...

Q&A with "American Wasteland" author Jonathan Bloom

By Caroline Leland | October 1

As part of The Daily Tar Heel's Projects and Investigations Team's Food Issue, Senior Writer Caroline Leland spoke to Jonathan Bloom, the award-winning ...

Orange County restaurant inspection ratings to appear on Yelp pages

By Nick Niedzwiadek | October 1

Restaurant inspections have long revealed the dirtier side of the food industry, including the restaurants frequented by residents of Chapel Hill.

Blue Ocean Market provides seasonal seafood, including fish like pink and vermillion red snapper (above), to restaurants and consumers near its location in Morehead City and to the Triangle area.

Local chefs try to support North Carolina fishermen

By Jaclyn Lee and Bob Bryan | October 1

It’s about a three-hour drive to the nearest coastline from Chapel Hill — 162 miles to Wilmington, 178 miles to Atlantic Beach and longer to ...

Carolina Dining Services debt burden to increase with upgrades

By Samantha Sabin and Claire Williams | October 1

The debt Carolina Dining Services has sitting on its books is unusual for a University of its size, but that hasn’t stopped administrators from crafting ...

Clark Cunningham is a senior biochemistry and biology major from Chapel Hill.

Column: What do you mean, "toxic"?

By Clark Cunningham | October 1

If the intense competition for treadmills at the Student Recreation Center and the line for the salad bar at the Top of Lenoir have taught me anything, ...

Meals on Wheels food truck rodeo coming to Carrboro

September 26

Meals on Wheels drives around Chapel Hill and Carrboro every weekday, delivering food to senior citizens and people with disabilities. It also raises ...

Tar Heel Takeout delivery service no longer accepts cash

By Su Cho | September 18

Delivery service TarHeel Takeout no longer offers the option to pay with cash, leaving people confused.