Food & Drink -

Food trucks gather in Carrboro for fundraiser

By Kathryn Trogdon | February 14

This Valentine’s Day, Carrboro residents showed their love for the town and local charities through food, fun and fundraising.

The Lodge Bar and Grill updates menu to include tapas

January 11

In a hard economy, downtown restaurants face tough competition — and some are updating their menus to keep up.

UNC debates 'Meatless Mondays' plan

By Katie Quine | December 5

UNC students are trying to save some of the 83 to 100 animals most people consume each year. Eleni Vlachos, a local advocate for veganism who has been ...

Donations from local businesses keep Occupy Chapel Hill alive

By Gayatri Surendranathan | November 30

After more than a month and a half, Occupy Chapel Hill is going strong — powered not only by their beliefs, but also by donations from local businesses. ...

Chapel Hill finalizes plan that could allow food trucks

By Caroline Watkins | November 28

The Chapel Hill Town Council finalized on Monday details of a plan, set to be voted on this January, that could allow food trucks in the town.

Chapel Hill Town Council will discuss food truck sanitation

By Helin Park | November 20

Food trucks differ from brick-and-mortar restaurants in many ways, from target clientele to their lack of permanent address. But there is one standard ...

Hillsborough passes ordinance permitting food trucks

By Chessa DeCain | November 15

Chapel Hill now stands alone in the county in its strict regulation of food trucks.

The history of homemade beer in NC will be up for tasting Saturday

By Joseph Chapman | November 9

Call them beer snobs and they’ll likely agree — craft beer and homebrew enthusiasts are known for their discriminating palettes and particular distaste ...

Chapel Hill’s Top of the Hill to open liquor distillery

By Kathryn Trogdon | November 3

Chapel Hill businesses have typically been big supporters of locally grown food, and now one of them is bringing that local appeal to its alcohol.

Working to provide holiday meals for homeless

By Maggie Cagney | November 2

With Thanksgiving approaching fast, Juan Tuset wants to make sure all Hispanic residents in need receive enough information to register for a holiday ...

UNC students gather food donations in ‘trick-or-feed’ event

By Ana Rocha | October 31

Despite a cold rain, more than 50 UNC students went door-to-door in Meadowmont and Southern Village to collect food for local children Monday afternoon. ...

Homegrown Halloween has hurt the profits of Franklin Street bars

By Caroline Leland | October 30

For local business owner Kyle Heath, Halloween used to be the most profitable night of the year — rivaled only by a national championship. But since ...

Maple View Farm wins NC Grange award

By Victoria Esguerra | October 27

Maple View won this year’s Farm of the Year award from the North Carolina State Grange, a nonprofit organization promoting the agricultural community, ...

Chapel Hill eateries debut various seasonal dishes

By Maggie Cagney | October 26

As the leaves begin to change color, so do the menus at some of Chapel Hill’s most famous restaurants and coffee shops. Local chefs are whipping up ...

Chapel Hill will consider loosening its food truck regulations

By Ana Rocha | October 17

The half-renovated 1976 Airstream trailer that sits in Steve and Nancy Williams’ driveway in Carrboro represents their plan to make some extra money ...

Local food processing center to open in Hillsborough

By Elizabeth Straub | October 6

Local food producers will soon have a more cost-efficient way to bring their products to consumers’ plates.

Piedmont Grown program promotes locally grown food

By Conor Furlong | October 4

Local agricultural experts and farmers are optimistic that a program to promote locally grown food can now obtain a grant they say will help it flourish. ...

Hector's to reopen on East Rosemary Street

By Jeanna Smialek | August 20

Pita double cheeseburgers are making a comeback in Chapel Hill. Hector’s, tentatively slated to open Labor Day weekend, will be a revival of the original ...

A Southern Season sold to group of investors

By Jeanna Smialek | August 19

Michael Barefoot was a foodie before being a foodie was cool. When he opened the doors of A Southern Season for the first time in 1975, he brought a passion ...

Certified ‘green’ gastropub to come to Chapel Hill

By Holly Beilin | April 20

A new environmentally sustainable restaurant will join about 60 other local small businesses that have committed to maintaining green practices. The gastro ...